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I’m in Tasmania and own one of these .mine in Aussie built beautiful car original 90 k. I love its look and all this guy says is true

I've been a aw11 owner and enthusiast since April 1995, I still own the aw11 I bought then. I used to have 5 3/4 aw11's in my collection at one time, now I just have the 2 of them. I owned a mr-s spyder for a while in the past few years, unfortunately had to move it on. I must say, as much as I love my aw11's, the spyder is a awesome vehicle! Out of the box handled very well and the 1zz had enough power to punt it along prity damn good. The only mods I would have done other than the manual conversion I did on it is turbo the 1zz and put coilovers on it. Very underrated car.

Beautiful Toyota Camry, congratz. I own a Toyota Corolla XL 1990 in a very nice condition, just like your car. I enjoy the car just like you described it. Take care of your car, it´s very nice. Greetings from Chile.

People hating it are the ones who've never driven one.

More people are doing the 2arfe engine swap. You get the same hp as the 2zz but about 40 ftlbs more torque.

16k to 18 k in Portugal, luky gys

Great review you got yourself a nice classy car. I just bought a 96 camry v6 about 3 weeks ago it's been looked after by an older guy who was the previous owner. I'm just has impressed has you are about how nice it is to drive thanks for the video

Having mine for more than a year, it was the biggest financial mistake in my life considering that I was stupid enough not to check compression before buying it (forums told me facelift cars are safe, so I didn't bother that much), so I've overpaid for it and had to put a new engine (I did put a 2006 short block with revised pistons to be safe that I'm not swapping one oil burner for another), and later I did crash it not long after breaking the engine in, and decided to fix it instead of selling it (either option would have put me in a huge loss). So I'm like twice the purchase price into it. And to add insult to injury I was in the process of moving to another country due to the war and stuff (talk about financial mistakes: burning your cash on a car while your country is being invaded and you dunno what's gonna happen to you tomorrow, but maybe not knowing if you get to live another day does play a role in such kind of irrational and emotional decisions). So that car did happen to put me through some troubles (though it was me at fault, not the car), but every time I drove it after weeks or months without it I could totally feel that it was still worth it, that vehicle never stopped putting a smile on my face, and the kind of emotional attachment I have to it never happened with my previous cars, at least not to that extent: be it a Skoda Octavia that has been 9 years in my family and was my first car, or Focus ST that was my first fast car. It's not a fast vehicle, and not the best one in any regard, not even the best for it's price, but the wind blowing in your face, the low seating position, that rough 4-pot screaming (mine's got TTE exhaust, which adds a bit of drama to it) while linearly building up power, the analogue feel of it, the lightness, especially of its front end, the mid-engine feel, the weighting and feel of all the controls, the heaps of steering feedback, it all comes together so nicely, it all just feels so right. And on top of that it's really easy to drive unless you're dancing on the limit (it can rear its mid-engine head on ya if you're extremely uncareful, and good luck catching it, so some respect is still required), you can still commute in it like in any normal car, I'd even go as far as saying it's easier to drive in a city than a lot of them, due to great visibility (unless with the top on), small size, relatively large engine for its weight and just having what is in fact a commuter engine and drivetrain, with just a little bit of spice added to it, so gearshift and clutch are nice and easy to operate. The only thing it lacks driver-experience wise is a shorter final drive with better-spaced ratios (euro 6-speed feels more like 5-speed with 6th added to it, which what it essentially is, it's a shame they didn't put euro 1zz celica gearbox in it) and a lighter crankshaft/flywheel, it doesn't rev as fast as miatas of the day which is a bit sad for a sportscar, higher rev limit would be also nice but 7k is still okay considering it's just an engine from Avensis with a great torque band for a small N/A from the 00s.

No storage? Awwww.... my X1/9 has a trunk in the front and the back! Love the MR2 though.

But its ugly

Holy shit wow private server guy likes cars?

No it’s not a clapped one is 10k

What you said about not liking it until your drive it is so true. After I got to drive one I sold my 350Z and bought one. It's the nearest thing to a 1960 Porsche 356 I owned 50 years ago.

Had my 2002 for a little over a year now, had to put in another engine bc the old one had knock but its worth the trouble. Extremely fun cars and gets noticed and appreciated by everyone.

Drove an '02 for for years. One amazing car. No storage. And that covers any complaints. Test drove the first and second gens. Respect them, but prefer the third overall.

