M/T, it's slowly becoming a unicorn

Mind sharing one of those tacos with me?

 

Sure! Would you like off road or sport? (Sport is mt)

 

I'll take the Sport with the OR hood

 

No one has ever called my '93 MR2 Turbo "gawdy" and no one has ever driven one with a A/T because they didn't make one.

 

a mr2 isn't a sports car haha

 

that's a midwifes grocery getter

 

I couldn't find a three-pedal Taco specced anywhere near how I wanted it within a couple states of me when I was looking. They really are becoming unicorns. Prior to this truck, I'd only owned two automatic cars in my life: the Tundra I got rid of just before purchasing this truck, and the ancient lump of shit Cavalier that was the only thing I could afford as my first car back at 16. Everything else has been row-your-own.

God, I even had a little crap-box bargain-basement absolutely-lowest-possible-spec Civic that was so budget it didn't even have power steering. And yet, because it weighed nothing and had a five-speed, it was a fucking blast to drive aggressively (well... it was a blast as long as I was the only one in the car. Add another full-size human and the car's complete lack of power became glaringly apparent).

I dunno. I'd prefer to have a third pedal, both for the driving fun and the security (they can't steal what they can't drive!). But I don't mind the auto. The shift points are a little funky and it sometimes lags a bit, but it gets out of its own way if I put my foot down and that's all I need out of a truck. For the driving I do, it's fine. And hey, the two or three times a year I use crawl control, I'll be glad I have it

 

Really?

 

What would you call it?

 

^^^First person to not call a MR2 a sports car, although some mistakenly think it is a Ferrari.

My yellow '93 also gets a lot of rubber neck WTF is that looks as well as an occasional

 

MR2 has some of the sports car attributes, minus the high performance engine. It’s a sportscaster in the sense a 2 seater and low to the ground.
https://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/57052/performance_cars/definition_of_a_sports_car.html

 

I think it’s interesting that you can get a 4Runner with a manual transfer case, but auto transmission only vs the Tacoma where it’s the opposite.

 

I guess you never heard of a British sports car like an MG, Austin-Healy, Triumph etc. or something like a Datsun 240Z or even a Miata. No high performance engine needed. OTOH the article does pretty much say that there is no one universal definition for what is a sports car.

 

Yea
It’s like an off road rolling with AC Delco suspension. MR2 is a cute car though.

 

I'm not so sure that I would call an MR2 suspension that had design input from Lotus as well as Dan Gurney as AC Delco.

 

Or for people with a family and the need for a longbed.

 

I agree. We had to get what we could get--my wife's first Tacoma had just been totaled in an accident, and she was about to start a new semester. Had we been able to wait, we would have.

 

My 17 manual was built in Texas, thanks for not taking it.

 

I would have paid a premium for the MT in my 2017 SR; although the discount over the AT was nice.

 

Seriously, haven't you moved on from the nonsense of operating a lever? If it makes you feel better you can still make your engine noises and pretend to shift. Do you feel the same way about manual windows and electric start? A modern automatic transmission (except the Tacoma AT) is by far superior to a MT. Good riddance to the manual tranny!