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... when's the last time you saw an OEM interior, in monocolor blue? No automaker today offers one, standard. Near impossible, finding a vintage MR2 without the ripped and torn Fast 'n Furious interior, I've spent thousands, keeping it true to the way Toyota designers intended. Believe it or not, that glove compartment is big enough to stow a Thomas Brothers map book, upright . Wintertime once again upon us, time to get my MR2 supercharged ready for winter storage, be sure not to forget: You've got to treat the leather. Anything protein based (e.g., I use my wife's hair conditioner, applied by hand; never put cloth to leather). On leather, never use water or soap. October, I do all my neat freak stuff. Go to the car wash for a vacuum only (e.g., or, use your wife's Dyson; my wife's Dyson is better than my shopvac). Go in with the rubbing alcohol, remove all silicates (e.g., Armoral) and all bacteria from non-leather interior components. Blow through the HVAC, make certain coolant's circulating well through its heater core, with forced air blowing hard through each vent. That my heat sink (e.g., intercooler) shares its mounting hardware, that I'm idling up doing heater core drill on a weekly basis during wintertime, I don't remove my battery (e.g., trickle charger). That I'm doing heater core drill on a weekly basis precludes need for fuel stabilizer. I top off instead, with fuel injection additive (e.g., I like the Red-Line), simultaneously cleaning injectors on my weekly heater core chores. Get my nice wheels off and my shop wheels on (e.g. for when there's a break in winter weather, and you need to putt it around the block, you won't have to break lug nuts off the studs in sub-zero temperature). And, top off my fuel tank (NEVER store a vehicle on an empty fuel tank) -