New 25th anniversary edition

New 25th anniversary edition

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Quinny

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Saturday 6th September 2014
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My sister is a through and through MX5 fan..smile started off with the original pop up light 1.6 with wind up windows etc, then when that rusted away, she moved onto a 1.8 trilogy.....

Well next week she's picking up this..smile.. Her very first brand new carcool


Quinny

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Saturday 13th September 2014
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Gandahar said:
Having a brand new car is great in itself, bit like flying club class rather than Ryan air as is buying some 2nd hand "beast" from a guy working from a portakabin. So nice work sister.

And getting one of those too considering past buying history, she was probably smiling ear to ear all day.

She probably still is talking about it. Shut up !

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We're not quite there yet.....collecting on Monday...should have been today, but she had to go into work, and it would all have been a bit of a rush.... Monday she has a day off so she can enjoy the momentsmile....

We're collecting at 9.30, then heading off over N. Wales for a drive outthumbup

Quinny

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Monday 15th September 2014
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Happy days


Quinny

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Monday 15th September 2014
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^^^ cheers.... She's chuffed to bits with it... I suspect she'll like it even more when she gets to drive itwhistlehehe






Quinny

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Tuesday 16th September 2014
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VladD said:
WTF?
It was just a cheap plate I got her years ago....smile easy to remember, she is blond after all....smile

Quinny

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Tuesday 16th September 2014
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VladD said:
WTF?
It was just a cheap plate I got her years ago....smile easy to remember, she is blond after all....smile

Quinny

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Tuesday 16th September 2014
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percymk4 said:
Very nice, I'm actually waiting for mine to be delivered too. Been about 3 weeks now.
Went into the showroom just for a look about with a vague view to buying a new car. Ended up putting a deposit down. Never had a new car before so I'm pretty excited!
Hope she enjoys the car smile
Nice one... Oh she'll enjoy it alright...she's a proper petrol head my sisyes

Have to say, I drove the black one to the dealers, and the new one away, there is quite a difference in how they drive.. I know the old one was 12 years old, but in those 12 years it seems everything, just works better...
We got 39mpg on the drive home toocool

Quinny

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Tuesday 23rd September 2014
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Had the MX valeted, and paint sealed today, after over 8 hours of hard work it looked stunning...cool






Quinny

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Friday 26th September 2014
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FourRingedDonuts said:
Hi Quinny
Just a quick question if I may, I own No 0114 and had it supagarded at the dealership. The paint is stunning and I really want to look after it so I was wondering what sealing the paint is ? And why you had a brand new car valeted ? Is there something more I can do on top of the Supagard for extra protection ?
Ta very much
I spoke to my detailing guy about this, and he said please please don't get it super guarded at the dealers....it's just not good value, and they generally don't do the prep to get the sealant to work properly...

As I say, my chap worked solid for over 8 hours.....and most of that was prep work....cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning. Then he clay bar'd to remove all contaminates, then seal, and a final wax polish....
I couldn't do what he does, I'd be knackard...

The idea was to get it as good as it can be right from the start....in the hope that it'd offer good protection for winter, and make it easier for my sister to keep tip top....

As for anything on top of the supra gaurd...can't help I'm afraid....my advice would be speak to a proper valeter, that does this all the time..smile

Quinny

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Saturday 27th September 2014
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Looks great Percy.....cool

One of the best bits for me is that dash....the way they've sort of made it smoked red looks so coolsmile