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Reviews (3)
May 21, 2020
Looks good enough and does the job, but doesn't age well.
3 of 3 found this helpful When it arrived, it look very good for its price, but it is definitely NOT a 50-year old oak Gerstner. I use it, and I have had this for a few years: it doesn't age well, but it does the job and still looks OK. The wood was not dried properly, and swells in some places, shrinks in others, gaps open up. It is functional, and the flaws are not apparent until you open the box. I had to add a chain to stop the top lid from flipping backwards: the hinges are not very good quality either. Overall, it is worth its price. If you want a Mercedes, you should buy a Mercedes, not expect a mass-market vehicle to work like a Mercedes.
May 10, 2008
Small but fine
5 of 5 found this helpful This is my first MR2, and I drove it about 2 months. I have leased or owned quite a few cars, including better known sporty cars, and the MR2 is by far the most fun.
The genII-MR2's strong point is it's handling: it drives like a Lotus, crisply and accurately. Obviously, this is due to it's very light weight (2,195 lbs) and exceptional balance. It has a mid-engine architecture like Ferraris, Lotuses and Porsches, but on top of that it is extremely short (but with as long a wheelbase as possible) and therefore has very little angular momentum. This makes it exceptionally responsive to steering input, yet stable in sharp turns. Only expensive mid-engine cars match this, and no front-engine ones. Driving carefully is required, though: the car is not very forgiving, because it also responds very quickly to the classical technique taught to compensate for a spin-out ("drive into the turn!!"). This can result in a driver-induced oscillation. For those drivers who are accustomed to heavy front-wheel drive vehicles plowing straight ahead no matter what, the genII MR2 can hold surprises. No wonder it has a reputation for spin-outs. And make sure to buy expensive high-performance tires.
The naturally aspirated engine has plenty of power to have fun with. More power would detract from the car's handling, because it would weigh down the car. A side benefit is great fuel economy: I get 34 mpg in mixed city-highway driving, with some care.
Reliability is probably good. The MR2 is extremely simple and should be easy to maintain. It is not comfortable, and that too is to be expected from the way the suspension is tuned and weight is saved on soundproofing materials. The MR2's body is not very rigid, even for a convertible, which doesn't help. The top is perfect: it can be opened or closed from inside the car in a few seconds wityh one hand. Give me a simple, ergonomical mechanical design any day over repair-prone slow and unreliable electrical gimmicks. The MR2 is not cheaply built; it is extremely thoughtfully and cleverly designed for one purpose only, superior handling.
Yes, I am an engineer, and a car enthousiast.
May 21, 2020
Small and pretty yet flexible and reasonably powerful
I have a set of 4/3 lenses and was looking for the smallest body that takes them. This is it. It has RAW file capability, and is very easy to use. Image quality is good, menus easy to learn and easy to use. The camera (mine is orange, by the way, not black as written in the description) is very pretty with the little 1:3.5-5.6/12-32 lens it comes with. It is all metal in construction and feels cool in the hand. With that lens it is truly a "pocket" camera: fits in pants pockets or a large shirt pocket, if you are OK with a bulge. Both zoom range and aperture of the lens are limited, and this is unavoidable in such a small lens, but the sharpness is very good and it travels easily. Yet there is a large variety of much more powerful (and much larger) lenses available for it, so the system is flexible. Buy a spare battery and beware of low-quality after-market versions: they dont hold charge long enough for even an afternoon walk.