How much do you use your '5?

[Conor D]

How many miles/how often do you drive your mx5?

Is it reserved as a weekend toy, or do you sometimes use it as a daily?

I'm on the verge of getting one, I often have access to another car.. But would probably be keeping it as a weekend/good weather car..

[Kinky]

Every day - and a minimum of about 60 miles

[Mark-2]

Daily, 40 mile round trip Monday - Friday and then usually around 100 miles over the weekend

[NiceCupOfTea]

Quite a lot - use it as a daily, but try to avoid it for long journeys.

If you want to do longer journeys, avoid imports with the Bilstein suspension - it's just too hard riding for crap UK roads.

[Emeye]

When I had my Eunos roadster I did a whopping 1000 miles per year. Enjoyed everyone though!

[GravelBen]

My old standard one got used whenever I possibly could. Turbonutter one I have now doesn't get used as much, its closer to a weekend toy.

[The Tea Boy]

well ive had my eunos since the start of October and have done 9000miles so far, so id say quite a bit! and its still not left the UK yet!!

Matt

[theboyfold]

Kinky said:

Every day - and a minimum of about 60 miles

Have you got another one? Or is this when you had the one I looked at (and should have bought!)

[Kinky]

That should be past tense

And yes, you should have brought it - I did tell you at the time; and I meant it.

New owner absolutely LOVES it

[Merlot]

The Mk1 has been mainly a summer car - used soley between April - September, and then garaged for the rest of the year. I usually cover 2-3k in this time, as I get 9 weeks holiday in these 6 months.

The Mk2, which I pick up in about 1.5 hours () will be a daily driver year round, covering about 6-7k per annum.

[Ace-T]

Daily 50 mile snotter for me. Huge fun on some of the roundabouts I have to negotiate on the way to work. Now we have replaced the roof I can even have the roof down! Yay!

It replaced my beloved Mini. Doing a good job so far too.

Trace

[ApexJimi]

Weekend toy - i've covered less than 4k in the year that I have owned the car.

[MX-5 Lazza]

I had a Mk1 Berkeley for 7 years which was a daily drive before buying the current Mk2.5 Sport which was also a daily drive for 2 years before I bought a Focus as I'd changed jobs and had a boring busy motorway slog to work. That job only lasted 3 months before I jumped ship to a much better job that is 20 miles of country lanes from home but I've kept the Focus and just use the '5 when the weather looks a bit nicer (it is used all year though).

[Jonny671]

Monday-Friday 20 miles a day, its just NSL the whole way, but nice to sit at 60mph with the roof off whilst all the repmobil's are in such a hurry to get home.

[vdubbin]

At least one commute per week (100 mile rnd trip) via the back roads, and every trip that doesn't require large loadspace at the weekend (or else the van is used)

[gd49]

It's my daily driver, have put about 6000 miles on since getting it last October. Only time I had to stop using it was in the snow, got stuck far too easily in frozen car parks!

[rfn]

I tend to use it only at the weekends, but that is because I walk to work.

Still, I've managed 10,000 miles since September, I tend to 3/400 miles most weekends, sometimes more!

[ironictwist]

I bought my 2nd '5 on March 1st @ 127k, in nearly 3 months exactly & I've just hit 8,500 miles...It gets some serious abuse & hasn't wanted for anything aside from oil. It's having a well earned service/full valet next weekend as it's been so ridiculously well behaved.

Just going to work & back is 350 miles a week, normally with the addition of another 150-200 over the weekend...There is rarely a day it doesnt move ever.

But when it does, all roof down of course

Edited by ironictwist on Monday 31st May 15:37

[Conor D]

I'm going to have a look at a 1.6 Euphonic after work, to get an idea of the difference compared to the 1.8.

I have my heart set on a Euphonic, but as far as I'm aware they don't have A/C.. Which is something I'm not too sure about..

How is it to live without AC as a daily? I'd always use it in my current car..

[LukeBird]

Every day normally.
It's more peculiar if it's not moving for me!