Hello all,
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It feels good to be back.
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I am a returning member of the forum, used to go by Wikiz on here years back but I'm back with a new username.
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.and MR2!
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I'm Ross Wilkie and this was my previous MR2 Rev 3 Turbo.
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I owned her between 2013-2015 which I sold to Jordan on here
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(JLW).
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Selling my MR2 was one of my biggest regrets.
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Many of you know what I am talking about here but unfortunately due to going back to uni to finish my degree
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(Architecture), I knew I wouldn't have the finances to keep her to the standard she deserved and made the decision to let her go.
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I know I made the right decision here.
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Jordan did her complete justice and turned the car into the cracker she is today!
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I won't lie, I did always intend to one day buy her back so I always used to check back on Jordan's instagram in the hope that he had stopped spending so much bloody time and money on her as I knew she was becoming unattainable to get back!
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Anyway, during my final years of my degree I become slightly obsessed with the colour black, typical architect over here.
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I still have this obsession for black and have this weird rule that I will only buy black cars from now on.
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It also means I essentially get a free gym membership with the amount of cleaning I will endure.
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Big arms, skinny legs.
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.its going to be a great look.
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So what happened next.
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.I moved to London to continue my final year of
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architectural training and now work as an architect, then covid struck.
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Being stuck in the house, working from home, I needed a car, an outlet from my day to day and I knew it was the time to get back into an MR2 again.
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So the hunt began.
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Naively I forgot how long it took me to source my first MR2 and thought
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'ach i'll have one in no time' How wrong I was! It took me around 9 months of continued searching for the right car.
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It had to be mint condition, black, rev 3+, turbo and t-bar.
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So yes for 9 months my girlfriend had to endure me harping on about a future MR2.
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It was like we were having a baby that only I cared about!
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9 months later, at Christmas time I was doing a bit of work around the house and thought I need to put up a post to see if someone has a car in this spec they are willing to sell.
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.as it turns out, Scott was writing up his ad the same night.
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.odd coincidence, and commented on my post.
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That was it, done, love at first sight.
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.not with Scott, although a good looking chap, I fell in love with his black beauty.
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At this point I would describe the car but it needs no introduction, you all know it well I'm sure!
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As I said, I was sold immediately, got in touch with Scott that night and we started to discuss the sale.
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He was definitely caught of guard as he didn't expect such an immediate response but did have a future car model lined up, however due to lockdown and waiting for the right car to come available we agreed to wait for the right time to meet.
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To be honest, I didn't get my hopes up too much as I thought Scott may decide not to sell which would have been completely understandable! but we stayed in touch constantly leading up to the sale and one day I got the message to say he had found the one, when could we meet.
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My heart did start to race and my girlfriend was ecstatic, finally I would stop stalking about this bloody MR2.
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.she knows nothing.
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.it will only get worse!
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I picked the car up last weekend and Scott had his new car delivered a few days later, it was dream come true for both of us!
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So today I went to Clacket Lane Services to pick up my essential bag of pick n mix.
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I could not believe my eyes, I saw a Silver Cayman GTS in the car park and thought
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'could it be' sure enough, there was Scott! Essential shopping in the passengers seat, practicing how to park like a true Porsche owner, over two spaces!
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It was great to meet back up with Scott and to get the cars side by side.
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I really feel like I have made a friend in him like many of you have and only wish to keep the car to the immense standard he has all these years.
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I can't wait to get out to the car festivals during summer
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(fingers crossed with covid) and being part of the MR2 community again! I feel like I have taken on a piece of automotive history with Scotts car and will do my best to keep her good.
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.and together! No parts for sale sorry! For me she is everything I could have hoped for and more.
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Long live the black beauty!
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I will update in my with more photos once I the weather warms up and I can get the car out for a shoot!
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Cheers for reading
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(if you made it this far)
Ross