I've owned two Miata's. I liked 3rd Gen MR2, but they weren't available in Canada. But I still would have gone for a Miata, for the more usable trunk. But they definitely don't deserve hate. I kind of like the styling as well. Reminds me of a baby Boxster.

stupid fun to drift in forza 1

always wanted one of those, been slowly saving cash since 2016, just after getting my fn2 type-r as a daily - its arguably a better car in all ways besides the fun factor, yet i still always wanted one of those. So people hating it for it not having popups or not having good cargospace (which was never the point of an mr2) and making the prices and parts of them cheaper makes is positive to me. Truthfully, im always happy to see an mr2 aw11 or zzw30 (im only partial to the sw20 since its more of a GT car in my mind, and there are better alternatives to that), since mr2s of any gen. are somewhat rare in my country, i barely see a few when going to the capital in my country for an auto event such as jdm car season closing Arguably one of the bigger downsides (besides mentioned) is that the engine is not pushing all that much power, but for the chassis that weighs 900-1100kg its plenty, well you can always 2zz swap . Additionally the styling: call it unpopular/controversial opinion but i find "cute" styling better than everything being "aggressive" As for the mentioned mechanical downsides: its a 20ish year old car, so most of the pre-cats or oil-ring were replaced/sorted out, worse-case its not: if you wrench on the vehicle by yourself, while time consuming - not too bad of a thing to do

FrankensteinMotorworks has done significant 2AR (I4) & 2GR (V6) development for 3rd gen MR2 swaps

Chills 😅😂

I just bought a '92 Camry XLE in PRISTINE condition. And I LOVE it. Congrats!

Praat je Moers'taal man !

It is closer to the original, but it never goes well when the new model is less car for more money....

I own a 2002 MR2. Drive one on a twisty road. iykyk

you should keep it , and sell thoe ugly chevrolet and seat

I have: 91 turbo..... ; ) ................ Q: Does aftermarket have rings that solve the ring problem?

I don't know if ours in Australia were the same spec, but I rented one back in the day and it was the most fun car I've ever driven. Being so close to the ground with that handling, it was such an exciting driving experience! That one had a sequential auto gearbox with a little polished alloy gear knob and no paddle shifters. The gearbox felt a bit clunky at low speeds, was an absolute blast to use under revs. I was heartbroken when I contacted the company about renting it again, only to find out that it had been crashed - I never found a rental one ever again.

Bought mine after driving a Celica for a decade. Genuinely love the zz engines even if they're a tad weak, just lets you really squeeze everything out of them in regular driving without going too crazy. Love my Celica and MR-S. Next on my list is a Matrix XRS

i think the difference between this and others "muscle jdm cars" is that they are faster in acceleration with their big turbo engines,but once they are launched and have to cornering,man this is on another level

No way, man. There is absolutely no way… 🐹 🛞 :)

That sounds just like a Pontiac Vibe GT. Same amount of road noise as the MR2

In the Netherlands where every road is flat and straight you don't understand how good this car really is. It's in a " touge" situation that this car really shines

I remember when these were able to be bought for $3000. Oh how I miss those days

I don't like it.. it's ugly as hell... that's why they stopped making it... nobody wanted it... should of stuck with the 80s design..

"Oh, tunnel... I hope you can hear this..." >>> Nope. xD Love the car. Great video. Cheers!

I bought one last Saturday. Friend took my Honda CR-Z off me as she desperately needed a car, figured I'd get something fun. Got a red 2006 model with the 6 Speed, leather seats, brand new rear subframe & hardtop for 5300 Euro. Been loving it so far, and considering it's my daily driver, it's weirdly "practical" despite being completely impractical.

Nobody hates the car. On the contrary, it's getting more and more attention and prices are going up!

5sfe engine is a great engine the gear driven camshafts is really the best point and for 2.2L it makes alot of power and torque with coil packs and diffrent tune.

This video made me buy one lol, i'm now a proud owner of a 1994 1.3 12v starlet with only 84k kilometers on the clock :D

Oil burning was only a problem in the first years. They fixed that in '03 with the face lift version. It was the oil burning that broke down the precats. '03+ models are more rare and are the ones to get. I've had mine for 21 years and it doesn't burn a drop of oil.

It's sad because it's such a good chassis. I'm glad they are a trade secret. I would never trade my '05 k24/6speed tuned MRS for anything.

Jij bent dus die simpele kijk wat voor gare dingen je rijd😂😂😂😂 dan klagen over auto’s 10 a 20 keer de waarde van die hokken 🤡

I have a 1990 toyota camry with only 89k and js my private enjoy. I will never sell it . I keep it with the family

grate video keep up the awesome work keep building your confidence

My sister bought one of these in 2000 when they first came out and used to lend it to me whenever she went away and so for around 6 years I regularly got to drive it for extended periods and I loved it. 23 years on & I now have my own. Only negative thing is that I always thought it was too quiet as standard so I fitted stainless manifold and so also removed any potential pre cat issues and fitted a quality Zero single exit exhaust so it now sounds like I think it should. I did buy a cheaper exhaust and it was loud & droned! The Zero exhaust is perfect 👍🏻😎. I have kept rest factory as Toyota pretty much nailed the suspension etc. They really benefit from good matching newish tires & for the geometry to be correct to. I fitted Toyos all round and for road use they are great. There are better ones if you intend to take on track regularly though.

If you don't rince the car before the snowfoam, don't use the brush on the dirty paint. Use your brush when you handwash it, after the snowfoam

I have one with about 170,000km on it. No problems other than burning oil like crazy lol. It isn't too bad is you keep the revs low, but we all know that's not possible lol. It's basically a two-stroke. I've learned to live with it and check the oil almost every time I drive

I drove these cars off the ships...not a bad car but stock...neither underrated or overhated...well maybe overhated a bit...unless you bought the horrible smg

Mr S!