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In 1998 I owned a 1989 G reg MK1 TBar, a superb car which I loved to bits.
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When going through some old photos last week I found some lovely images of my red rocket
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I have about
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What do you think?
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Monty wrote:What do you think I should buy, a 1 or 2?
In 1998 I owned a 1989 G reg MK1 TBar, a superb car which I loved to bits.However, a mixture of inexperience
(heavy right foot) and a wet road on a November morning
(when late for work) soon bought the relationship to an abrupt end!!!
When going through some old photos last week I found some lovely images of my red rocket(it nearly bought a tear to my eye)! So, seven years later it is time to try again!
I have about![]()
£4500 to spend but can't decide whether to go with what I know
(and probably get a nice example) or go for an early MK2.
I heard some horror strories about the first MK2's and not keen on getting an import that has been thrashed.
What do you think?![]()
Monty wrote:When was the last one?
I did a search but nothing obvious stood out?
Don't want to waste everyones time if it is in there somewhere!!
Monty
RedMR² wrote:Monty wrote:What do you think I should buy, a 1 or 2?
In 1998 I owned a 1989 G reg MK1 TBar, a superb car which I loved to bits.However, a mixture of inexperience
(heavy right foot) and a wet road on a November morning
(when late for work) soon bought the relationship to an abrupt end!!!
When going through some old photos last week I found some lovely images of my red rocket(it nearly bought a tear to my eye)! So, seven years later it is time to try again!
I have about![]()
£4500 to spend but can't decide whether to go with what I know
(and probably get a nice example) or go for an early MK2.
I heard some horror strories about the first MK2's and not keen on getting an import that has been thrashed.
What do you think?![]()
In all seriousness mate, if you fancy another MK1 then go for it!!
If it were me then I would invest in a rev 3 turbo with T-roof![]()
Monty wrote:What do you think I should buy, a 1 or 2?
In 1998 I owned a 1989 G reg MK1 TBar, a superb car which I loved to bits.However, a mixture of inexperience
(heavy right foot) and a wet road on a November morning
(when late for work) soon bought the relationship to an abrupt end!!!
When going through some old photos last week I found some lovely images of my red rocket(it nearly bought a tear to my eye)! So, seven years later it is time to try again!
I have about![]()
£4500 to spend but can't decide whether to go with what I know
(and probably get a nice example) or go for an early MK2.
I heard some horror strories about the first MK2's and not keen on getting an import that has been thrashed.
What do you think?![]()
adamh wrote:my tuppence..
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my mk1 is of the road and has been for 6month since moving 90 miles and deciding to pull it off the road pending petrol costs(now do 350mile a week for work), so its off the road until i get a garage to keep it in and work on it
(traffic wardens are demons in brighton).
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i bought a diesel for the time being, and have a turbo conversion for the mk1 on the back burner.
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Felt i had to explain!.
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heres the feeling,.
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i see mk1's and mk2's and mk3's
the mk1 in my opinion is the best looking model.
its pretty plain by comparison, but a true classic,
every time i see a mk1 driving around brighton it hurts bad!, i want mine back
on the road a.s.a.p
like nothing else, its a unique indivdual rocket.
and has far more character than the curvy cars of today.
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I'm a bit biased as ive never drove a mk2, but i never will, i love the mk1 too much.
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mac sheavils is selling
nice examples of the mk1, but you would be hard pushed to find a nice
normally
aspirated Mk1 without doing some work of some kind, and then if your going to pay that much.
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4.5k!,,
you really should get a little more power for your money, contrary to that.
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the last thing your going to want is a mk2 driver whizzing past you<<--- did i say that??
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its a toughie, theres my vote
Lauren wrote:adamh wrote:my tuppence..
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my mk1 is of the road and has been for 6month since moving 90 miles and deciding to pull it off the road pending petrol costs(now do 350mile a week for work), so its off the road until i get a garage to keep it in and work on it
(traffic wardens are demons in brighton).
