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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
What does make a manual unsuitable for you?
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This is actually my mom's car and when it becomes financially feasible to buy my own car (I know, I'm talking about engine swaps
), she will get this car back. Unfortunately, being apart of the Navy, she has developed an issue with the whole left side of her body and has almost no control of her left leg (and arm), so she cannot operate a clutch or anything similar.
Will the MMT have a clutch, or at least have a mode that the clutch is not necessary to shift (she would use that almost always, obviously)?
serialk11r, you keep mentioning the 2ZR, is the 1ZR not possible? It is available on the Avensis, which originally had the 1ZZ. That doesn't prove anything, but it's closer than anything else I have found in terms of swapability. According to Wiki, "All engines are mated to a 6-speed manual transmission while the 1.8 L and 2.0 L petrol engines are available with a Multidrive S CVT transmission." That means that in order to get a CVT (no clutch, minimal losses), I need the 2ZR, but I don't see why I couldn't mate a 1ZR with the CVT. Hmmm...
I'm beginning to think it would be easier to import an Avensis with the steering wheel on the
correct side (say a French model) instead of doing a swap, even given crazy U.S. and Californian laws.