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.