New member possibly considering a mk1 s/c

[IanC]

Hello all,

I stumbled upon this site while looking for mk1 mr2's for sale a few weeks back, have just been looking about since then but decided to join up and introduce myself.

I live up north in Sunderland and owned a couple of mk1 mr2 t-bars in 2008/9 one of which was scrapped but the other may still be going strong, F956 MGU was the reg and it was a red T top. Since then I have mostly just had mk2;s (currently tidying up a revision 3 turbo) however I did not own a supercharged mk1 and the idea of that is quite appealing to me.

Not sure where would be best to start looking, I got a price from a local importer and they came back with £10k OTR in the uk

[coverco]

Hi Ian and welcome. Superchargers come up for sale occassionally, check Ebay and the MR2 forums. £10000 is ridiculous but they are becoming rarer in Japan. The last one that went on here was the Super Edition which went for under £3000, there is one in the for sale section at the moment although it is from November 2012 and is up for £8000

Good luck with your search

[Master-B]

Hi Ian, welcome along. £10k sounds about right from an importer, mad as it sounds. SCs do come up for sale from time to time at £3-4k but dont seem to hang round long when they do. Good luck in your search. Kris.

[Ben]

Welcome Ian

There seems to have been a lot of SCs changing hands recently (many to people who are returning to the club!) but a quick search brings up only three for sale at the mo - an Auto for £3k, and two manuals for £8k

I think just keep an eye on the classifieds, they do come up for sale at reasonable prices on a semi-regular basis, you just have to be pretty quick when they do!

Your other option, of course, would be to buy a tidy UK car and drop a supercharged lump in it. I recognise your username, actually - I think there might be a couple of people selling 4A-GZEs on IMOC at the mo...

[Ben]

Like here, for example:

http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=169952

[charged]

Try another importer. JM Imports are close to you but they do seem to bring in the very best examples of Jap imports which fetch a premium.

[Ben]

Bet you could lift the engine out of this easily enough, too!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261030439426

[EppingMk1SC]

Hi Ben et al, just to clarify the £8k SC up for sale, it was purchased for £7,250 as it had a documented 30,000 miles from new, and I've since spend a small fortune replacing any tired consumables, like shocks, springs, clutch, alternator etc, with genuine new Toyota parts. I was going to sell it in November as I has a new company car coming. So though I'd stick it up for what I felt was a reasonable price for its condition and providence. I've sort of decided to keep it for a while, but if the right offer came along 'may' sell. Hence the price. But as others have said, a car is only worth what someone is willing to pay.

[Ben]

Sorry Paul, didn't realise it was yours! To be honest I just had a quick skim through without paying attention to any of the details - on closer inspection it does look a fantastic car. I hope you get what you want for it

[EppingMk1SC]

Hey, don't worry about it, just thought I'd clarify that it wasn't a daft price for a rotten crate!

If I ever sold it I'd just go and blow the money on something else daft like a twin turbo Supra or RX7...

Now my daily driver is a C350 CDi, everything feels a wee bit slow

That being said I still love the raw driving experience of the SC, something very simple and straightforward which is a refreshing change from technology and driver aids