anyone have any experience with the Toyota MR2 Turbo model. just wondering if they are a car worth looking into.

As with any mid engine car... very different at the limit.

Nice car. Know a kid running in the mid 13's BPU

can be just as fast as an eclipse gsx fun cars but better watch out at the limits.

Kid at my school used to have a real nice one. Never got to ride in it but he always hot rodded it outta the parking lot. They're quick :)

i am just weighing my options. but now i don't know if i'm getting anything. since i'm deploying for 6 months i plan to get a house when i get back and probably not a car for a few years after.

but i like the idea of a mid engine just want to play with one first. and what do you mean watch the limits? like limits of the car? elaberate(spelling)

A pita to work on.

i figured that. just like all "high tech" or mid engine cars.

A knuckle scraping engine bay.

yeah, thats what sucks about compact cars. or really really compact cars.......

With the motor on the rear wheels it reacts much differently in turns at the limit then front engine layouts.

i see. so would you say it handles better or worse than a FWD or just different as in not better or worse but just different?

It is preference. Mid ship cars are usually very good handling cars. Mostly in part that there is very little weight transfer. Also with the weight where it is they get good traction on the launch.

It can be very tricky coming out of a turn. and watch out when to put the gas on. kind like this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88QT5JD46NE

well it looked like he was out in front for a bit there. what happened there? can you break it down at all?

What the guy did was Oversteer and going in too deep. He try to recover it but he was way too early on the gas. Since your engine and driving wheel are behind you it will snap oversteer the other way and make it worst.

The Louts Elise is a very easy car to drive you can feel everything that is going to happen and from that you have the split second to recover.

ok, so lots and lots of practice threw turns.

The MR2 Turbo is an amazing vehicle, especially if you know how to handle it. The car is a very good rival to the RX7 from the old days and even the mkIII supras

well, they are super light and power comparing to the turbo eclipse right? so with proper modding they can be rediculous i'd imagine.

yeah, but I would take a gsx over one anyday.... except maybe the tbar version

just for the AWD or for the fact that an eclipse is way easier to work on and parts are cheaper? or a combo of the 3.