about 2 weeks ago - 1 comment
In the previous post on Mitsubishi FTO, I’ve mentioned Japanese car maker’s reluctance on making affordable performance cars in the past decade or so. This painted a pretty bleak picture for sports car enthusiasts (who aren’t also super loaded). There’s good news on the horizon. Apparently this trend might see a reversal with the news
about 2 months ago - No comments
In the early 1990s, the Japanese car makers offer quite a good lineup of pretty affordable sports cars. Cars that were geared towards enthusiasts who aren’t necessarily fixing their midlife crisis. Mitsubishi had two models that fit into the category, the GTO (and Dodge Stealth), and the little brother, the FTO. FTO stands for “Fresh
about 3 years ago - No comments
Continuing the declining trend of the big three American automakers, Ford is the latest victim overtaken by the unstoppable Japanese machine that is Toyota. The sales of Toyota vehicles already surpassed DiamlerChrysler last year and now stands roughly at 15%, increased from about 10% from five years ago, while Ford is still struggling after it’s
about 4 years ago - 2 comments
Video from Round two of GRA Autocross on 15th January, 2006 held at KLCC. This is Julian Pang with Proton Wira 1.6 doing a pretty good run and scored 3rd place with the best time of 42.47s. Just a tad slower than the no. 13 Honda CRX, and no. 39, a Civic EG6. It is
about 4 years ago - 10 comments
The Toyota MR2 club organised a convoy to Ulu Yam at Selangor on the New Year’s day. Though most of us had partied the night before, about 13 cars and over 20 people still managed to show up for the fun drive on the first morning of 2006. There were 3 MRS, an MK1 MR2
about 4 years ago - 2 comments
A common problem that plagues the Toyota MR2 (SW20) is the leaky side mirror mounting that results in a lot of wind noise when cruising at high speed. This is rather annoying, especially when you try to have a decent conversation with your passenger, not to mention it dampens the sweet turbo spooling sound that
about 4 years ago - 20 comments
I attended the Sync Optima Drift Gateaway at Port Dickson last Sunday. It was a two day event on the 3rd and 4th of December. However, I only attended the sunday session as a spectator. The previous owner of my car, who had participated in drift events with the MR2, was also at the event.
about 4 years ago - 5 comments
I finally went to the Toyota MR2 teh tarik session for the first time. Had to miss the last one as I went back to Penang for a friend’s wedding. I’m most likely not able to remember all the new names, but there’s always the next round. There were close to 10 cars that came
about 4 years ago - 3 comments
Video from Autocross KLCC, 20th November 2005. This old school Datsun Fairlady Z had made an almost decent last run, until the last 360 whereby the inadvertently spun out. Instead of continuing the run to the last bend, the Fairlady decided to make a few more donuts and hit a cone before gong out in
about 4 years ago - No comments
Video from Autocross KLCC, 20th November 2005. Mickey’s final run in his Toyota MR2. A very good run as he avoided any burn out this time around, hehe. View the rest of the entry to see the video.
about 4 years ago
let me drive it, i’ll change your skirtings and bumper to original VEILSIDE ! just like i did with 4219
easy to drift with MR2 (seriously), heavy back, really easy, just make sure your bloody LSD intact
about 4 years ago
Terry, leave those goddamn MR2s alone! You’ve killed enough cars already.
about 1 year ago
ha ha ha terry u got tlod lol