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If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Page 1 of 2 12 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 20 of 22 Thread: Anyone got 25K for an MK1? Thread Tools Show Printable Version Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 10-09-2005, 08:05 PM #1 Mister2.2 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Cheese it! Join Date Feb 2005 Posts 6,598 Thanks  130 Thanks  119 Thanked in103 Posts Blog Entries1 Total Contributions For
Mister2.2     $ 0.00 Anyone got 25K for an MK1? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyot...81443206QQrdZ1

Pretty sweet! Reply With Quote 10-09-2005, 10:07 PM #2 Ncturnal View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries NoAgendaShow.com Join Date Feb 2005 Location Atlanta, GA Posts 7,726 Thanks  119 Thanks  200 Thanked in148 Posts Blog Entries7 Total Contributions For
Ncturnal     $ 10.00 That should go to the Toyota Museum. I forwarded the auction link to them. That is too sweet, but it's something that needs to stay in its current condition. Brian Reply With Quote 10-09-2005, 10:20 PM #3 TheAmazingDave View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage Cage Fighter Join Date Mar 2005 Location San Jose, CA Posts 1,112 Thanks  13 Thanks  7 Thanked in7 Posts Total Contributions For
TheAmazingDave     $ 0.00 Wow. If I had the cash, I'd buy that and swap a GTE into it!














































lol, j/k. I'd buy that and put it in one of those plastic bubbles that inflates to like 5-8 PSI or something so when shit falls on the bubble it just bounces off. Reply With Quote 10-09-2005, 10:23 PM #4 Ncturnal View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries NoAgendaShow.com Join Date Feb 2005 Location Atlanta, GA Posts 7,726 Thanks  119 Thanks  200 Thanked in148 Posts Blog Entries7 Total Contributions For
Ncturnal     $ 10.00 Originally Posted by 86mister2 Wow. If I had the cash, I'd buy that and swap a GTE into it!


lol, j/k. I'd buy that and put it in one of those plastic bubbles that inflates to like 5-8 PSI or something so when shit falls on the bubble it just bounces off. Man, I saw the first parts and I was gonna say....




lol Brian Reply With Quote 10-09-2005, 11:44 PM #5 TheAmazingDave View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage Cage Fighter Join Date Mar 2005 Location San Jose, CA Posts 1,112 Thanks  13 Thanks  7 Thanked in7 Posts Total Contributions For
TheAmazingDave     $ 0.00 gotcha! Reply With Quote 10-10-2005, 12:34 AM #6 NoSirItsAToyota View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Habitual line stepper Join Date Feb 2005 Location Bloomington, MN Posts 6,273 Thanks  3 Thanks  2 Thanked in2 Posts Total Contributions For
NoSirItsAToyota     $ 0.00 Lowest mileage mk1 in the US? Reply With Quote 10-10-2005, 07:37 PM #7 zman336 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Cage Fighter Join Date Jun 2005 Location Atlanta, GA Posts 460 Thanks  1 Thanks  1 Thanked in1 Post Total Contributions For
zman336     $ 0.00 That thing does need to go into a museum. I hope Toyota will buy it up. Reply With Quote 10-13-2005, 06:24 PM #8 blazinmr2 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Resident guitar shredder Join Date Oct 2005 Location Pella, Ia Posts 781 Thanks  0 Thanks  5 Thanked in2 Posts Total Contributions For
blazinmr2     $ 0.00 That was a sad waste of a car. Who buys a car like that and hardly puts any miles on it? What's the fun in that? Reply With Quote 11-04-2005, 11:57 PM #9 carcrazyguy View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Some Skills Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 210 Thanks  0 Thanks  8 Thanked in4 Posts Total Contributions For
carcrazyguy     $ 0.00 I got a kick out of some of the questions the guy was getting...but then again, if you stick something like that on Ebay you are setting yourself up for it.
On a similar note, like new 0-10K Z32 (300ZX) are on Ebay often, but this is extremely rare to see someone that actually treated their MR2 as it should have been from day 1. Heck, it is near impossible to find one that was not treated bad, much less even normal wear.
If I had tons of cash, I would buy that car out of principle, but since I don't, I can rest OK knowing I have a pretty good facsimile for roughly one tenth of the price of that one (mine looks indentical).
I just hope the buyer leaves that car alone and keeps it in the condition it is in now. Anything else would be a shame.

