What does the mr2 miss??

[Mr2paul]

Here goes, just for fun so feel free to add. What do you miss which the mr2 does not provide ? I'll start with
Rear wiper, I can't see out the back
Electric heated screen, I sit n wait for it to clear

Over to you now

[1979scotte]

Torque.

First I tried a turbo but that wasn't enough.
Then I tried a V6 but it wasn't quite right.
So I added a supercharger.
Simples.

My 2 isn't a daily so most features I can live without they do just add weight after all.
Have considered heated seats and mirrors in the past but never get around too it.
A must have for me is Bluetooth which is easly sorted.

[shnazzle]

Cruise control. 
My mr2 gets used for everything and there are a good few situations where cruise control would be bliss.

Hell, I would have avoided 3 points on my license if I had it. 
I got got in a 50 zone. I was yapping with my passenger about games, got too in to it and my speedo crept up to 58.

Not often said but the responsiveness of the engine often means that a tiiiny input translates to me just crossing the speed limit.

Be great on long journeys as well.

Helen says parking sensors. She can't see out the back,so it's guesswork entirely. I can just see enough to do it.

[paulj]

There is a long list of "new" things like sat nav and phone connectivity, but think back to what was generally available in the early 2000s.  When my car first rolled off a forecourt in 2000 I was driving an Alfa 156. I can't remember the Alfa being better spec'd than the MR2 is.  Might have been a bit quicker with the twin spark engine.

My only missing, which maintenance can fix, is a working handbrake!

[Topdownman]

Cruise control.
My mr2 gets used for everything and there are a good few situations where cruise control would be bliss.

Hell, I would have avoided 3 points on my license if I had it.
I got got in a 50 zone. I was yapping with my passenger about games, got too in to it and my speedo crept up to 58.

Not often said but the responsiveness of the engine often means that a tiiiny input translates to me just crossing the speed limit.

Be great on long journeys as well.

Helen says parking sensors. She can't see out the back,so it's guesswork entirely. I can just see enough to do it.

Not sure how parking sensors combined with the reverse gear beep would work but my rear view camera is lovely!

[shnazzle]

Cruise control.
My mr2 gets used for everything and there are a good few situations where cruise control would be bliss.

Hell, I would have avoided 3 points on my license if I had it.
I got got in a 50 zone. I was yapping with my passenger about games, got too in to it and my speedo crept up to 58.

Not often said but the responsiveness of the engine often means that a tiiiny input translates to me just crossing the speed limit.

Be great on long journeys as well.

Helen says parking sensors. She can't see out the back,so it's guesswork entirely. I can just see enough to do it.

Not sure how parking sensors combined with the reverse gear beep would work but my rear view camera is lovely!

Well I had one and it was very useful. Only reason I don't have one anymore is because I had a radio with a screen, but removed it bevause it was awful to use. Then I bought a separate screen that I mounted on my glove box but it looked crap. So, that was the end. The camera is actually still there. 

I just need to find a better way to mount a screen in Helen's. 
Maybe a pod. She doesn't use that top cubby anyway as she can't reach haha

[1979scotte]

Parking sensors???

I suppose when I first got my 2 it was more a daily driver than it is now but I rarely park on the street.
Bays at Sainsbury is more likely.

[s12vea]

About 70bhp
Bluetooth stereo
Heated front screen

[Petrus]

For mé even the rear window defroster is superfluous. Took the interior mirror out anyway.

The smt is supposed to have cruise control. Mine does not.

A better handbrake is what I míss, for the rest nothing really.
A bit more grunt/power would be nice but for the points on the drivers license it is quick enough as it is.

As to what I would have líked it had, that is aluminium bonnet and rear deck, hard mounted brake calipers.

[Bossworld]

Cruise control and steering column reach. Neither of which were a million miles away in 2004

[SoloNomad]

Parking sensor - when my wife first had a drive in the new to us MR2 she put it in reverse and started to go backwards, 'be careful' I said, she said 'it's ok it's got reversing beeps' ... STOP!

I wish the steering wheel had more adjustment, seems very low to me and needs to go higher, I'm not particularly tall but my knees bang into it.

[Zxrob]

For me when I got the MR2 it was the sound of the thing, just didnt sound like a little sports roadster, as for anything else, dont miss any of it, I quite like getting in and driving a car with very few aids rather than the sanitized vehicles that are produced today, the MR2 gives you that raw bit of excitement that far too many of todays machines lack, mine is a weekend/sunny day car and is driven as such

Rob

[Dev]

 Over the years of ownership I found ways of taking stuff out that I won't miss.

 

[Joesson]

Over the years of ownership I found ways of taking stuff out that I won't miss.

 

Is that under the mantle of decluttering or have you been "adding lightness" as does another  on here ?

