The problem with MR2s in my area is rust. I've only spotted a couple of listings that said "free of rust" and they were going for nearly $10,000 CDN, and it's not even the 4AGZE version.
if i could do it again, id get my car shipped from california, seriesly, it sounds stupid, but im just ending up shipping a frame from california to put on my car anyways,
i don't know how bad ontario would be, but from cali to michigan i got quated for under $1000, seeing as you can pick one up in california for usually less than $2000 that should equate to a rather good deal
i paid $2800 for a rusty T-top in Illinious because i was too impatient to go further south or out west
also i wouldn't judge the car based on price, the nicest mki ive seen in my area (actually western onterior, about 2 hours away) was purchased from a unknowing guy for $800, the car was a automatic (people will heckle you for this, and the gearing is kinda crap) but the worst rust he has is surface, and for a mki in canada or any salty climate thats remarkable (would require some work, but any community college could do the hard bits assuming your willing to pay for parts)
Absolutely agreed - somewhere along the way Toyota turned all cold and emotionless.
Too quiet? That's not really a term I'd use to describe my car...
i stupidly purchased a Flowmaster Super 40 for it, and the size of the muffler ends up giving me a car that is pretty load for regular driving, but not load enough for spirited driving, its a pretty terrible muffler put simply (though makes a decent sound), hopefully a smaller muffler, preferably a dynomax SS or Bullet will work well
bullet in particular works way better then one would imagine, since it essentially is a glasspack made out of metal
(that + a cat=much much more reasonable then one would expect, and most suprisingly it has very little drone)