Originally Posted by blazinmr2 That was a sad waste of a car. Who buys a car like that and hardly puts any miles on it? What's the fun in that? If you have to ask, then nothing we can say will ever make you understand. Chances are the owner has other cars and only drove this one on special occasions. I am sure he remembers every mile. Now he can make nearly twice what he paid for it, and make another (well to do) hard core MR2 enthusiast the happiest person alive who will own the conversation piece of MR2 meets / shows for years to come. Or for that matter, if he kept the car - taking that much care of the car and only driving it occasionally, he could easily get 40 + years of ownership out of it and would own a absolute rare antique at some point - or someone could drive it everyday, raise hell in it, and gets lots of dings at Wal Mart and have an average Joe $1200 MKI in a matter of a couple years. Reply With Quote 11-05-2005, 03:12 AM #10 Mister-Twoster View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage shhwWAAAAA PSSHHHHHhhh Join Date Oct 2005 Location Carmel, IN Posts 372 Thanks  0 Thanks  1 Thanked in1 Post Total Contributions For
Mister-Twoster     $ 0.00 Wait, so let me get this straight... tons of rust, various holes and tears in the seats, brown spots on the seats, cracked and sundried steeringwheel, non-existant shiftboot, rattling sunroof, large open stereo hole, permanent interior exhaust smell, broken speedo, extremely dim lights, plethora of rattles and creaks, and power windows that work every now and then isnt stock?!! I must have gotten ripped off, because my car only has 311....

Oh, the ebay one has 3000 miles. Mine has 311,000. THAT might explain it.

Whew, that was fun. Anyways, this is a beautiful car, without a doubt the best MR2 ive ever seen un-molested. Id probably make a room in my house to keep it in. Screw selling it, even if he DID make double what he payed for it. It doesnt look like it matters how much he gets out of it, considering he said he has "too many toys" and "one on the way." Whatever floats his boat i guess. '91 JDM Gen II turbo swap, 93 LSD Tranny, 94 Tails, two-tone red/black, Billstein all 'round.
'91 N/A Sold
'86 Beater/track car, TRD LSD, Flywheel, rear swaybar, high comp pistons, JDM 4AGE swap... Sold Reply With Quote 11-05-2005, 04:24 PM #11 blazinmr2 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Resident guitar shredder Join Date Oct 2005 Location Pella, Ia Posts 781 Thanks  0 Thanks  5 Thanked in2 Posts Total Contributions For
blazinmr2     $ 0.00 If you have to ask, then nothing we can say will ever make you understand. Chances are the owner has other cars and only drove this one on special occasions. I am sure he remembers every mile. Now he can make nearly twice what he paid for it, and make another (well to do) hard core MR2 enthusiast the happiest person alive who will own the conversation piece of MR2 meets / shows for years to come. Or for that matter, if he kept the car - taking that much care of the car and only driving it occasionally, he could easily get 40 + years of ownership out of it and would own a absolute rare antique at some point - or someone could drive it everyday, raise hell in it, and gets lots of dings at Wal Mart and have an average Joe $1200 MKI in a matter of a couple years. I see what you are saying carcrazy and I do understand. But 18 years and only 3,000 miles, (which is amazing and if I were him I would not sell this car because of above said reasons by car crazy) I really don't know what I am trying to say, I guess it sounds like he had a lot of other fun cars as well, so I can understand why he rarely drove his 2. I gots me a 91 na hardtop, with 200,000 miles on it, custom intake, custom motor mounts, speedsource brass shifter cable bushings, Jon O short shift bracket, Kvr carbon fibre brake pads, and for shoes I got 17 inch gunmetal rotas.

Walk naked to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way, shake wiener at her making the 'woo-hoo' sound. Reply With Quote 11-05-2005, 08:54 PM #12 Tyler H View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Back on the road. Join Date Mar 2005 Location Knoxville TN Posts 972 Thanks  10 Thanks  36 Thanked in30 Posts Total Contributions For
Tyler H     $ 0.00 I just don't get it. If you can afford to buy a car and not use it.... If it is that special to you, that you only drive it on special occasions.... Can you not afford to just keep it? Where was the love lost? Reply With Quote 11-05-2005, 09:10 PM #13 Mister2.2 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Cheese it! Join Date Feb 2005 Posts 6,598 Thanks  130 Thanks  119 Thanked in103 Posts Blog Entries1 Total Contributions For
Mister2.2     $ 0.00 I think at a certain point I would be so paranoid about driving it even once every year down the road, I would pretty much just have to sell it.

