MR Engine

GTR32

My 306 expires in July soon la......anyone can give me some input on this.....looks i want to try MR. http://www.28car.com/sell_dsp.ph ... =mr2&h_srh_ty=1

Eric

must go for a turbo version.

letsrock

I personally prefer either MkI or MRS

Simon

3# letsrock
係呀, 據說轉款時, MR2 MK2 係一架Grand tourer, 希望升級到Esprit咁. 之後第三代, 即係MR-S, 想提倡返輕巧同靈活, 所以大量減磅. 最後MR-S就好似MK1咁有返MR2的原意.
如果想玩呢樣小車feel, MK1orMR-S會比較好.

古惑強

Talk to Bobby laa, he used to have one of the best example of MR2 MkII (NA version) in HK.

A real life example, Bobby King was driving a MR2 MKII in the twisty mountain in wet, and he was totally untouchable even by the Gang Leader!!!

letsrock

5# 古惑強


He had the human chip that day, right? And after that day...he sold his car....

bobby

Summary
MK II good outlook , But not easy to handle,
MK I out look........., but easy to handle and have more driving fun

Both MK I and II Can say good bye to other member when runing in long straight Road

Jason16VT

Human Chip? Hehehehe

Trevor

JW racing human chip... haha...

GTR32

thanks everyone's input....then now i may narrow down into s2000, mrs and of course mito....need to make decision by may as for the early bird price offered by alfa.....

Simon

To me S2000 is a special car, purposely engineering FR with 50:50 weight distribution in order to experiment the handling of modern 50:50 high performance sports car.
MR-S is one end product, engineered with the handling data collected from Mk1 and Mk2.
MiTo is an easy handling, little fun driving car with Alfa spirit.

If I were in position to choose, I will take S2000 or MR-S.

Eric

S2000 is over-priced and difficult to get a straight one.
Go for the new Mito la.
MR-S should be less expensive to keep/run and good
for daily driving.

古惑強

S2000 is an unique 9000rpm machine, only one of its kind in this world (beside wankel engine), it is sexy and attractive, but not easy to extract the performance on the street, other turbo cars or big cc NA machines will walk all over you before you get any real torque from the engine.  Nice looking track machine though.

MR-S, oh please don't let me start on it.  It is the most ugly one among the MR2 series, period!

Mito is good for daily commuting + weekend fun time, however with a small 1.4L turbo, it lacks the top-end power of the bigger engine competitors, it is at best comparable to 2.0 NA engines.  If you are planning to keep the car just 1~2 years then you will be facing a pretty steep depreciation as well.  

I would go for either S2000 or Mito.

Eric

Most of the S2000 vtec engine do not produce 250ps as claimed.

Simon

Let's see

2000MY S2000 $140,000
2009MY MiTo  $189,000
2000MY MR-S $90,000
now,  1999MY Boxster 棍 $188,888 Why not take a look.

http://www.28car.com/sell_dsp.ph ... ster&h_srh_ty=1

bobby

yeah .....

古惑強

Don't go for 2.5L laa, go for 2.7 or 3.2 maa!  2.5L is a weak engine, that is why Porsche upgrade it to 2.7 within a short period of time.

letsrock

If pay 188,888 and time is not an issue, why not import a Elise from UK.....

Simon

add some USD2195~HKD18000, you have 18bhp
http://www.imagineauto.com/boxster02.htm

if to a further extreme, add USD3899~$30500, you can upgrade to 2.7 engine
http://www.lnengineering.com/boxster.html

Anyway, i am just bullshitting. haaa.... pretending to be something.

letsrock

19# Simon


Should make a note on "+ Labor".....