now, ive got some for and against on this subject!!
i HATE the little chavs who now have these mk11 mr2s. and claim they have a powerful turbo model. when they clearly dont. ive even seen a couple of 2s near me (driven by chavs), one has turbo side decals, expensive they are, but, the engine lid is flat, the rear says GTi 16, as well as 911 turbo badges to try and pass off its a turbo. one was a petrol station near me, i thought id say hi and ask what he had!! "TUURBOO" he said, i said really, same as me! (they soon shut up). i loked at the dash for the turbo dial, nope! all interior instructions were in english, so, clearly not an import. this one had no spolier, so i can only asume it was the 119bhp one! what a MUPPET i thought!
now on the other hand, you lot are different, as some of you peeps have done conversions (and prob keep the bodywork standard so you catch out the tubby owner when you give it a bit of a boot,lol)
i hate these little gimps that think theyll own you!
as well as the mr2 ferrari gimps (only the ones that say its a ferrari and have all the badges)
RANT OVER!.
NA passing off as tubbys???
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Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
i agree with you jim, ive met gimps who say they've got turbos and clearly havent. when mine was an N/A i must admit one of the first mods i did was to get the turbo engine cover purely because it looks nicer IMO but at least i have now got the proper engine underneath it as well!
Cheers!
DannyW
Cheers!
DannyW
Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
You should have given 'em a bit of a taste of a real turbo!
'See if you can keep up with me mate' Niiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmm
Or ask em if they have the 'twin turbo' model with factory fitted NOS - which i'm sure they'll say yes to!!!
'See if you can keep up with me mate' Niiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmm
Or ask em if they have the 'twin turbo' model with factory fitted NOS - which i'm sure they'll say yes to!!!
Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
That does my head in when people talk about the "twin turbo MR2"
Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
'they are always in autotrader though' Doh!!
Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
Dont encourage the chavs. Just leave em well alone! All we need is for some one to show what a real turbo can do. Then they'll get one and drive them like the pr1ck5 they are giving the rest of us tubby drivers a bad name. Plus it wont be long before they kill off the car when they get caught out by the snap back!
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Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
I can't understand why anyone would want to pretend they have a turbo model anyway. The N/A is a good car and quite a nippy motor! They will get found out if the Trev's have a race at the local cruise.
Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
Mines an N/A, but i wouldn't suggest any different, as you say, if it came to a race with a turbo i'd be F*!ked! Would like to have the dollar to do a conversion mind. As for Chavs, don't know if any of you guys can get the radio station Galaxy 105, but they're running a "CHAVITY" appeal to save a chav this crimbo!! LOL
Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
lolll - while we are on the topic of wannabees! another thing i hate is beemer drivers that have M badges on their 3 series motor when it aint even an m3! ive seen so many with em on
theres a modded calibra round my town - its really nice an all but he goes n puts an M badge on his car WTF!!!!
well wotever floats yer boat i guess
theres a modded calibra round my town - its really nice an all but he goes n puts an M badge on his car WTF!!!!
well wotever floats yer boat i guess
Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
dear me! that is ruined! it coulda been good untill the tack brush was brought out!
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Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
I bumped into a young dude in a new silver/blue Alfa, 3.0l 24v V6 little 2seater jobby. Pull up to some lights and he beckons me to talk, I roll the window down with a smug grin and he says 'How much power's that putting out?' so I say 'oh, about 270/280'. Nothing. 'Its only a little 2litre though mate!' I say, 'Yeah, but its a twin turbo though innit?'. 'er, no mate, single turbo though, innit!'.
Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
Used to get them with my old car too. A Saxo or some other chav-chariot would pull up next to my pulsar giving me the thumbs up just cos he's got a 'pulsar' vent double-sided taped to his bonnet!
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lol
I knew it was bad, but I only just realised that they've chopped into the rear bumper to write M and Motorsport! lol hahahahahahahaha
Is the door open or do you think its just a great fit
I knew it was bad, but I only just realised that they've chopped into the rear bumper to write M and Motorsport! lol hahahahahahahaha
Is the door open or do you think its just a great fit
Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
My own car started life as a UK spec 2.0 N/A, Rev3. Accept for the wheels, lowering and clear corners, you would still think it was indeed the N/A. The game is up though when you walk around to the back and see the Blitz Nur-Spec and then have a peek through the window to see all manner of gadgets from Defi gauges, Blitz EBC, T-timer, Power FC etc The word stealth springs to mind
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Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
Anyone looked at the wheels? ... his tyres are waaaaay too narrow to fit properly....
... and is that an ST205 spoiler?
... and is that an ST205 spoiler?
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Hard to tell, it's like someone was carying a box of cheaps mods, tripped up and they all landed on the car. LOL... proper nasty, mind you, there's loads of chavvy motors like that in and around mansfield.
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Re: NA passing off as tubbys???
turbo "look a likes" give the tubby a bad name when they get beat in a race! the MR2's got to struggle enough with its hairdress image due to some gimp at toyota Uk deciding the turbo model was not suitable for Uk sale