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Got an MX5
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Humbug

posted on 28/10/11 at 08:04 AM Reply With Quote
MX5 poll

OK, my name is Simon and I own an MX5

I notice that quite a few people's sigs say they have now got an MX5. I sold the Stuart Taylor I built after 5+ years on the road because I wanted something a bit more comfy (old age creeping up!). Anyway, I was wondering just how many of us there are?

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D Beddows

posted on 28/10/11 at 08:13 AM Reply With Quote
Lol, it's the future
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ceebmoj

posted on 28/10/11 at 08:13 AM Reply With Quote
I have had 2 in the past and would have another again
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nick205

posted on 28/10/11 at 08:17 AM Reply With Quote
I can see the attraction over a kit TBH and they're certainly good value!






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theconrodkid

posted on 28/10/11 at 08:19 AM Reply With Quote
yup,i got one,after 3 locost,s i decided i would like a bit of comfort,a heater and a removable roof,just as much fun to drive and a lot easier to live with





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franky

posted on 28/10/11 at 08:26 AM Reply With Quote
The question is with s2000's for under 4k why would you get an mx5?

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D Beddows

posted on 28/10/11 at 08:34 AM Reply With Quote
Because MX5's are much cheaper than that even - and the upgrade bits (no fun having a toy car if you can't fiddle with it!) are much cheaper as well

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franky

posted on 28/10/11 at 08:53 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
Because MX5's are much cheaper than that even - and the upgrade bits (no fun having a toy car if you can't fiddle with it!) are much cheaper as well

[Edited on 28/10/11 by D Beddows]


Totally but wouldn't the s2000 be a much much much better place to start with?

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Humbug

posted on 28/10/11 at 08:56 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by franky
quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
Because MX5's are much cheaper than that even - and the upgrade bits (no fun having a toy car if you can't fiddle with it!) are much cheaper as well

[Edited on 28/10/11 by D Beddows]


Totally but wouldn't the s2000 be a much much much better place to start with?


but the Honda doesn't look as good as a Mk1 MX5 (runs for cover ... actually not, since this is an MX5 poll!)

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stevegough

posted on 28/10/11 at 09:00 AM Reply With Quote
I was looking into buying an S2000 just before getting the kit 'bug'. I discovered that a huge number of them were previously insurance write-offs (cat C+D). If they weren't, they were very expensive! But for performance, it would be the S2000 everytime for me.





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rdodger

posted on 28/10/11 at 09:04 AM Reply With Quote
Got a supercharged MX5 mk2 that I am breaking to build something else!
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Humbug

posted on 28/10/11 at 09:26 AM Reply With Quote
Quite a few coming out of the salon, then!
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MikeLR

posted on 28/10/11 at 09:28 AM Reply With Quote
Have a MX5 that I take "er indoors" out in and my Tiger that "I" go out in to have some fun !!
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D Beddows

posted on 28/10/11 at 09:29 AM Reply With Quote
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Totally but wouldn't the s2000 be a much much much better place to start with?



Probably would be if I had £4k spare to spend - I could just about afford £1K after selling all my kit car bits so I have an MX5

Plus the MX5 is more like a kit car to drive which is what I wanted - the S2000, good though it is, is much more like a 'grown up' proper car.

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phelpsa

posted on 28/10/11 at 10:11 AM Reply With Quote
I was going to, then my brain stopped working and I bought an MR2. Oh well!






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steve m

posted on 28/10/11 at 10:15 AM Reply With Quote
Mr2 is cool, mk 1 i hope
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ChrisW

posted on 28/10/11 at 11:13 AM Reply With Quote
Have you actually driven an S2000? I'd take the MX5 and spend the rest making it faster. The Honda handles well and sounds the part on vtec, but it's not actually that quick.

Then again, you're all wrong. Mk2 MR2 is where it's at. Engine is in the right place and you can either get a turbo and wind the boost up or go the route I've gone and drop the Camry V6 in. Oh, and it's t-top, so best of both worlds.

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phelpsa

posted on 28/10/11 at 11:21 AM Reply With Quote
Mk2? blurgh! There was only ever one real MR2



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ChrisW

posted on 28/10/11 at 11:52 AM Reply With Quote
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Mk2? blurgh! There was only ever one real MR2



What's got more rust? The MR2 or the gas thingy behind??

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phelpsa

posted on 28/10/11 at 12:12 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ChrisW
quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
Mk2? blurgh! There was only ever one real MR2



What's got more rust? The MR2 or the gas thingy behind??

This is the real MR2 (and this one is mine!)

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The one above is actually mine Photo taken on Sunday. Suprisingly solid but with the usual mk1 surface rust. Contemplating a 2zz-ge conversion at the moment.






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TimC

posted on 28/10/11 at 12:43 PM Reply With Quote
We have a 10AE and a kit(ish) project here, plus a my Co car doesn't have a roof either.


Fortunately the works van is available for runs to B&Q!






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ChrisL

posted on 28/10/11 at 01:40 PM Reply With Quote
MX-5 here too, had it for 12 years, will use it as my daily drive until it falls apart, loads of fun but not as exhilaration as my Tiger
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posted on 28/10/11 at 02:18 PM Reply With Quote
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JekRankin

posted on 28/10/11 at 03:51 PM Reply With Quote
I bought a Mk1 earlier in the year.

Great fun car, but it was difficult finding one without rotten sills - may I was just unlucky with the cars I went to view but even some of the 'rust free' ones were starting to bubble through!

I'd have loved an S2k for 4k, but if you only have 1-2k to spend, I think its a good choice. As my everyday car, it's a little more thirsty than I was expecting though. I think I'm only just managing 30mpg.


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Humbug

posted on 28/10/11 at 04:45 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by JekRankin
I bought a Mk1 earlier in the year.

Great fun car, but it was difficult finding one without rotten sills - may I was just unlucky with the cars I went to view but even some of the 'rust free' ones were starting to bubble through!

I'd have loved an S2k for 4k, but if you only have 1-2k to spend, I think its a good choice. As my everyday car, it's a little more thirsty than I was expecting though. I think I'm only just managing 30mpg.


Jek


My Mk1 had 11 months' MOT but crusty rear arches and nasty patched-over sills so I paid accordingly and spent the difference saved on getting the arches and sills done properly. If it hadn't been a BBR Turbo I probably would have kept looking for another. I have been getting around 30mpg (super unleaded...) though it was a "bit" lower when I went for a track day

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