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£2,500. Ive since had 2 mk2s, a g-limited and a turbo, but neither were a fun as the mk1.(mileage, colour, t-bar) but would really appreciate you options.£2,500???£2500 you should be looking at pretty mint N/A's. As in, no rust (none!), low mileage, excellent (non blue interior 
) interior, maybe leather. (which i have since wrecked due to being pulled out a million times 
) but the only bad thing about mine was the rust, that was all.(in my opinion) A Supercharged Mk1 is more expensive and £2500 will get you something that's not mint.£2500 in N/A land is good money. It should get you a very good Mk1 regardless of whether you're after T-bar or non-T-Bar.- you'll get a feel for what you should expect from different prices based on what's advertised. For example:£2500 should get you an N/A with absolutely no rust issues, and very good service history.(and even I think that) but there are some sellers asking for much more than their cars are worth - as in there are some cars advertised at prices where the same money with a different seller will get you a car with less miles. There are a fair few out there... you've just got to be patient to find the right one.£1700 for mine, and its pretty much mint apart from the arches which will be done next year. Mine had 64k when i bought her.& Mart. rapid posts. I also think the mk1 is undervalued but that's good for me right.£2K and was a little let down by what I found. The ebay ad looked fantastic under 100k on the clock 1 owner from new and replaced no rust rear aches. the seller forgot to metion the rust on the front arches and claimed he had not notice the fist size patch in font of the divers door. (I don't know if this lin works) and i'd perfer F or G reg."haven't noticed" things. It's a great shame as it wastes the buyers (i.e. your) time, irritates you and means that you need to see quite a few sometimes. Patience is the key I'm afraid.- in fact I saw up to ten that were not as described when I was looking... For instance, you could probably get a replacement front wing for, say, £100 from a red one being broken. It's a bolt-on job so easy to sort out. The downside is, if it's rusted on the outside what's it hiding behind? Not for that money."probably the best mr2" - no that was sold a while ago with only 35 miles on the clock! - That was the best mk1 mr2!]B1G CJ wrote:35,000 or 35 miles?
If 35 miles surely a scam, how much did it go for?
It sold for about £11000.£2500 will also get you a supercharger! (or red)£2,500? & can someone tell me if silver was a Toyota production colour as Ive seen the odd car, but didnt know if theyd been re-sprayed? there are a lot of dogs out there and if you're paying top doller for one then you want everything you listed!SuperRedMR2 wrote:Don't get a red one, you'll be forever keeping it red!
'89 t-bar and i loved it!("sorry love, no room for your friend but hope in"). I'm now 32, married to a girl I (the car) pulled, we have a 6 month old baby and i now get to drive an IS lexus with matching baby seat! ....yet£2100 
and I would say its pretty mint, but I do feel that I was very lucky and got a real bargin. Ticks all your boxes except T-bar and leather. This car will surely be snapped up soon!£3000. There have been a few on Ebay in last few months and there is one on Autotrader right now and MK1 Club, 39,000, red and perfect black leather, £3200.richinlondon wrote:Wayne off the forums here is selling his MR2 on Ebay right now:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-MK1-TOYOTA-M ... dZViewItem
An excellent price for a rust free low mile example and a trusted guy on the forums here.
I have found that you can pick up a really low mileage car with around 40,000 on the clock for around
Good luck in your search!
- an absolute bargain, by a first class seller. - you should have plenty of choice at £2.5k, personally if you intend to run one for a long time I reckon its best to get the best you can as a decent paint job must be £1500+ these days. Btw if you can stretch further Rich has a rather nice SC in the for sale section - its a tintop, but looks fantastic and totally original 
(the later spec Mk1s - which a 1989/1990 one would certainly be) did not have silver as a standard colour. Think the closest you'll find on a standard Mk1b is the light blue colour...