1st of all, what a bargain!!!! I only got it Sep 2006, direct from Japan, I heard about it from a friend in the trade, he'd imported a few and was more interested in the rev3's he had than the rev2. I went to see it and couldn't work out whether it was mint or sh***ed. It was completely covered in oil and it needed jump starting to go anywhere, but underneath it all looked mint, I looked at the important bits (ie the engine) and it seemed ok so I took the plunge.£2500 got me a crackin little car, it was mint after all (phew 
), it had just been sat on a boat and in his yard for 3 months so looked grimy but after a quick oil change, new battery and a bit of cleaning was raring to go. Obviously having a subtle little car packing a fairly hefty punch I did the only decent thing and filled the tank with 99 RON and went for a blast. The only RWD cars ive driven were old beemers that I was selling as a trader so i'd never launched a quick RWD car before (u can see where this is going 
). On the drive I came to a set of lights and the driver in front decided to indicate at the last minute to turn so I needed to get into the other lane. I looked to my left and there was a little cutie in a MG ZR so I though id just boot it to get past her. As the lights changed she started wheelspinning to stop me gettin in (love it when girls rag cars 
) but as i'd already spun it up to 5500rpm I decided to launch it. F**k me, a bit of opposite lock and at the top of 2nd I was about 5 car lengths in front.....bye bye! This was the moment I was smitten with "Jezebell Tallulah" as I called her 
. I'd named the car this as I though with my heavy right foot she was going to take me for all ive got. How wrong was I? After becoming addicted to launching, the clutch went after 2 weeks, unsurprisingly, but in the year I owned it, with the exception of a new coolant sensor, this was the only thing that went wrong. I'd heard that with a cheap MBC u could get a few more ponies so bought one and fitted it. Although I only did a few miles with it like this I couldn't believe it, the first time the Fuel-cut kicked in (didnt have my FCD fitted yet), so I turned it down to about 1 bar. This seemed to give the tubby an even more evil side, and I thouroughly enjoyed embarrassing the Boxter owner who was showing off to his g-friend on the motorway, hahahaha 
Comparing the tubby to my RX8 I would say: The tubby is more "pointy", making it easier to steer with the rear, never understeering as the RX8 can on slower corners. I was amazed at the way it never seemed to understeer, I even threw it round a corner once to make it do this and it didnt, it just twitched a little 
I ran it with standard tyres and Bilsteins so it seemed to handle bumps and dodgy roads better than the 18" on the RX8 which seems to tramline a bit. (Although I only ran standard, I can see the MR2 be a bit twitchy with bigger wheels too, loads of grip from standard though). It definately seems more of a focused sports car than the RX8 and I was thouroughly impressed with my purchase. I have been wanting to build a project VW for a while so decided to sell it, it needed about £200 on boots and tyres so I put it up at a fair price - £2k. Nothing. £1800? Few enquiries but no viewings, I ended up dropping it to £1300 which was a ridiculous price for it but I needed the space, still no interest?? Madness. At that point I decided to break it for parts and as it was in mint condition ive pulled in over 2k this way so I feel slightly better. But she's now gone to the big breakers yard in the sky so R.I.P. Jezebel Tallulah, gone but not forgotten 
.I WILL definately get another in the future though, and highly recommend one to anyone thinking of buying one, take ur time and give it a good looking over and drive, u wont be dissapointed, a bargain basement bulletproof toy if ever there was one
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Sorry to waffle on, thanks for getting to the end.
