got a new car, no longer driving the chick magnet GEO

[Muscletang]

I got a new car, well not new but it's new to me. Anyway, it's a 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder.

I got the car February 24 and I didn't even plan to get a car that day. What happened was my dad and I were out to look at Honda Civics, Toyota Corrollas, ect. I'm in college and looking for an economy car and figured those would be good starts.

So we first went to a Honda dealer and looked at new Civics. They were too much for my budget so they directed us to the used car lot. We went over there and saw the MR2 just sticking out of all of the other cars. It was red tagged and around the same price as the used Civics I was looking at. My dad and I thought it was cool but thought the insurence was too much so we went on.

Well I looked at a 2003 Civic that wasn't bad and told them I'd think about it. After that we went to a Toyota dealer and looked at Corollas. It was pretty much the same thing on payments and insurence. After that my dad told me we should go back to the Honda dealer get an insurence quote on the MR2, he said we'll never know until we try.

So we go back and get a quote. It would be a little over $100 cheaper every six months to insure on the MR2 than it would be a Honda Civic or a Corolla. Now lets add to the fact it's the same price as the Civics and Corollas as its been red tagged.

Now before I bought the car one question came up, warrenty. All of the Civics and Corollas still had the original factory warrenty on them, the MR2 did not. So doesn't that close the deal? No.

The original warrenty on the MR2 was a 5 year 36,000 mile. Now the years were up but the car had 34,000 miles on it so it was under the original warrenty limit. Since that was the case I was able to get it extended even though the years were up, the miles weren't. So for an extra fee I was able to extend the original warrenty for an extra 5 years or 75,000. It isn't just a driveline warrenty though, it's bumper to bumper. So now the warrenty won't expire until 2011 or after 109,000 miles.

So with the price, insurence, and warrenty...SOLD!

Here is my new car. Yes ladies and gentlemen, Muscletang, a Mustang guy, bought Supra's little brother, and he loves it.

[TexasF355F1]

Congratulations man!

I bet that things fun to drive.

Any plans for it?

[93rollaracer]

Damn...lucky bastard.

[alphalanos]

Awesome, ive always liked those.

[WickedNYCowboy]

Schweet. Nice new ride. I can't believe you didn't go for a stang....

[blindside.AMG]

People buy convertible Toyota's in Oklahoma!!!??

J/k, nice car.

[GForce957]

nice ride, what did you get for her if you dont mind me asking.

got any plans for her?

[Andydg]

Very cool!

[Muscletang]

Originally Posted by TexasF355F1

Any plans for it?

Just the TLC. I'm not looking for performance, just something to get me from A to B. This will do that and make me look cool so I'm happy.

Originally Posted by blindside.AMG

People buy convertible Toyota's in Oklahoma!!!??

Well it's hard with all of the Indians shooting arrows at you from the cliffs as you drive by but you get use to it and learn to duck.

Also it gets scary at night because taking the backroads you can hear the dueling banjos very clearly.

Originally Posted by GForce957

nice ride, what did you get for her if you dont mind me asking.

I won't give out the exact number but it was under 14. I guess you could say I was in the right place at the right time. It was one of those deals that hits you in the face and you have to pause and ask, "is this for real?"

[Oz]

Nice ride.

[clawhammer]

for topless fun

[Cl0ak]

Those are sweet, if I could drive it in the snow i'd have one definitely.

[-Jayson-]

sweet car man, time for SypderTang!

[turtlecrxsi]

Sweet car! Congratulations...

[ThatRoundHeadedKid]

Nice! Add some performance mods and you got yourself a nice convertible pocket rocket! I always thought those MR2s are a little under powered. Not bad, not bad at all! Best of luck dude!