.
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i bought a diesel for the time being, and have a turbo conversion for the mk1 on the back burner.
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Felt i had to explain!.
.
![]()
heres the feeling,.
.
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i see mk1's and mk2's and mk3's
the mk1 in my opinion is the best looking model.
its pretty plain by comparison, but a true classic,
every time i see a mk1 driving around brighton it hurts bad!, i want mine back
on the road a.s.a.p
like nothing else, its a unique indivdual rocket.
and has far more character than the curvy cars of today.
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I'm a bit biased as ive never drove a mk2, but i never will, i love the mk1 too much.
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mac sheavils is selling
nice examples of the mk1, but you would be hard pushed to find a nice
normally
aspirated Mk1 without doing some work of some kind, and then if your going to pay that much.
.
4.5k!,,
you really should get a little more power for your money, contrary to that.
.
.
the last thing your going to want is a mk2 driver whizzing past you<<--- did i say that??
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its a toughie, theres my vote
Mind you in saying that i bought an 86 car and have restored it.Total cost
£1210 so far and all the bodywork is done.
Its not a concours car but its easily worth a fair amount more than its cost me.
What i'm saying is there are plenty of MK1s that are mechanically sound out there but with rough bodywork.So its not too bad if you buy the car relatively cheaply and invest say
£800ish
(this is what it cost me) to have it repaired and hey presto a nice clean MK1 for not a lot of money.
4.5K is way over what you need to pay to get a good condition MK1, but these days any MK1 that is in good condition will have had some work done on it, so you are looking at 1.5K upwards for a reasonable condition car and 2Kish for one that is VGC.
SCs cost more obviously.
So you can get value for money if you are clever about how you do it.
RedMR² wrote:
I would love a MK1 to have a turbo transplant done to!![]()
adamh wrote:
i dont know if its still for sale..
www.mr2mk1club.com, but have a look at this beauty, thats one good looking little car, smart, sophisticated, quick as you need, classic!.
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if i had 4.5k??!.
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its still tough, maybe if the miles were a little lower or the price definately would.
Lauren wrote:RedMR² wrote:
I would love a MK1 to have a turbo transplant done to!![]()
It definately has some appeal!
Lauren wrote:adamh wrote:
i dont know if its still for sale..
www.mr2mk1club.com, but have a look at this beauty, thats one good looking little car, smart, sophisticated, quick as you need, classic!.
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if i had 4.5k??!.
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its still tough, maybe if the miles were a little lower or the price definately would.
Isn't it an auto though? 4.5K for an auto? no way.
Mind you in saying that i bought an 86 car and have restored it.Total cost
£1210 so far and all the bodywork is done.
Its not a concours car but its easily worth a fair amount more than its cost me.
What i'm saying is there are plenty of MK1s that are mechanically sound out there but with rough bodywork.So its not too bad if you buy the car relatively cheaply and invest say
£800ish
(this is what it cost me) to have it repaired and hey presto a nice clean MK1 for not a lot of money.
4.5K is way over what you need to pay to get a good condition MK1, but these days any MK1 that is in good condition will have had some work done on it, so you are looking at 1.5K upwards for a reasonable condition car and 2Kish for one that is VGC.
SCs cost more obviously.
So you can get value for money if you are clever about how you do it.
RedMR² wrote:Lauren wrote:RedMR² wrote:
I would love a MK1 to have a turbo transplant done to!![]()
It definately has some appeal!
Damn right it does!! I would have loved to drive Paul Woods..
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.needed some spare jeans tho!
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Lauren wrote:RedMR² wrote:Lauren wrote:
It definately has some appeal!
Damn right it does!! I would have loved to drive Paul Woods..
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.needed some spare jeans tho!
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Paul was going to let me have a go on track in his one as i was interested to see how it handled etc.Unfortunately our paths never crossed since then.
Would have loved to have a go though.