Here for sale is my 1994 L reg, GTS rev3 t-bar turbo in Caribbean Blue.
First off, I'll start with a bit about me and my reason for sale.
I have owned this car for 4 years now, and it has been my pride and joy for all this time! It was bought from a fellow member on the mr2 forums, under the forum name
"Fizz", I am sure he will not mind me mentioning him, as since I purchased this car from him, we have remained in contact and he's a great guy!This cars claim to fame is all that it was in issue one of the Mr2Only publication, where it was featured alongside my parents mr2's! At one point in my family, we had three mr2's on the driveway, now down to two.
It was at first used by me as a daily driver, but in the last year and half I have not used it half as much as I should, that is due to other obligations mainly being work and university.
I would say it comes out once every two weeks.The car has been to the Nurburgring twice, once with me and once with Fizz, I have only done 3 laps in it and it was incredible.
Me at the ring
Fizz at the ring
My reason for sale is that I would like a newer car, something I can track and then drive home, and I need good mpg, and being a photographer I need a lot of boot space for all my gear, and the Mr2 just does not tick all the boxes anymore.
I had considered tracking it a lot more, but I feel it's too good to do that to it; it would be unfair on the poor girl.
And the most important reason of all.
.. I honestly feel I do not drive it enough; I really do not do this fantastic car justice! So all that being said, I feel it is time to move on.
The car is being MOT'd this Thursday at Toyota GT and will therefore have a year's MOT for the new owner.
There is also 6 months tax remaining.
Tax on this vehicle is £185 a year for reference too.Mileage is at 147723, important to explain here that it was switched to miles, from kilometres at 134k and therefore has done 13k miles, making it around 15k miles done overall in it, in the last 4 years.
This car was imported in 1998, and is one of the few that were officially imported by Toyota themselves; I am the third UK owner.
The first UK owner who bought it directly from Toyota, had a heap of work carried out on the car, of which I have all the receipts.
I also have receipts from the time Fizz had it, and loads from my years of ownership also. The servicing of the car when possible has been done by me, for example oil and filter changes, which I have carried out every 3000 miles.
But more often than not, all work (general servicing and modifications) have all been carried out by James and his team at Toyota GT, he's looked after my car over the years. Now I'm a good news, bad news kind of person, so that being said and not wanting to leave a bitter taste in your mouth, I shall start with the bad news first.
When I purchased the car it had what Fizz
(the previous owner) described as three problems, I still have the pictures he sent me to show them, and here they are.Here are some pictures of the car, done by Fizz for his for sale ad, from when I bought it, just for reference.
A scratch from a Cat on the front right pop up light cover
Slight graze on the rear bumper, on the right hand side.
Alot worse in photo than in real life, you have to point it out to people most of the time.
A hole in the dash alongside the fog light switches, most likely where some factory fitted options were removed.
Since owning it, I have only had one other problem which is in 2008 when I went to the Nurburgring I had left the car in the Ed garage, which regulars to the ring will know is alongside the main straight and is a very popular petrol station.
Anyway I went in to buy some souvenirs and came out to some Ford owners shouting and running after some German 4x4 with a big trailer, I soon realised it was because he had reversed into my car, and damaged my boot lid. Luckily that was all that was damaged; the following picture was taken seconds after I got back to the car.
Right now on with the good stuff.
..The car was dyno'ed at Motorworx in Marlow nearly a year ago, the dyno sheets are as follows, and the operator commented on how smooth the power delivery was, and that I could push it further if I wanted to, however state of tune has remained the same since with no changes.
I'm not a fan of body kits or external bodywork modifications at all, I believe that it should be as Toyota intended.
