Blog Post Two

My MR2 Turbo changed my life..

I bought it 11 years ago with some compensation money for broken ribs when a car door opened in front of my bicycle....

I was soo excited to join the worldwide community of fellow sw20 owners so I typed 'MR2' into Facebook search and joined every single group.. but I was really disappointed..

All the groups were localised, separate and often off topic so because my feed was full of MR2 goodness from every group back then from all over the world I decided to make my own 'MR2 Worldscene' page..

When that hit 1000 likes I made my main group... https://www.facebook.com/groups/MR2mark2

Back then nobody really knew about the radical Thai scene and their group had less than 350 members.. I featured the best of the best and slowly created a buzz about all the other sw20s in the world.. I even wrote articles in the dutch mr2 magazine for about 8 or 9 issues which i have still..

Then i got to collecting all the sw20 pictures from all the posts I saw which is now just over 52,000...

I made MR2 videos with some of those pictures for my youtube channel too.. https://www.youtube.com/@JusSeidel

I have spent the past 10 years searching for my favourite kit parts from Toms, Border, Phoenix Power and Kaminari bodykits.

I had to then modify most of them to blend and look right together as some parts just won`t physically fit together but I achieved my vision and I would go as far as to say my Mister2 is my sculpture.. lol

I firmly believe the sw20 will one day be as respected and sought after as say a Supra or skyline or even E-type Jaguar because it is not only a thing of beauty but it is also a true sports car with the engine in the back, only 2 seats (one driver and one witness lol) and of course it has a low sloped front with pop up headlights.

The more newer cars are generic clones with bulky boring styling and electric motors, the more the MR2 stands out and the more people stop to look at it and almost weekly someone summons up the courage to come and chat with me about it and I always give them a walkaround and let them sit in it.

One of my favourite things about it is the removable T top glasses in the roof, it`s soo Smokey and the Bandit….. (one of the best fun car movies ever).

If you want an sw20 MR2 I advise you to buy one now because they have already tripled in price in the past decade or if you currently own one I recommend you never sell it or at least not for another 10 years because they will become financially unobtainium which is why I compared them to Supras and Skylines.

If you simply want to enjoy them without owning one then you are in the right place with the 50,000+ pictures in the Gallery section.

Enjoy !