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Originally Posted by DenverMR2
My question is in a 91 should i be worried about my rearend kicking out during city driving. I'm not an experienced driver but i respect my car and fully know of what can happen when things go wrong. I don't ever speed and never apply throttle/brakes mid corner.
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Not at all the rear end in the car doesn't just come out. This car (when not being pushed to the limits or speeding) is very very well mannered and will not just skid out. Again I have brought my car close to its limits and it is still doesn't skid for me. I do not push my car to the limit especially on the road for the reason that I can't predict what will be ahead and what I will have to avoid. Now if you are inexperienced I completely understand your fear. But if you aren't gonna speed and slow down in the rain and you respect the MR2 then you should be fine and very much in control.
I take it easy in the rain personally after hitting an oil slick in my car but made it out of the slick ok. To give you an idea of what it took to make me skid is a crazy long list of things that all went wrong at the same time. I skidded after hitting an oil slick in the rain, was already in a corner (exit ramp) doing 35MPH, while declerating further, and had my foot on the brakes while having unmatched crappy tires. I only had the car two weeks hen this happened and I have to say everything has been more than fine and never had an issue again. So giving the situation which I described to you it takes a bit to make the car go out and I doubt that if you are not speeding or pushing the car in any way that you will ever have a problem. Again I still advise that in any vehicle you take it easy in the rain, have a good set of performing tires for summer driving and winter tires for the winter. Buts thats only a personal opinion. Some people drive with all-weather tires year round without issue. And again like any other car keep in mind that no matter what you are in you can skid....good handling or bad handling cars, oversteer or understeer cars, fast or slow cars, AWD or 2WD doesn't matter, especially if you hit an oil slick so just take it easy and you'll be more than fine in an MR2. Keep one more thing in mind that the MR2 is considered by many to be one the best handling cars of all time. The only people that have problems are the ones that drive beyond their own limits and push the car too far. And these are the people that shouldn't have an MR2 because they don't respect it. Bottom Line the MR2 is like any high performance car, if you respect it, you'll be fine and take the proper precautions, you'll be fine. Enjoy your MR2. Trust me it is worth it.
I have had mine for years now, I have been offered money by other people in my area to sell it to them and didn't, I could have bought BMW's numerous times (mostly 3 series 323IS, M3 E36, or a M Z3 coupe) and I don't want anything else but my MR2.