Discussion
Jasandjules said:
When I was a lot longer I really wanted one but couldn't get insured on them, these days when I see them they look rather dated...
But for a second car toy, if you can find one in good nick, then why not, you only live once.
I currently drive an 80's mr2, these look positively futuristic in comparison. But for a second car toy, if you can find one in good nick, then why not, you only live once.
i bought a TT from a dealer on Autotrader. (under warrenty(
the Headgasket blew 4 times in 600 miles
if you get a good one its ok
get a s
tter and all you get is bills - and greifevery job on the twin turbo is an engine out job - even for the thermostats !
when they fixed it - the mechanics would take it for a thrash
blowing it up again..............got my money back in the end through the courts........
a crap car - doesnt even handle well - no feedback or confidece in corners and slow because of the 'computer ' overiding the driver.............
heavey s
te jap crap
Jasandjules said:
Nothing wrong with an MR2.......
I wouldn't of had it for 4 years if I thought there was! Time for a change now though and the only criteria I've set at the moment is is the car should be turbo'd, 4wd and able to carry my archery equipment, including longbows. (believe it or not I've had 1 in the '2)Jasandjules said:
I guess you like to stick with Japanese cars with shedloads of toys.....
Nope, ideally I'd be getting a Caterham but they're just too expensive and compromised. they can be as reliable as any other car, I have 2 of them. My Australian one was my daily driver for 10yrs, nothing major ever went wrong, it has 130,000 miles on it now. I have a UK car too which has only 35,000 miles on it and all good. There is alot to go wrong but if kept std these cars are reliable, hard now to find examples that have not been modded or fiddled with.
Get a good one and you'll have no problems.
Get a chavved up one covered in boost controllers and poorly bolted on upgrades and you'll ask for trouble. Their price point is such that alot of them have been bought, ragged with no thought to maintenance and then moved on before exploding.
Nip over to the uk owners club and the for sale section there...
The people who say they're rubbish cars tend to be people who have never owned one.
They are 20 years old (for mk1's anyway) so they're never going to handle like a 5 year old M3 / elise but they are insanely quick until the top of 3rd (5 speed mk1 box anyway - which is well, well into license losing territory) handle 'well enough' especially with suspension tweaks and at the price point you won't do much better.
I miss mine. I drive a Monaro now and it ticks the boxes my GTO didn't but it's not any quicker at license friendly speeds as it just can't put the power down.
All the issues I had with mine were consumables or age related - mostly pipes rusting. Not much you can do about that. In the 4 years I owned it it was off the road less then my monaro has been in the <1 year I've owned it.
Last winter, having sat outside for 2 weeks without moving...being completely covered in many inches of snow but still turning over at first request with no troubles and then having no fuss traversing the snowy roads was a particularly proud moment given the cars vintage. But then I would have expected no less.
Get a chavved up one covered in boost controllers and poorly bolted on upgrades and you'll ask for trouble. Their price point is such that alot of them have been bought, ragged with no thought to maintenance and then moved on before exploding.
Nip over to the uk owners club and the for sale section there...
The people who say they're rubbish cars tend to be people who have never owned one.
They are 20 years old (for mk1's anyway) so they're never going to handle like a 5 year old M3 / elise but they are insanely quick until the top of 3rd (5 speed mk1 box anyway - which is well, well into license losing territory) handle 'well enough' especially with suspension tweaks and at the price point you won't do much better.
I miss mine. I drive a Monaro now and it ticks the boxes my GTO didn't but it's not any quicker at license friendly speeds as it just can't put the power down.
All the issues I had with mine were consumables or age related - mostly pipes rusting. Not much you can do about that. In the 4 years I owned it it was off the road less then my monaro has been in the <1 year I've owned it.
Last winter, having sat outside for 2 weeks without moving...being completely covered in many inches of snow but still turning over at first request with no troubles and then having no fuss traversing the snowy roads was a particularly proud moment given the cars vintage. But then I would have expected no less.
eztiger said:
The people who say they're rubbish cars tend to be people who have never owned one.
Had one, it was rubbish, cost a fortune to fix, fuel pump relay blew up taking PTU, taking ECU out as well, not bad considering we were only having a look at the exhaust on the ramps, worked before going on the ramps, broke on the ramps for no reason.Money pits, buy a Skyline instead.
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