DOTS: Neighbor

"Aremmes" (aremmes) 04/28/2020 at 18:40 • Filed to: DOTS, MR2, SW20

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The weather felt mighty fine today, so I w ent out for a short hike around the lake near home and on the way there discovered a thing. My neighbor acr oss the street had his ‘93 SW20 out in the sun for all to bask in its nineties ness . Perhaps not coincidentally, this neighborhood was built in 1990, so the chances that this scene occurred back then hover well above zero.

Nauraushaun > Aremmes 04/28/2020 at 18:43

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Lovely color. Shame it’s not a targa but condition is excellent. Can’t quite tell if it’s a turbs.

I don’t know why MCM doesn’t like these cars. In some ways they’re more significant than any of the other 90s Japanese cars. The world didn’t really need another Ferrari beater or a bunch of quick front-engined coupes. The world needed an affordable and capable mid-engine sports car. There was none other at the time.

**Australia never had Fieros

Discerning > Nauraushaun 04/28/2020 at 18:56

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You can’t get a slick top turbo in the US as far as I know. So it’s an NA 3SGE - unless it has been swapped.

I have no idea what MCM is, but fro m what I understand, the SW20 is sort of a pain to work on and can be prone to nasty snap oversteer on the track.

That said, they are still awesome cars. Absolutely no good reason to not like them.

Nauraushaun > Discerning 04/28/2020 at 19:04

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Ah okay, cool . Australia only got non-turbo targas which seems to be a consistent rule. For the 300ZX as well we only got non-turbo targas (all 2+2s).

Oh sorry, Mighty Car Mods, the Youtube show.

They are a bit harder to work on, but it’s mid-engine-ness for the masses! Surely that’s worth it!

BeaterGT > Aremmes 04/28/2020 at 19:19

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Nothing quite like 90's teal.

SiennaMan > BeaterGT 04/28/2020 at 20:00

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It reminds me how much I miss the 90s..

ranwhenparked > SiennaMan 04/28/2020 at 21:00

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Yeah, specifically 1999 - after the Kenya and Tanzania embassy bombings were out of the news cycle, but before the USS Cole attack and the dot com bubble burst, and everyone was high on good feelings and optimism over the turn of the millennium (except for the MMI contrarians who loved reminding everyone we were a year early, and the Y2K prepper nut jobs).

QCGoose > Discerning 04/28/2020 at 21:13

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I thought the n/a was the 5S-FE also found in the Celica and Camry?

Either way, the car looks phenomenal. The color is right, the wheels are right, and even the slick top is right. Be still my beatin g heart...

Discerning > QCGoose 04/28/2020 at 21:21

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You are correct. I’ ve been looking at so many RHD imports lately that I forgot that only Japan and Europe got the hotter 3SGE NA engine with 160hp or so.