.. but just with more go under the bonnet that being said, my modifications list is as follows.Modifications:
Engine
& Drive train:- HKS Hi-Power exhaust- De cat of standard downpipe (no problems with MOT as this is acceptable for this yr of mr2 turbo).- ST205 Charge cooler setup fitted by 3s services/Toyota GT- Rogue Engine bay fans - HKS SSQV Dump valve- Apexi Induction kit- TRD Radiator Cap- Field extension harness for the ecu, means that the original ecu wiring has been untouched when splicing into wires.- Poly bush engine mounts - steel gear linkage bushes and copper support bushes for the gear stick support plateHandling
& Braking:- Genuine Volk Racing/Rays Engineering 17" TE37 in white, I had these refurbished after I bought them 3 years ago, however they have been kerbed since.- Toyo Proxie 215/40 & 235/40 17" tyres , rear tyres have done 2000 miles with very little sign of wear, fronts have plenty of life left in them also.- Red Stuff pads - Ebc discs, oem replacements- Motul RBF600 High Performance Brake Fluid- Goodridge stainless steel brake hoses - K-sport fully adjustable coilovers, they were bought second hand roughly 2.5 years ago, and roughly this time last year these were refurbished, and one fully replaced, massive improvement to the way it drives.- High & Tight motorsports prothane full suspension bush kit- Full tracking setup carried out to give a fast road setup, roughly 10 months ago.
Electronics:
- HkS EVc 5 (holding Boost at 1.1 bar which I believe is roughly 15.5psi)- Apexi RSM - Clamping speed delimiter- Clifford Alarm with proximity sensor and Intellistart.- Defi gauges, turbo and oil temperature. Sadly the oil temperature gauge has a fault, the wiring is fine, and it powers on fine, but it never gets a reading. The gauge itself states that there is a fault with the probe, but being in a sandwich plate by the oil filter has meant that I have not had a chance yet to replace it.
Styling:
- Crystal side lights with led super white tower bulbs- Genuine Raybrig front lights
- HID conversion kit (h4 bulbs)- Speed Hut custom EL blue glow Dials - All interior lights converted to blue... heater control, courtesy light etc...- Custom upholstered half leather seats, blue and black with blue stitching. The extra padding on the door cards causes the plastic trim around the door handle to not sit flush, something that has never truly bothered me.
- Gas ram lifters for front bootIce:
- Alpine head unit with USB connector in the glove box- Alpine amps mounted in front boot.- Focal Component Speakers in doors- Rainbow Speakers fit into rear speaker position- Phoenix gold sub in custom box behind passenger seat
Maintenance wise.
Most recently the clutch has been done by Toyota GT, roughly 500miles ago, if that.
I have had the cambelt changed at 143k, tensioners were changed also, as well as the water pump.
All work also done by Toyota GT.Just carried out a coolant change recently, last month.
So that now has 5 litres of the Halfords advanced coolant and some wetter water coolant additive stuff and then the rest is de ionized water.Brakes and pads are all fine with plenty of life.
Extras:
I have the following extra parts to go with the sale of this car.
- set of standard wheels, with plenty of tread left on them.- Spare Toyo Proxie 235/40/17, with loads of tread left, had a puncture on one tyre a year ago and instead of just replacing one, I replaced both rears.- walbro uprated fuel pump.- 2 x sets of cold grade spark plugs- 3sgte rev3 brand new dizzy cap and ignition leads- Standard parts that have been removed such as a water catch tray from the engine lid and intake pipes for the turbo.- Full set of brand new EBC grooved discs and red stuff pads, bought as a just in case item, but not had the need to fit them yet.- black rev3 bootlid, bought to replace the damaged one.- full monsoon level 100% waterproof mr2 car cover
Here are a selection of pictures of her, some very recent, and some around a year old.
Oldest first.
Most recent ones
Right now I realise the times are bad at the moment economically, and I want all to know that I have looked at the current market, taken it into consideration, and I feel that if someone is out there looking for a car such as this, then the present climate is not a great factor in their decision.
That being said I have priced it accordingly with other cars I feel mine is on par with. Price is £4800I am more than happy to answer any questions I may have missed, so please either contact me through this thread, or via pm.
If you wish to speak to me over the phone, then please ask via pm and I will be more than happy to supply mobile, or home number, or even skype or msn if you wish to talk about it the car that way.No time wasters and no tyre kickers please, genuine buyers only! I am also more than happy to take you out in the car if and when you come see it, but please understand, that unless you are fully insured on my car, I will not let you drive it at all.
Thank you for taking the time to read my ad.
all the best,
Dan
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Thanks for the comment mate, great to hear from you! 
