Poll: Avg. age of a duece owner? - Page 9

te51levin · 08-25-2007, 07:53 PM

Right on. You're never too old to get into something good, I think. Not that 55 is old, but a lot of people have made their choices and picked their favorites by their early 20s and never seem willing to try any new interests. Good to see that you are not among them!

CRJpilot · 08-25-2007, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sinESter

lol yo biotch u excluded me from u poll! im buying mine this summer and ill only be 15 lol i aint 102 but i still aint on the poll.

Please go get some lessons from a race school before you go out & try to impress your friends! If I had a high performance sports car when I was 15, I'd probably not be writing this right now

36 now, 21-26 when I had my MkI. FWIW, Older people generally have more expendable income to do mods, we are less likely to have a bunch of stickers though

alex49rs · 08-29-2007, 03:40 PM

OK, I'm also not the 102-year-old guy. But, I am a 44-year-old mother of 2 boys (14 and 10). I waited a long time to buy this car (it was too beautiful to be practical, I thought). Finally bought a 2004 Spyder when Toyota announced they were no longer selling in the U.S. It is stock--I don't have the nerve to possibly mess up my baby.

I use it 99% of the time--even to buy $200 worth of groceries and runs to Costco. It is too much fun not to drive all the time, and I only use my Land Cruiser when I have to carry more than one passenger. I look for excuses to drive it, and will take it out from Mountain View to Santa Cruz, through Pacheco Pass and down to Half Moon Bay just because . . . the weather was great!

DrWonderEyes · 08-29-2007, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex49rs

OK, I'm also not the 102-year-old guy. But, I am a 44-year-old mother of 2 boys (14 and 10). I waited a long time to buy this car (it was too beautiful to be practical, I thought). Finally bought a 2004 Spyder when Toyota announced they were no longer selling in the U.S. It is stock--I don't have the nerve to possibly mess up my baby.

I use it 99% of the time--even to buy $200 worth of groceries and runs to Costco. It is too much fun not to drive all the time, and I only use my Land Cruiser when I have to carry more than one passenger. I look for excuses to drive it, and will take it out from Mountain View to Santa Cruz, through Pacheco Pass and down to Half Moon Bay just because . . . the weather was great!

200bux if groceries in that gokart? lol u gotta share your secrets. that one of main reasons why i never liked the last MK3 mr2 spyder. it was about as impractical as a small british sports car.

te51levin · 08-29-2007, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrWonderEyes

200bux if groceries in that gokart? lol u gotta share your secrets. that one of main reasons why i never liked the last MK3 mr2 spyder. it was about as impractical as a small british sports car.

Nahh. My first was a chrome bumper MGB roadster, and it was nearly as practical as my MR2, barring modernities like A/C and EFI. I wish I had another one.

JRS_MisterTwo · 09-10-2007, 11:13 PM

16

91' MR2 NA

Jaicvc · 09-10-2007, 11:34 PM

27
and i have a 91black t-top turbo
kyb shocks with HnR Springs
kenwood system with a good ass amp with 10' sub!
greedy front lip
tanabe muffler
apexi intake and greedy Bov
with a Subs zero shoes!!lol

but hey i knew a guy like maybe 5yrs ago and he was 50 somtin and he still fix his Mr2

driftmonster · 09-12-2007, 01:34 AM

Greedy BOV and 10 foot sub?
That's crazy.

oldster · 09-13-2007, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaicvc

27

but hey i knew a guy like maybe 5yrs ago and he was 50 somtin and he still fix his Mr2

Sometimes our canes and walkers get in the way but we still try.....

55mr2 · 09-13-2007, 12:17 PM

If I can figure out how to get this installed on the driver's seat I'll be good to go.

After all, it's a long way up for us old timers.

te51levin · 09-13-2007, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldster

Sometimes our canes and walkers get in the way but we still try.....

Eh? Speak up, sonny!

**blackmr2** · 09-17-2007, 05:04 PM

i'm 16 own a 386 whp black 91 mr2 turbo.

3sgtepower · 10-02-2007, 09:23 AM

Post up ur dynosheet.

shimric · 10-04-2007, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3sgtepower

Post up ur dynosheet.

X8389493898

I've seen pics of it before. It's beautiful. Trunk mount Intercooler. Not sure what it is as they don't have trunk pics.

