MR2's in Ireland

[corkmr2]

700 euro?! That's really good...the cheapest I had seen was about 1000-1300. And even they looked fairly rough...

[corkmr2]

Don't suppose there's anybody here from around the Clare region...http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1249724

Any idea what a 'tapping' in the engine may be? Owner seemed to think a bearing...

[alpha13]

could be anything!!! is it high? low? could be a bearing, could be tappets, could be a number of things.... have you heard it?? if so describe it more..

[corkmr2]

no afraid not...just spoke to the guy on the phone...

[corkmr2]

Looks like it could be a potential bargain. But you never know do you??

Pity there isn't anybody from that direction on here

[alpha13]

definately sounds like it is worth a spin to see it.... at 107k it is unlikey to be something very serious... you would know fairly quickly seeing the car.
no vrt or anything on it so it is even better value.
nice colour too

[PDtuning]

I would suspect bearing on the conrods been worn giving the tapping noise.

Bring a compression tester with you.

[alpha13]

you would know that fairly quickly, even if it was a bearing.. at that money if the rest of the car was good it would still be worth doing and be a cheap car...

[corkmr2]

Well my search for a mk1 hit a brick wall but I managed to get my hands on a lovely red mk2 for within my limited budget. Not a bad substitute I thought

Absolutely loving it so far, a great introduction to Jap motoring. Maby some day I will get a mk1 but until then this will do just fine.

Many thanks to everybody who offered their help, assistance and advice. All was much appreciated...

David