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semi-pro waster
11-09-2010, 10:51
It's been a few months since my last ill-fated adventure into the World of car ownership but last weekend I purchased myself a hairdressers car, it wasn't what I originally thought I wanted but I figured that while I'm young and have no real commitments I might as well buy a silly little two seater rather than wanting to do it when I've got a need for a bigger car. However I fear this means I can no longer be taken seriously, if I ever was, by the outside World. :o

http://www.semi-pro.co.uk/MR2%20front.jpg
http://www.semi-pro.co.uk/MR2%20front%20quarter.jpg
http://www.semi-pro.co.uk/MR2%20rear%20quarter.jpg

Apologies for the rubbish quality of the pictures but I'm a) no photographer and b) it's just a phone camera I've got. A few details if it matters, it's a 1996 car with around 160k miles on the clock, the sharper of you may have noticed that sadly it's neither a T-Bar or a turbo as my budget wouldn't stretch to that. It's got a fairly full service history although it will need another relatively soon so that's next months job I think, the aerial motor makes a noise when it goes up as although the aerial itself rises fine it seems to forget to stop winding for a minute or so for reasons unknown and the CD player doesn't work but the tape/radio do. Overall it seems in pretty good condition for a car that's almost 15 years old and it came with 1 years MOT and 6 months tax.
Stan_Lite
11-09-2010, 11:47
Excellent choice sir - and I approve of the colour too :D

http://wfjffq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAEhvDVEF9E2bQkVPIUNni-365FBE1DoxLyVXmO8-3n519v59epLEmhix6yRJ_mb2NYykEXglOY1_4zNUzZj7e752ic 0jbQUk/Car1.jpg?psid=1

Even the non turbo model is a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine :)
Will
11-09-2010, 12:48
Congrats on the new purchase! Enjoy, and have fun when it gets wet! :D
semi-pro waster
11-09-2010, 14:17
Cheers, I hope that it will be as good to me as yours is to you Stan. The colour is quite muted which is nice. I'm off up to Scotland next weekend so that'll be the real test of how well I get on with it but I've been enjoying it on the fairly short runs I've been doing so far.

Will, you do realise this now means I can come visit you and see your new flat/gym etc. :D
Will
11-09-2010, 15:48
I do! About time!
Jonny69
12-09-2010, 17:06
I was about to ask if you'd bought the Stanmobile :D
Del Lardo
12-09-2010, 17:34
mid engined cars are for homos and kiddie fiddlers, FACT! ;D

Enjoy and make sure you keep away from lampposts/trees ;)
Muban
12-09-2010, 19:04
Very nice indeed. Though it isn't a hairdresser's car...... that didn't happen to the MR2 until the MkIII ;)
Stan_Lite
12-09-2010, 21:38
Very nice indeed. Though it isn't a hairdresser's car...... that didn't happen to the MR2 until the MkIII ;)

:D
semi-pro waster
12-09-2010, 22:08
I was about to ask if you'd bought the Stanmobile :D

Afraid not, now there's two of us with rather similar looking cars. His is faster than mine though. :'(

mid engined cars are for homos and kiddie fiddlers, FACT! ;D

Enjoy and make sure you keep away from lampposts/trees ;)

I didn't see that part in the manual - can't imagine why they missed it out. :p

I'll try my best to avoid any solid stationary objects, I like the car as it is not meshed with the local scenery. :o

Very nice indeed. Though it isn't a hairdresser's car...... that didn't happen to the MR2 until the MkIII ;)

Thank you, I'm liking it so far. The MkIII is indeed a lot more hairdressery but this one's still a little bit fey.
Stan_Lite
12-09-2010, 22:47
Afraid not, now there's two of us with rather similar looking cars. His is faster than mine though. :'(

In a straight line, definitely. In the twisty bits, yours has the advantage being a rev3 - they'd improved the suspension somewhat from the rev1 (which mine is) which makes it more stable in the bends. Yours should be slightly better in the wet as well. With the extra power and the twitchier suspension, mine can be a bitch in the wet. Not long after I got it, I gave it a bit too much right foot coming off a roundabout in the wet. This caused severe fishtailing - pucker factor was high at the time iirc :D

I didn't see that part in the manual - can't imagine why they missed it out. :p

Me neither. I'm off out tomorrow to see if I can pick up a small boy in mine ;)
Grandad
15-09-2010, 23:05
looks smart :)