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rushMr2 · 01-21-2006, 12:14 PM

I think this is a really good topic so im gonna go ahead and chime my story in too. I currently am 16 and have had my widebody mr2 since my birthday. Its not all roses though as I had a little difficulty actually being able to drive it. The person i bought it from had just gotten done doing an engine swap because his engine was blown. Well about two weeks after he got it back I took over, and had it for about 3 days until the head gasket on THAT engine was gone. I took it to the toyota dealership locally which had the local MR2 specialist, and it turned out that the 'new ' engine had about 200 thousand miles on it, and for the most part was also completely destroyed. Well two months and six thousand dollars later I had my mr2 back with a brand spankin new engine. (well almost they removed the head, remanufactured it, and put it back in to save $$$). I think for the first two weeks I had my mr i stayed at least 5 mile under the speed limit because i was so afraid of crashing it. Now about actually owning the car for a first car, I would say that it all depends on maturity. I know that there are only a handful of people at my school that have the driving capability to handle having one of these cars without destroying it. everyday I hang my head in shame as these idiots think its so cool to drift out of the parking lot in gridlock traffic. Also I spent my time with my permit driving an s2000, a 2005 645i and my cousins integra gsr, which probably gave me an edge among drivers my age. Actually this is a true story, when i was doing my driving school, we had this boat of a mustang, and our instructor took us to the local backroads to get some experience on curvy roads, well he said that out of everyone he teaches, there are maybe 3 a year that really know what they are doing, and aperrently I was one of them so he let me take those roads as fast as I wanted. (even though that mustang couldnt turn for shit after coming out of an s2k.) But ya thats my story all in alll Id say that if anyone were to get an MR2 for a first car, just TAKE YOUR TIME learning to drive it and dont go off thinking that the car is invincible and they would be just fine.

01-21-2006, 12:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
rushMr2 The Youngster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 212 Thanks: 7 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	I think this is a really good topic so im gonna go ahead and chime my story in too. I currently am 16 and have had my widebody mr2 since my birthday. Its not all roses though as I had a little difficulty actually being able to drive it. The person i bought it from had just gotten done doing an engine swap because his engine was blown. Well about two weeks after he got it back I took over, and had it for about 3 days until the head gasket on THAT engine was gone. I took it to the toyota dealership locally which had the local MR2 specialist, and it turned out that the 'new ' engine had about 200 thousand miles on it, and for the most part was also completely destroyed. Well two months and six thousand dollars later I had my mr2 back with a brand spankin new engine. (well almost they removed the head, remanufactured it, and put it back in to save $$$). I think for the first two weeks I had my mr i stayed at least 5 mile under the speed limit because i was so afraid of crashing it. Now about actually owning the car for a first car, I would say that it all depends on maturity. I know that there are only a handful of people at my school that have the driving capability to handle having one of these cars without destroying it. everyday I hang my head in shame as these idiots think its so cool to drift out of the parking lot in gridlock traffic. Also I spent my time with my permit driving an s2000, a 2005 645i and my cousins integra gsr, which probably gave me an edge among drivers my age. Actually this is a true story, when i was doing my driving school, we had this boat of a mustang, and our instructor took us to the local backroads to get some experience on curvy roads, well he said that out of everyone he teaches, there are maybe 3 a year that really know what they are doing, and aperrently I was one of them so he let me take those roads as fast as I wanted. (even though that mustang couldnt turn for shit after coming out of an s2k.) But ya thats my story all in alll Id say that if anyone were to get an MR2 for a first car, just TAKE YOUR TIME learning to drive it and dont go off thinking that the car is invincible and they would be just fine. Last edited by rushMr2; 01-21-2006 at 12:31 PM..