Can you imagine having a car like that, driving it once a year and then some jerk pulls out and smashes it into bits! Reply With Quote 11-06-2005, 01:30 PM #14 carcrazyguy View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Some Skills Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 210 Thanks  0 Thanks  8 Thanked in4 Posts Total Contributions For
carcrazyguy     $ 0.00 Originally Posted by Tyler H I just don't get it. If you can afford to buy a car and not use it.... If it is that special to you, that you only drive it on special occasions.... Can you not afford to just keep it? Where was the love lost? The guy is 64, so he bought this car when he was in his mid 40's. Chances are his lifestyle has changed to the extent where he has no interest in small sporty cars anymore, or maybe he cannot even get in and out of it comfortably. Also, knowing he can double his money while making a (wealthy) MR2 nut the happiest human alive could also be an incinitive to finally sell before he retires. Either way, he probably bought the car originally for an occasional back road car, for weekends to Palm Springs, or for whatever. He was pushing 50 then so I doubt he was out crusing the block and hitting the tracks all weekend long.
If I had the money, I would also own several cars, and the weekend cars would not see must mileage at all, just driven for fun only - and if say you have 3 weekend cars, it would be difficult to really rack up miles on them since they don't do the lion share of the mileage driving (to work, school, store, etc).
Imagine how cool it would be to go back in time and buy an MKI brand new...this guy was able to more less have a new MKI any time he sat in it for almost 20 years - and still could if he wanted to for 20 more.
I know this type of thinking isn't common or even doesn't seem rational to most MR2 owners, but this is actually pretty common, but typically with more high dollar cars, NSX, Corvette, 300ZX owners...
Hell, he might have even had 2 MR2's, and drove the other one often and kept that one put away therefore like new for shows, or simply for the uniqueness of having a "new" one. Would that be so weird if someone could afford to do this - or is this guy still a nutjob for not turning his MKI into a typical $1200 road warrior? Reply With Quote 11-06-2005, 02:05 PM #15 Tyler H View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Back on the road. Join Date Mar 2005 Location Knoxville TN Posts 972 Thanks  10 Thanks  36 Thanked in30 Posts Total Contributions For
Tyler H     $ 0.00 Originally Posted by Mister2.2 I think at a certain point I would be so paranoid about driving it even once every year down the road, I would pretty much just have to sell it. That doesn't keep Jay Leno from driving around his Deusenbergs...and this is "just" an MR2. I can relate to buying a car to keep for a toy and driving it rarely...I just don't see someone who loves a car that much getting rid of it. Why not just keep it? It was obviously paid for and not costing him anything. Maybe he was hard up for money.

If not, and he was just too old for it, why not hold on to it for a family member?

I don't plan on being so feeble that I can't drive an MR2 by the time I'm 64....at least not for 500mi a year. Hell...we sent John Glen's geriatric ass to space a couple of years ago. Reply With Quote 11-07-2005, 07:16 PM #16 carcrazyguy View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Some Skills Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 210 Thanks  0 Thanks  8 Thanked in4 Posts Total Contributions For
carcrazyguy     $ 0.00 Originally Posted by Tyler H I just don't see someone who loves a car that much getting rid of it. Why not just keep it? Chances are he is retiring to a condo or somewhere where he has no real garage. Also, he probably wants to pass the car on to someone else who can love it the way he probably did for 20 years. This concept may seem a little foriegn, but ask some older people why they will their possesions to their family rather than go to Vegas until it is all gone in their senior years. Reply With Quote 11-07-2005, 07:48 PM #17 tigerpee View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Cage Fighter Join Date Mar 2005 Posts 636 Thanks  23 Thanks  5 Thanked in5 Posts Total Contributions For
tigerpee     $ 0.00 sure looks good but i wouldnt pay 25k for that. Reply With Quote 11-07-2005, 09:07 PM #18 Mister2.2 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Cheese it! Join Date Feb 2005 Posts 6,598 Thanks  130 Thanks  119 Thanked in103 Posts Blog Entries1 Total Contributions For
Mister2.2     $ 0.00 Originally Posted by Tyler H That doesn't keep Jay Leno from driving around his Deusenbergs... Might be because he can afford to replace it? :P Reply With Quote 11-07-2005, 11:57 PM #19 WIWhite87 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries rollable project '87 Join Date Jul 2005 Location Waukesha, WI Posts 174 Thanks  0 Thanks  0 Thanked in0 Posts Total Contributions For
WIWhite87     $ 0.00 Originally Posted by carcrazyguy ...and if say you have 3 weekend cars, it would be difficult to really rack up miles on them since they don't do the lion share of the mileage driving (to work, school, store, etc). I've got 2 summer-only MR2s. Neither see much mileage. My '89 SC has seen a few long road trips accounting for about 6K of the 11K I've put on it in over 3 years! The '93 T I got last April has only collected 4K in 2 summers (1K this summer). This is splitting time between the '93T and '89SC as daily drivers from May 1-Oct 31.

As it is, I only put on about 74K in 11+ years on my year round, daily-driven '87 NA I had from '93-05. From '93-'02 it was my only car & from '02-'05 did I not drive it much in summer.

I can see how some people easily keep a weekend MR2 collecting 3K or less per year with a second vehicle. Add in a few more weekend or summer-only cars and the mileage decreases even more. Reply With Quote 11-10-2005, 11:23 AM #20 Tyler View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Cage Fighter Join Date Oct 2005 Location saskatoon sask Posts 981 Thanks  0 Thanks  4 Thanked in2 Posts Total Contributions For
Tyler     $ 0.00 so whao won this anywways anyone on the boards Tyler Hillis Reply With Quote Page 1 of 2 12 Last Jump to page: « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Posting Permissions You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts   BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On [VIDEO] code is On HTML code is Off

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