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panZZer · #16 07-23-2011, 01:44 PM

They had to pay italians to restyle it into the secon gen.

tjts1 · #17 07-23-2011, 02:15 PM

I like gay cars. Especially Miatas.

frosty · #18 07-23-2011, 02:17 PM

I like the 3rd gen MR2! I entertained the idea of getting one when I ws looking for a 2-seater. Did they all come as a convertible? That's what I mostly saw. I'm not big into convertibles, unless we're taling about a convertible hardtop. Never liked the ragtop look. Looks nice when the top is down though. If I got one, I'd put in a hardtop. I think there are aftermarket ones.

Btw, I agree, looks like a Porsche.

Skippy · #19 07-24-2011, 12:09 AM

A friend of mine has an MR2. '85 I think. He's the second owner (his dad was the first). It has about 280,000 miles on it and still runs great. It also handles well, sounds good, and is pretty quick due to the fact that it weighs like 20 pounds.

BTW, he happens to be gay

Jim B. · #20 07-24-2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by KarTek

I feel like I'm in a time warp because everyone is calling everything they don't like "gay" just like we did when we were elementary kids in the '70's.

Somebody in the Mercury Grand Marquis forum called Ford F150 pickup trucks "gay" !!!

ANOTHER guy wrote:

"If you're letting your girlfriend run your life like that, grab my pocket, you're my *****. I just bought you for two packs of ciigarettes."

( LOL @ THAT!)

Jim B. · #21 07-24-2011, 12:40 AM

Lesbaru

tonkovich · #22 07-24-2011, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim B.

Lesbaru

funny stuff.

my boyfriend told me that we don't look gay in our cr-v. (now when we are in the miata, with the top down and our shirts off, well, that's another story.)

for the record, i believe mr walgumuth owns and races a miata. (he is definitely not gay.)

Mike D · #23 07-24-2011, 01:32 AM

Doesn't really count 'cause Tom talks to 'possums.

t walgamuth · #24 07-24-2011, 08:56 AM

Sternly.

Have not driven the Miata hardly at all since I got my Formula Ford. I decided yesterday I need to pull out the Miata and drive it though. I'll have to put the"new" top on it too.

leathermang · #25 07-24-2011, 09:11 AM

That silver two seat convertible is very pretty.

Yak · #26 07-24-2011, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by alamostation

Somebody made this comment in a thread that got closed.

I am so damned tired of hearing that comment and will never buy a Toyota again because of that reaction.

I have a 1987 generation I (1984 to 1989) MR2. It looks like a Pontiac Fiero or Fiat X1/9, and with the Lotus based suspension and 7500 RPM redline engine, it is an overdog in the ES autocross class matched against Datsun Z's, non-turbo Porches and rotary Mazdas. It is more fun to drive than you can believe. It is definitely not gay.

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Generation II (1989 to 1999) MR2s are something like a Mitsubishi 3000GT, but have better handling. Another not gay car.

For some damn reason Toyota built a totally gay two seat convertible from 1999 to 2007 (and instead of leaving the Spyder name alone, they put the MR2 logo on it). Amongst MR2 owners owners, this is called the MRS2.

The only thing missing is the rainbow sticker.

Let me see if I understand this:

"MY version of the MR2 isn't gay and I'm deeply offended when it is called 'gay' because it indicates a level of ignorance about the car. However, I reserve the right to call other versions of the MR2 'gay' because when I do it, I'm an unbiased and knowledgeable owner of non-gay cars."

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Nate · #27 07-24-2011, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by leathermang

That silver two seat convertible is very pretty.

By pretty, do you mean, gay?

It's a CAR. I kinda like the MR2's, they're nice, but I'd never own one. Just not my style. But who cares what anyone else thinks of what you drive? I'd say that's the least important decision I'd have to make on a car purchase...

~Nate

leathermang · #28 07-24-2011, 12:41 PM

No, I mean it has nice clean lines which will look good for a long time... like the 123 Wagons.... just do not go out of style...

leathermang · #29 07-24-2011, 12:47 PM

That silver convertible looks like the some of the Ferarri's of the 60's...
That I lusted after.... not understanding that at already 6'1" at 14 they would not be comfortable...
check out this front end... move that air intake down into the rear quarter panel... change the badges.....and everyone would take it for a Ferrari..

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/pic/136/Ferrari-250-LM_8.html

panZZer · #30 07-24-2011, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by KarTek

I feel like I'm in a time warp because everyone is calling everything they don't like "gay" just like we did when we were elementary kids in the '70's.

You got it wrong by a decade at least, gay meant happy in the seventies, people were still naming kids gay in the seventies. it wasn't till rock hudson became ill with aids that it seemed to start being used that way. in the seventies they were "faries' etc. By the way the first gen mr2 and especially its compedator the nissan pulsar Really look QUEER!