Buyer Advice Needed SW20 3SGTE MR2

[Toby]

A car that old in stock form needs some work - cat conv is probably a solid hunk of restriction etc.

[Heylin]

Safest bet: Just don't get one. They're a pain when things go wrong

Yeah Mr2 in my opnion is never going to be a short term thing, you either drive it for a year or 2 and sell it cheap before things go wrong, or bank on replacing all the usual things that go wrong or fail due to age

- HT Leads @ 100,000
- Cap n rotor Every 20,000
- Fuel pump @ 200,000
- Big Ends worn @200,000
- Clutch, Rear Main Seal @200,000
- Suspension bushes, springs and shocks usually rooted by 180,000
- Aircon expansion valve behind dash = R134a conversion $1200 all up

THis is just a few items ive encountered on my Mr2 which now has 230,000 kms and ive owned it since 116,000.

[EssDub]

There is nothing wrong with the prefacelift SW20s, just something wrong with the people who own them and dont maintain them LOL.

If a car is looked after, it'll look after you - or something like that...