New guy from P.R. and some pics of my mr2

sliverstorm · 10-29-2007, 06:26 AM

I'm 19, in college. My MR2 is PRIMARILY transportation, but it simultaneously delivers enjoyment. I haven't got it in good enough shape yet for it to be a toy like I want it to be >-D
it's a 1986 MKI (N/A of course)

Not doing much in the way of modding yet; cleaning up the car (it was in pretty good shape but I want to make it super clean) Repairs here and there, replace a part or two. Tokico blues and poly bushings. Other than that, a laundry list of $30 expenses to bring her back strong (oil change, tranny fluid, distributor rebuild, gettin her to pass emissions -_- ...). I decided before the mods, there would be serious rehabilitation. Basically I'm going to eventually finish replacing the entire suspension (currently thinking D2's and the rest just replacement parts from twosrus) and cleaning up the interior (anal things like how I don't want my window to rattle when I close the door!). Once suspension is like new and the body is too, I'll save up for MK1.5, and upgrade my brakes at that time too. I don't really see any of it as mods- cause many of these parts need replacin anyway- for some reason it seems more like replacement, except getting nice replacement parts

if that makes sense. SO you could say I'm not really doing any modding- just bringin her up to speed. In more than one sense

I could have just taken her the way she was and started moddin, but I figured solid like-new-ness was a GOOD THING. so that's step one, and unfortunately I suspect it might be a neverending cyclic step!

My ultimate goal is like-new condition, competitive engine power and acceleration, and cornering like a god. Yup, I don't want much

Sorry, I didn't think I'd ramble so much when I started typing!

Edit: I forgot, the previous owner swapped in a lower mileage 4AGE and installed a glasspack to replace the muffler. And corvette tips. I hope I can keep the glass pack when I do the swap; The sound is not offensive, and it's kinda deep (haha what can I say, I am a really low bass singer- I like the deep notes). The tips? I actually like smaller pointier ones, but it's kinda fun to say I have 'vette tips. It puts funny looks on people's faces.

Edit #2: just to sorta put it in context, of the $1600-1700 or so I've spent on the car, $800 was for the car itself. $300 was for the dampers and bushings, the only things I'd consider close to 'mods'. I would post the list of repairs I've made, but I don't want to bore people.

Edit #3: ok, so shoot me, I'm putting in new pedals. But that's cause the gas pedal is missing it's cover/rubber/etc so it's just a piece of metal. Which is really weird because I read once that only clutch and brake pedals had removable cover/rubbers O.o Anyway I lived with it fine for quite a while but I decided if I ever want to learn heel toe, I will need a gap smaller than the current 6 inches between my pedals (it's not really that far but it seems like it). I keep hitting my knee on the steering wheel trying to compensate, and I have to rotate my whole body to the left a bit. Needless to say it makes any kind of accurate heel-toe difficult!

Mr2civic817 · 11-05-2007, 01:01 PM

I'm 27 rright now, I bought my 2 when I was 20. First car I purchased with my own cash, and my favorite.

Current mods are

exterior-TRD style wide body, Farrie Torque red paint, Authentic bomex Mirrors and turbo inlet scoop. Wheels are TSW 18x8.5 front and 19x9.5 in the rears. Shaved antenna, and emblems.

Motor- HKS super mega flow intake, BOV, turbo timer.
Greddy power Extreme dual exhaust, boost gauge, and profect B
Apexi super AFC II
NGK spark plug wires
ATS EGR Bloke off plate, and throttle body inlet.

ICE- Pionner Single din dvd player (forgot the model#) JL audio xr components for the fronts and coax for the rears, and I have a Kenwood excellon amp under the hood, about to upgrade to an NRG AMP.

Suspension and brakes are still stock

Mines slightly but Elegantly modded. PIcs coming soon, GOing to the Dallas MAvs game tonight. Goto myspace and look for my page under my email address. Mr2Civic817@hotmail.com

VeilsideMR2 · 11-11-2007, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by te51levin

Eh? Speak up, sonny!

lol...

