Y393 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) Happened to be working in the area near to Detroit so took a trip to see Monkeywrench racing. They ran out of rental cars as I arrived late so got a Hyundai Velostar. Interesting to see the difference with a new sports coupe to the Celica as its 12 yrs old. It has a few extra gadgets like heated seats, multifunction steering wheel, paddleshift, start button. The one I will miss are the heated seats. Comfortable over lots of miles, 1.6 Turbo was ok, handling skipped on bumps, bit like an ordinary car with some snazzy bits, decent work horse. MWR is a small company with friendly people, seem to have the right car out front. This is Gary who is the sales manager and good guy. Some very tasty cars inside, much of their business is for Lotus. The Evora is a new development car and had a cool new developed exhaust system. Stock is ready on the shelves. It was great that I got instant service for a walk-in customer, open 10am to 5pm. There some local sales tax ~5% to add. Bought their fuel pressure regulator and fuel return system off the shelf. Hoping it will give good flexibility and control on the next tune. Apparently they sell quite a few of these just for the extra bling. Went across the Canadian border, carried it on the return flight as hand luggage and through customs at Heathrow with the box under my arm and no delays or charges so saved a bit on shipping/duty. It just comes under the personal import allowance. Edited December 10, 2013 by Y393 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor4460 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Nice 1, looks like a bit of a petrol heads mecca, couldnt fit a nice tastey Supercharger in the hand luggage then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y393 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Its a cool place would have liked just to browse the shelves for a bit, there's a line up of engines in the corner, sure I could have sneaked in a bit more somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nthnmunky Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Interesting to see their shop and workshop. Had envisaged something on a much grander scale. Spoken to Gary before, he seemed OK on the phone (despite the call being a complaint about my parts lol) and he's nothing like I'd imagined him to look like hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booth Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 I thought MWR was a big building on top of a mountain where 2zz Enthusiasts have to climb for many days to seek inner power and performance. Either way it looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublet Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 If it was, I don't think Gary would be able to get there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J03 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 If it was, I don't think Gary would be able to get there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y393 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) I thought MWR was a big building on top of a mountain where 2zz Enthusiasts have to climb for many days to seek inner power and performance. The journey I did pretty much felt like that. If you do it sometime it would be good to mug up on the accordion and blues which seem to be favourite topics of discussion alongside tuning. Also some good business/tuning savvy there. Edited December 11, 2013 by Y393 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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