I love mine to bits; its not as much fun as a mini with the roof up, but roof down I could drive round all day, RWD = scary slidey corner fun too. The steering is unbelievably sharp. Im not sure how a car thatll drift so nicely is hairdressery. Better to be a hairdresser than have a chavmobile or a door-to-door-salesmobile, imo.

Its the most reliable car Ive ever owned, thats not saying much I know but its better than anything my family has owned and parts arent too dear anyway. I think theyre lovely looking cars with the right colour & wheels & spoiler.

Whats your budget? If you go for an early car you should get one low mileage with nigh-on perfect bodywork & interior for £2-3k. Chances are an early car will have already had a new roof and stuff so theyre probably a better buy.
Theres so many around you shouldnt go for a crappy one. Mine is a 90 and apart from a tiny scratch its almost perfect, I saw loads of rubbish ones for the same price too. The roof should not leak at all, a lot of people say that a slight leak is normal - thats bs.

Check it has been serviced regulary and itll be fine, make sure its got good tyres!

edit: afaik its fairly normal for 1st gear to be slightly sticky when the engine is cold, but all the other gears should be smooth from the go. Make sure the carpets are dry. Make sure the clutch is good - start it up, put it in third, keep the handbrake on and footbrake on and dump the clutch - the car should stall straight away. If you get one be gentle with the clutch; no 5,000rpm starts

kms on the odo is definitely import. If its an Eunos itll be an import. Another easy way to tell is look at the writing under the bonnet or on the drivers sun shield (Japanese). Itll say on the v5 too.  They can be more to insure, but the AA didnt seem to care and apparently you tend to get more toys (ac, nicer interior) on imports and they wont have much rust at all.


Id look at the mr2 as well but the ins for me on a 2.0 was silly.

if its an import arent u meant to check for underseal?

if its an import arent u meant to check for underseal?

All of the Eunoss had underseal as standard from the factory.

I was waiting for you to post sdp, thanks for the tips.

Im going to check/purchase it this week at some point. How will I know exactly what model it is, as in how do I tell if its a Eunos or whatever?

Insurance on this will be dear enough, I cant afford an MR2.

Square number plate holes and aftermarket looking fog lights on the rear usually give it away as an import.

Awesome links man, cheers

So have you got this car then?

It wont be a Q

Good luck, dont buy a duffer.  

btw the paint on the lower half of the door should be textured slightly - its a coating that stops stone chips.