Ignarius · 11-19-2007, 12:00 AM

I'm 17, and my '86 has one mod. K&N air filter. Soon to be two mods... cause I wanna get a stereo deck put in but I need help on getting the factory one out!

te51levin · 11-19-2007, 01:54 PM

^Easy peasy. Pull the ashtray out. Get a #2 Phillips screwdriver. There are two screws up under the top edge of the stereo surround, and then the surround pulls off. From there you'll see the four screws holding the stereo brackets to the car. You may want to use an 8mm socket on those, as they can often strip if you use a screwdriver.

TreyMR2 · 11-29-2007, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by **blackmr2**

i'm 16 own a 386 whp black 91 mr2 turbo.

someone has rich parents...

View Poll Results: How old are you?
16-19	390	20.44%
20-25	751	39.36%
26-34	444	23.27%
35-49	214	11.22%
50-100	109	5.71%
Voters: 1908. You may not vote on this poll

10-29-2007, 06:26 AM	#175 (permalink)
sliverstorm Tinkerer extrordanaire Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: California Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I'm 19, in college. My MR2 is PRIMARILY transportation, but it simultaneously delivers enjoyment. I haven't got it in good enough shape yet for it to be a toy like I want it to be >-D it's a 1986 MKI (N/A of course) Not doing much in the way of modding yet; cleaning up the car (it was in pretty good shape but I want to make it super clean) Repairs here and there, replace a part or two. Tokico blues and poly bushings. Other than that, a laundry list of $30 expenses to bring her back strong (oil change, tranny fluid, distributor rebuild, gettin her to pass emissions -_- ...). I decided before the mods, there would be serious rehabilitation. Basically I'm going to eventually finish replacing the entire suspension (currently thinking D2's and the rest just replacement parts from twosrus) and cleaning up the interior (anal things like how I don't want my window to rattle when I close the door!). Once suspension is like new and the body is too, I'll save up for MK1.5, and upgrade my brakes at that time too. I don't really see any of it as mods- cause many of these parts need replacin anyway- for some reason it seems more like replacement, except getting nice replacement parts if that makes sense. SO you could say I'm not really doing any modding- just bringin her up to speed. In more than one sense I could have just taken her the way she was and started moddin, but I figured solid like-new-ness was a GOOD THING. so that's step one, and unfortunately I suspect it might be a neverending cyclic step! My ultimate goal is like-new condition, competitive engine power and acceleration, and cornering like a god. Yup, I don't want much Sorry, I didn't think I'd ramble so much when I started typing! Edit: I forgot, the previous owner swapped in a lower mileage 4AGE and installed a glasspack to replace the muffler. And corvette tips. I hope I can keep the glass pack when I do the swap; The sound is not offensive, and it's kinda deep (haha what can I say, I am a really low bass singer- I like the deep notes). The tips? I actually like smaller pointier ones, but it's kinda fun to say I have 'vette tips. It puts funny looks on people's faces. Edit #2: just to sorta put it in context, of the $1600-1700 or so I've spent on the car, $800 was for the car itself. $300 was for the dampers and bushings, the only things I'd consider close to 'mods'. I would post the list of repairs I've made, but I don't want to bore people. Edit #3: ok, so shoot me, I'm putting in new pedals. But that's cause the gas pedal is missing it's cover/rubber/etc so it's just a piece of metal. Which is really weird because I read once that only clutch and brake pedals had removable cover/rubbers O.o Anyway I lived with it fine for quite a while but I decided if I ever want to learn heel toe, I will need a gap smaller than the current 6 inches between my pedals (it's not really that far but it seems like it). I keep hitting my knee on the steering wheel trying to compensate, and I have to rotate my whole body to the left a bit. Needless to say it makes any kind of accurate heel-toe difficult! Last edited by sliverstorm; 10-29-2007 at 06:46 AM..

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

LinkBacks (?) LinkBack to this Thread: http://www.mr2.com/forums/general-mr2-discussion/Toyota-MR2-5074-poll-avg-age-duece-owner.html
Posted By	For	Type	Date
Toyota MR2 Message Board	This thread	Refback	08-14-2007 12:38 AM

08-25-2007, 07:53 PM	#161 (permalink)
te51levin LithiaToyotaParts.com Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Copperhead Road Posts: 3,710 Thanks: 50 Thanked 324 Times in 268 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (193/100% )	Right on. You're never too old to get into something good, I think. Not that 55 is old, but a lot of people have made their choices and picked their favorites by their early 20s and never seem willing to try any new interests. Good to see that you are not among them!

