Advice Wanted On This Car I'm Seeing Today Please

[jasona]

Hi

I'm going to see a UK car tonightthats up for a good price for my pocket, my insurance is through the roof at the mo hence not going for my original £3500 price tag

Anyway here's the details feel free to let me know if its a bargain or a scam

Any info you can help with appreciated, I know its not a T-Bar, anyone tell from the pic what rev it is. It has a GTi 16 badge on the back.



1993 L Reg TOYOTA MR2 GT Sports 2dr Coupe, UK car not Japanese import. New clutch. Black. Sunroof, ABS, Alloy wheels, Anti theft system, Central locking Tax til August. Extremely reliable, good condition, only 4 owners from new. Impending baby forces reluctant sale. 109000 miles.

£2750

Here's the parkers price guide that I had to pay for exact details of the car entered.

Original Price £ 17143
Dealer Retail £ 3010
Private Good £ 2730
Private Poor £ 1550
Part Exchange £ 2100

[Merlin]

millage a tad high?? over a 100k? i would make sure it has a full service history, and that theirs no blue smoke from cold anf the gearbox is smooth, no problems getting in to gear!

Regards
Rob

ps i would go for an older model with less miles for the same price

[jasona]

Hi Merlin

Thanks for the reply.

Yep out of it all to me the mileage is a bit ovr what i would like however there are a number of factors that I've had to keep to.

I have to get a full UK spec no import whatsover
It has to be black
This car has been owned by three lady drivers - I know its sexist but I think they probably drive a little slower than us males.
The price is very very good for my pocket - leaves me £1000 spare for any work that may need doing after purchase

I've spent two weeks looking for a good car and out of over 150 looked at there have only been about 3 I have found - all the rest are either imports, turbos or white - sorry white owners

I guess the question I'm asking is whats likely to happen to the car at this mileage - I'm not bothered about making back any money on it.

I'm only planning on keeping for 1 year to build up NCB and then move onto an import/turbo.

[Merlin]

as long as it has a FSH it should be ok, where abouts are you based mate?? i may be able to give it a once over for you??
I had a black car once, looks dam fine and i loved it, untill i had to clean it in the summer grrrr, dam hard work
lol

Rob

[Winnie]

Milage on the 3SGE engine is not a prob, my last MR2 had 130k on by the time i sold it, and all it had go wrong was an HT lead

[jasona]

LOL I know what you mean about Black definitely the best colour - I'll get the missus to do the cleaning I'm based around Reading - a little away from you I'm araid.

[Paul R]

Milage on the 3SGE engine is not a prob, my last MR2 had 130k on by the time i sold it, and all it had go wrong was an HT lead

My last 3sGE had 125,000 miles on it and it burnt a litre of oil every thousand miles or so! I had that 8 years ago...and funily enough I saw it driving around in the summer, with god knows how many miles on it!!

Paul.

[Rory]

anyone tell from the pic what rev it is.

Looks like a Rev 2. Money sounds ok if its in good condition. If your not happy with it and the owner wont take an offer you can walk away. It took me 2 months to find my tubby and I know a lot of people on this site have spent much longer looking for the right car.

Good luck!

Rory

[jasona]

Thanks for the replies guys - as far as spending a number of months looking - I only want this for a year then off to turbo land

The way I see it if I can get it for 2500 I'd be a happy man so long as mechanically it all checks out - HPI etc came back all clear.

[Winnie]

Make sure its got revision lights though, i.e. reverse lights in centre panel and rounded rear lighs, plus the newer rear spoiler, otherwise you can get a rev 1 which has less milage and costs less.

[Rory]

Make sure its got revision lights though, i.e. reverse lights in centre panel and rounded rear lighs,

Jasona,

It should have lights like the set on my profile if its a rev 3+. Ignore the spoiler, it wont have one of them.

Rory

[jasona]

I doubt whether it will have that extra - but a REV 1 is going to be cheaper as they significantly improved the Rev 2 in many ways I believe.

I guess it boils down to do you want a younger car with more miles or an older car with less ...

[Winnie]

Why wont it have the spoiler or was that a 94 onwards thing?

[jasona]

It will have a spolier but not the newer model as that was on Rev three onwards - same as the lights - but you can get them fitted on older models - and the owner of this particluar car being a family man I doubt they would have bothered.

[Paul R]

Why wont it have the spoiler or was that a 94 onwards thing?

It looks like a rev2 mate....same spoiler/lights as a rev1.

Rev3 was late 93.

Paul.

[jasona]

Nice car by the way Paul - gimme in a bout 1 year

[Paul R]

Nice car by the way Paul - gimme in a bout 1 year

Who me?

Paul.

[jasona]

Sorry meant Rorys although I'm sure yours is very nice too

[Paul R]

Umm..think again ! :D


this is mine....errmm..guess whats missing.......

www.pradbone.f2s.com/car%20build/DSCF0078.JPG


Oh there it is.........
www.pradbone.f2s.com/car%20build/DSCF0084.JPG

:D

Paul.

[Rory]

Why wont it have the spoiler or was that a 94 onwards thing?

It should have a spoiler. I meant it just wont have one like the one on my profile. Toyota did make a model without spoilers but it had a less powerfull NA engine in it.

Rory