[Dev]

Over the years of ownership I found ways of taking stuff out that I won't miss.

 

Is that under the mantle of decluttering or have you been "adding lightness" as does another  on here ?

 I would say a little bit of both. Lots of shielding, plastic trim and a variety of items like the PS pump for better road feel. Less clutter, lightness and stuff that I think gets in the way of making a good car better. Too many parts to list but its a lot of small stuff that adds up.  It doesn't mean that my car is stripped and very basic as I replaced and improved on certain aspects of the interior to bring up the quality to a higher standard keeping it true to a road car that has the appearance of not being modified to everyone but another owner. 

 

[tricky1138]

When I was dailying the 2 the thing I missed the most was heated wing mirrors. On the cold wet days they would often not clear, and every other car I have had (since maybe 1993 ish) have all had them.

Driving to Ding Day, and my tour round Europe, I had wished for cruise control, but not really needed unless lots of time on a motorway.

The big thing I miss is radio controls on the steering wheel. They are great, but because I dont have them on the 2 find I keep using the radio controls on my other car rather than the steering wheel controls.

I have installed a Sony remote commander, but because I've been without it for so long then I keep forgetting to use it.

Other things I guess are auto windows for the passenger side, and auto up for both.

Maybe if the stereo was up higher then a touchscreen would be more useful, and parking sensors / camera - if only for the distance from the kerb for your exhaust. I've hit my a few times

But again we are getting away from the essence of a cheap sports car / runabout.

[Petrus]

For me when I got the MR2 it was the sound of the thing, just didnt sound like a little sports roadster,

Yes, I totally agree with that. As I changed that swiftly I forgot but yes, that is why it was highest on the to-do list.

[Petrus]

But again we are getting away from the essence of a cheap sports car / runabout.

Quite.
In mý opinion it could have done with simple hand adjusted door mirrors, ditto window winders and without central/electric locking. It is a sign of our consumerism times that even for such a small basic fun sports car this ´comfort/convenience´ stuff is seen as essential.

[Carolyn]

Mine rarely misses.  Just can't resist flattening cans in the road.

[SV-3]

But again we are getting away from the essence of a cheap sports car / runabout.

Quite.
In mý opinion it could have done with simple hand adjusted door mirrors, ditto window winders and without central/electric locking. It is a sign of our consumerism times that even for such a small basic fun sports car this ´comfort/convenience´ stuff is seen as essential.

I so miss the Flintstone cars.
Can you still get the hand chiselled 'rollers' for them?
I think 'Neanderthal' still have some in stock - but only in the non-staggered version.
Always thought the canopy was a bit of overkill.
    

[Petrus]

Mine rarely misses.  Just can't resist flattening cans in the road.

I have been ´damaged´ by decades of motorcycle riding in this respect too: I find it impossible to deliberately drive a wheel over stuff lying on the road, whatever it appears to be.

[Petrus]

I so miss the Flintstone cars.

Me too so....




The windshield washer is on the ´to go´ list too btw.

[Joesson]

@Petrus said "The windshield washer is on the ´to go´ list too btw."
,
Some years ago when our son first moved to the US we were visiting, it was getting late and dark and we hadn't eaten and we went in search of a take away that was still open. We got further and further away from the centre of things until we found a small Chinese take away that was just about to close, it was very late.
In this part of the World take away food is typically " to go" , so in we went and my son asked what they had " to go" , it was an elderly couple running the place and they barely spoke English/ American, the lady said in a heavily accented voice
"What chew mean, to go, we goh chicken, we goh beef, we goh pork, what chew mean to go?"

[Ardent]

Cruise.

[Zxrob]

When I was dailying the 2 the thing I missed the most was heated wing mirrors. On the cold wet days they would often not clear, and every other car I have had (since maybe 1993 ish) have all had them.

Driving to Ding Day, and my tour round Europe, I had wished for cruise control, but not really needed unless lots of time on a motorway.

The big thing I miss is radio controls on the steering wheel. They are great, but because I dont have them on the 2 find I keep using the radio controls on my other car rather than the steering wheel controls.

I have installed a Sony remote commander, but because I've been without it for so long then I keep forgetting to use it.

Other things I guess are auto windows for the passenger side, and auto up for both.

Maybe if the stereo was up higher then a touchscreen would be more useful, and parking sensors / camera - if only for the distance from the kerb for your exhaust. I've hit my a few times

But again we are getting away from the essence of a cheap sports car / runabout.

Its funny really, when I had my 350z roadster, I added an all singing and dancing sony double in, reverse camera,ect, ect, now I have the MR2 I just love the basic simplicity of it, still have the original radio in, not that I ever put it on, less is more at times

Rob