Hi, MR2 Turbo guy getting a Scion FRS

[Muaddib]

I also had a mr2 turbo back in my younger days. The frs is a heck more practical than the deuce.

[Mr.Zoolittle]

I have owned 3 MR2 Turbos, I love them. I was looking for one before I bought my FR-S. You will love the FR-S, not as much power as the MR2 though.

[Isometric Bacon]

I own both a N/A AW11 and a turbo SW20 MR2s. Amazing cars. The AW11 in particular was my pride and joy. Driving anywhere in that car was always a blast, as the steering was so direct and responsive, and it always felt like an extension of your body.

I wouldn't have even considered buying a new car until I heard about the 86 and took one for a test drive. It ticked all the right boxes that no other car but the AW11 did, with the advantage of being 30 years newer!

[msile]

I still have my MR2 Turbo with 64k miles in mint condition. Good luck!

[FRSupra]

Sup man, there are two rules here:

1, don't trade your MR2 and

2 don't settle for any color fr-s than you want. One will come around. Ultramarine is the best looking color on the car.

behind Hot lava of course.

[hmong337]

Thank you for the warm welcome guys. Good to see that this forum is less with the douche baggery attitude. Also, it's good to hear from other mr2 owners or former owners.

I love the FRS and everything about it except for one thing... NO ARMREST! Seriously, it's quite annoying that the car does not have an armrest. I know that there are aftermarket solutions for equipping the FRS with one but why Toyota didn't put one in to begin with boggles my mind. It would've been nice to have an ergonomically engineered armrest from the OEM. It's quite bothersome that it doesn't have one.

With the mr2, the entire center console is the armrest. So when you sit in the mr2, you literally feel the car wrapped around you with your hand falling perfectly onto the shifter. And this was a car designed 20 years ago. The FRS without the armrest, sadly feels like another regular car. I was hoping for better driver ergonomics from a brand new car of this caliber.

That's the only complaint I have with the FRS. Everything else is perfect.

[Muaddib]

I am fairly certain armrest is an option in the Japanese version of the frs.

[hmong337]

I don't get why it should be an option... It should've been built into the car! Oh well.

Just from a quick search, there's already tons of guys making them. I'll just go ahead and pick one up from the aftermarket. Having no armrest is a pretty big deal to me. Especially since this is going to be my DD.

[K2]

I love my FR-S but I miss my 93 MR2.

[campy]

The MR2 is one of the coolest cars I would never buy.

[phloozy]

I always wanted an mr2, nice looking car

[thill]

Originally Posted by hmong337

I don't get why it should be an option... It should've been built into the car! Oh well.

Just from a quick search, there's already tons of guys making them. I'll just go ahead and pick one up from the aftermarket. Having no armrest is a pretty big deal to me. Especially since this is going to be my DD.

I totally get where you are coming from. I was planning on going aftermarket for an armrest, but having driven the car for a month, I don't feel I need one anymore. I just rest my arm on the ebrake if I feel the need.

[hmong337]

So I finally put a deposit down... They are now in the process of find an Ultramarine Blue FRS for me

Hopefully they find one soon as I HATE waiting!

[AE86_Mikko]

Originally Posted by hmong337

TRUE!

I still think it looks better than the FRS. The MR2 has some sort of "exotic'ness" about it. It's called a "poor mans Ferrari" for a reason. The MR2's styling is timeless and I always still catch myself doing the turn-around to look at the car. Not to say that the FRS isn't sexy because it's gorgeous! But I still think the MR2 looks better even if it's 20+ year's old.

I'm keeping it.

And now you are getting a poor man's Maserati Granturismo... at least that what it remind me of (side view)... Cheers!