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[DAN_REV1_TURBO]

Dont know why I found myself wondering about this but I did! Do we have anyone on the site who bought their MR2 from new and still has it now? Or failing that who has the longest MR2 ownership? Had my current MK2 Turbo less than a year but previous to that a N/A for 3 years.

[simmo490]

interesting post, comeone then all you oldies

i think most of them if any would be on the drivers club lol

[Goto10]

Had tubby for about 7 years now.


(Before they were common)

[Kitch]

my mate craig has had his L reg N/a since new and its still in better nick then my fresh import tubby.

[dawolf]

Interesting post. I was the proud first UK owner of my G-Limited which I had for 3 years before I traded it in last summer for a turbo. In that time I clocked up nearly 50k miles.

Hey, turbo's are not that common.

[Grajey]

My brother-in-law bought, in 1997, a red t-bar with full leather. He still has it and has said he will never sell it. It has just passed the 22,000 (twenty two thousand) mile mark.
It looks like it just came from the factory.

Cost was around £23k IIRC.

[HighwayStar]

Mine was almost 10yrs old when I bought it but I've had it 8.5 yrs now and done 99,000 miles in it myself....

R.

[scotiamr2t]

compared to some im relatively new to ownership! had mine 4.5 years now an only done 5,000 miles.

Odometer has just ticked past 41k, quite sad to have used it so little come to think of it

[JeffD]

My friend whose brother owned a Toyota Dealership had the first AW11 in the country as a demonstrator. Thats what started my love of MR2s :-)

[tonigmr2]

Well had my SC since 2000....Think it is seven and a half years.
T

[Quigonjay]

Well had my SC since 2000....Think it is seven and a half years.
T

i'm guessing about 2000 was the last time you drove it?

[DAN_REV1_TURBO]

Time flies when you are having fun! 7 years for me now.

[cosmos]

First UK owner purchased before shipping from Japan through Car Imports Direct in Bristol Sept 2003.

[mattm117]

I purchased a '98 S reg T-Bar in red brand new. Had it for 3 years then sold it for 11K. The fond memories prompted me to buy another recently.

[HighwayStar]

Still got the same rev1 so that's a total of 14.5 years ownership now and another 50k since my '08 post. Next service due in a few hundred miles will be the 234,000 mile routine one.

R

[Alex O]

In April I will have had mine for 10 years. (1st uk owner had it 1 year then on to me).

Can't see us ever splitting up really....

[Rob]

12 years for me next month......my only regret is not cavity waxing the hell out of it when i got it!

[Shmed]

On a slight tangent, but what about, how many MR2's have you owned? I'm not an original owner, my current one is my longest owned (6 year) shell is off to scrappy tomorrow, but the new one is my 4th MR2 since 2003.

[DAN_REV1_TURBO]

Just the two for me. Bet there are people on here in double figures?

[gerbil1028]

Owned tubby for a year then sold it. Regretted it searched for five years and have owned the car again since last Sunday. Does that count ??