08-29-2007, 03:40 PM	#163 (permalink)
alex49rs No Skills Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	OK, I'm also not the 102-year-old guy. But, I am a 44-year-old mother of 2 boys (14 and 10). I waited a long time to buy this car (it was too beautiful to be practical, I thought). Finally bought a 2004 Spyder when Toyota announced they were no longer selling in the U.S. It is stock--I don't have the nerve to possibly mess up my baby. I use it 99% of the time--even to buy $200 worth of groceries and runs to Costco. It is too much fun not to drive all the time, and I only use my Land Cruiser when I have to carry more than one passenger. I look for excuses to drive it, and will take it out from Mountain View to Santa Cruz, through Pacheco Pass and down to Half Moon Bay just because . . . the weather was great!

09-10-2007, 11:13 PM	#166 (permalink)
JRS_MisterTwo Cage Fighter Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 158 Thanks: 9 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	16 91' MR2 NA

09-10-2007, 11:34 PM	#167 (permalink)
Jaicvc Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Frisco Posts: 778 Thanks: 1 Thanked 29 Times in 28 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	27 and i have a 91black t-top turbo kyb shocks with HnR Springs kenwood system with a good ass amp with 10' sub! greedy front lip tanabe muffler apexi intake and greedy Bov with a Subs zero shoes!!lol but hey i knew a guy like maybe 5yrs ago and he was 50 somtin and he still fix his Mr2

09-12-2007, 01:34 AM	#168 (permalink)
driftmonster I'm back I'm back Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangkok,Thailand Posts: 831 Thanks: 57 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Greedy BOV and 10 foot sub? That's crazy.

09-13-2007, 12:17 PM	#170 (permalink)
55mr2 2Old2Give2Hoots Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 351 Thanks: 10 Thanked 30 Times in 24 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	If I can figure out how to get this installed on the driver's seat I'll be good to go. After all, it's a long way up for us old timers.

09-17-2007, 05:04 PM	#172 (permalink)
blackmr2 No Skills Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Aguadilla Puerto Rico Posts: 13 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	i'm 16 own a 386 whp black 91 mr2 turbo.

10-02-2007, 09:23 AM	#173 (permalink)
3sgtepower Banned Seller Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,574 Thanks: 6 Thanked 38 Times in 34 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/75% )	Post up ur dynosheet.

11-05-2007, 01:01 PM	#176 (permalink)
Mr2civic817 Cage Fighter Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Arlington Tx Posts: 189 Thanks: 11 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	I'm 27 rright now, I bought my 2 when I was 20. First car I purchased with my own cash, and my favorite. Current mods are exterior-TRD style wide body, Farrie Torque red paint, Authentic bomex Mirrors and turbo inlet scoop. Wheels are TSW 18x8.5 front and 19x9.5 in the rears. Shaved antenna, and emblems. Motor- HKS super mega flow intake, BOV, turbo timer. Greddy power Extreme dual exhaust, boost gauge, and profect B Apexi super AFC II NGK spark plug wires ATS EGR Bloke off plate, and throttle body inlet. ICE- Pionner Single din dvd player (forgot the model#) JL audio xr components for the fronts and coax for the rears, and I have a Kenwood excellon amp under the hood, about to upgrade to an NRG AMP. Suspension and brakes are still stock Mines slightly but Elegantly modded. PIcs coming soon, GOing to the Dallas MAvs game tonight. Goto myspace and look for my page under my email address. Mr2Civic817@hotmail.com

11-19-2007, 12:00 AM	#178 (permalink)
Ignarius Cataclysmic and Prolific Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Littleton, Colorado Posts: 86 Thanks: 12 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I'm 17, and my '86 has one mod. K&N air filter. Soon to be two mods... cause I wanna get a stereo deck put in but I need help on getting the factory one out!

11-19-2007, 01:54 PM	#179 (permalink)
te51levin LithiaToyotaParts.com Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Copperhead Road Posts: 3,710 Thanks: 50 Thanked 324 Times in 268 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (193/100% )	^Easy peasy. Pull the ashtray out. Get a #2 Phillips screwdriver. There are two screws up under the top edge of the stereo surround, and then the surround pulls off. From there you'll see the four screws holding the stereo brackets to the car. You may want to use an 8mm socket on those, as they can often strip if you use a screwdriver.