Texas_Ace, what year is your MR2?
Always liked those cars.
Had a Fiat X/19 it was hands down the biggest POS that I ever had, but it had 2 great attributes;
1. Attracted women like crazy.
2. Easy to push to the side of the road when it died.
Learned the true meanings of the word Fiat;
Feeble Italian attempt at transportation
Fix it again Tony
Fix it again time
Nothing against Italians, they just had a bad run of cars for a spell.
So did us Americans so it’s all good.
Co worker also had an Alfa-Remeo and it was money pit also.
X/19 was however fun to drive when it ran properly,c could totally slam it into corners until you are in 4 wheel drift with the Michelin’s howling in delight.
Being under powered kind of made it want to be pushed and she burned oil bad so I got to do a field test of which oil burned the least/best/longest.
Verdict was Castrol 20/50, would run it till the oil sensor light would come on after a hard right hander, then you needed to add 2 quarts.
Other best part of that car was you could sit on the rear crossbar and steer with your feet if you were on a back road where you could see 1/2 mile ahead to be sure no cars were in the area. When you were done being up there just dismount and slide back into position.
Also put a quarter keg in the front trunk, filled it with ice and ran the tube through the passenger side vent for easy pouring.
People were impressed with that set up. For the record that was on roads within a friends deer camp of 600 acres.
Had fun driving an RX7 when they first came out and it was a blast as well.
Thanks for the memories.
Now pics of that MR2 please!
Later,
Keith