Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, Sports/GTs, Etc., Hatchbacks, Toyota
eBay Find of the Day: DUAL jet-engined Toyota MR2
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What will people do to get attention these days? The answer to that question can be found in two distinct places: YouTube or eBay. This insane piece of automotive engineering can be found for sale on eBay for a starting bid of $30,000.
The ad is very simple. All it states is that it is a 1991 Toyota MR2 that gets its motivation from (2) T58-3 General Electric jet engines with afterburners. Doing a little research takes you to www.toyjunkies.com, where the car is also listed for sale. There you can find a little more info and a few pictures.
The scariest part of the car to us are the aerodynamics. The car sports a stock spoiler on the rear and one of the wildest looking splitters ever built under the front bumper. The super size splitter appears to be designed to generate enough frontal downforce/drag to either keep the front end planted at any speed above 5 mph or to aerodynamically assure that the car will never go any faster than that at all. Oh, and the eBay ad also states that it is ready to race and shows a picture of a magazine article of unknown origin featuring the car.
If any of you have ever sold cars, you've no doubt heard the addage that "there is an ass for every seat." If the dual-jet powered MR2 sells for anything close to the asking price, we'll all know it is true.
[Source: eBay]
Thanks for the tip, Doug!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Edmond Dantes 7:11PM (1/17/2007)
Must be a slow news day if you guys are posting this crapola.
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Scott 7:14PM (1/17/2007)
This makes me weep in ways almost too embarassing to mention. I am a devotee of thinking the second gen MR2 is a work of beauty and adored my '93 more than any other car I have ever owned. In fact I would really love to get my hands on one again. As they continue to get older though it is becoming increasingly difficult to find one which doesn't have 250k miles on it, or which a 20 y/o kid hasn't grafted on a knock-off body kit with mis-matched paint while still demanding $8k.
Seeing yet another destroyed this way is just so painful.
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Eric 8:39PM (1/17/2007)
This isn't the first time this thing has been for sale on Ebay, though I think last time it was in the 20k range.
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Conor 9:03PM (1/17/2007)
doug likes streetfire.net...this showed up yesterday....
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Peter 9:13PM (1/17/2007)
Reminds me of the urban myth of the Chevy with melted brakes plastered to the side of a cliff on the outside of a turn thanks to the JATO engines stuffed into the rear.
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John P. 10:08PM (1/17/2007)
Tomorrow morning every punk with coffee cans on the back of his civic will look and go,... "damn, I need bigger cans on that biatch!"
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bathtub gin 10:48PM (1/17/2007)
What would you call this, the Darwin-mobile? What would someone need to buy this? The Wrong Stuff? The Dumb Stuff?
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Gerry 11:33PM (1/17/2007)
Yuck.
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Todd 10:23AM (1/18/2007)
That thing is over the top!
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Hung2 11:42AM (1/18/2007)
Are those real jet engines with after burners- or are you just happy to see me? Damn!
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Zyb 12:53PM (1/23/2007)
Why pay 30k to kill your self... I'll do it for half that!
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