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Old Dec 3, 2001 | 09:48 AM
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MR2 Turboes are great cars. They are high maintinance if you plan on tuning them. You need to always put in Mobile 1 Oil and stuff like that. A high mileage MR2 Turbo is ok as long as it was taken care of. But the turbo is prolly gonna be toast. If you are planning on buying a high mileage turbo plan on rebuilding the turbo as well as replacing the clutch. You can do an upgraded turbo/rebuild for about $500 and a clutch for about 600-700. If you can find a stock mr2 turbo with high mileage for around $7k then that would be worth it. A friend of mine is selling a 91 Turbo with about 90k miles. It is totally hooked up wheels turbo boost controller gauges yada yada yada he is asking $12k for it but I am sure you can get it for $10k and trust me it is worth every penny. Try to get a 93 turbo if you can cause the suspension was updated and there are other little quirks that were straightened out. You will have to be a careful driver though in the rain the car is very tail happy. Most MR2s you will find are meticuously cared for and usually have a higher price tag then what the blue book value says. With about 3k-4k in mods you will be running 12s and basically out-handle anything else on the road.
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