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Bit of development this afternoon. After telling them I needed to go and think about it the dealer has offered a fair discount on the mx5 to bring the cost to change more in line with what I had in mind. I think they're keen to do a deal before the end of the month, perhaps it's been a bit slow.
I know I could get more money selling privately. But for what it is I'm going to go part ex and hopefully get it sorted before the weekend when I go away. An MOT and service would be at least £200-300 and that's assuming the Fiesta doesn't need anything doing. I'm sure it wouldn't fail but you just never know.
Obviously the budget has been blown! It wasn't really fixed anyway, and I feel this particular car is worth paying for. Especially as I'm after something I can keep for as long as possible.
Cheers for the advice and hopefully I can post pics soon enough!
BTW. What's the best mx5 forum to join? I did sign up to Nutz about 10 years ago when I almost bought one. Doesn't seem too busy though.
I know I could get more money selling privately. But for what it is I'm going to go part ex and hopefully get it sorted before the weekend when I go away. An MOT and service would be at least £200-300 and that's assuming the Fiesta doesn't need anything doing. I'm sure it wouldn't fail but you just never know.
Obviously the budget has been blown! It wasn't really fixed anyway, and I feel this particular car is worth paying for. Especially as I'm after something I can keep for as long as possible.
Cheers for the advice and hopefully I can post pics soon enough!
BTW. What's the best mx5 forum to join? I did sign up to Nutz about 10 years ago when I almost bought one. Doesn't seem too busy though.
Edited by ChrisH72 on Tuesday 21st May 21:47
Thanks guys.
No idea if the deal was good as I'm not really the best at negotiating. That's why I don't do it very often. But it felt okay and the dealer seemed to be doing his best to get the cost to change down to where I wanted it by discounting the mx5. They were keen to get it away before the end of May. With my holiday next week I said if I had to get an MOT the earliest was 3rd June so I wouldn't be able to take delivery until after that. At the end of the day the deal is what it is. I'm planning to keep it for a good 10 years or so this time hopefully.
So, the car.
It's not a sport nav+, it's actually a sport tech (2020) not that I'm aware of any differences. Car play and Android auto maybe, not sure. It's in my favourite colour, machine grey which I think looks a bit less feminine! My local Mazda dealer sold it new and it's been maintained there too. Was owned by a serial mx5 owner who has had 4 now and just bought a 2024 ND3. My car has a massive 3800 miles haha! Feels like a brand new car really and as my mileage is low it'll have less than 50k on it in 10 years time.
Here's a pic from the AT ad...
Looking forward to picking it up on Friday. But I'll miss my Fiesta I'm sure. Ideally I'd have them both but it just isn't possible. I'm just hoping the mx5 will work out as my daily but I can't see why it wouldn't.
No idea if the deal was good as I'm not really the best at negotiating. That's why I don't do it very often. But it felt okay and the dealer seemed to be doing his best to get the cost to change down to where I wanted it by discounting the mx5. They were keen to get it away before the end of May. With my holiday next week I said if I had to get an MOT the earliest was 3rd June so I wouldn't be able to take delivery until after that. At the end of the day the deal is what it is. I'm planning to keep it for a good 10 years or so this time hopefully.
So, the car.
It's not a sport nav+, it's actually a sport tech (2020) not that I'm aware of any differences. Car play and Android auto maybe, not sure. It's in my favourite colour, machine grey which I think looks a bit less feminine! My local Mazda dealer sold it new and it's been maintained there too. Was owned by a serial mx5 owner who has had 4 now and just bought a 2024 ND3. My car has a massive 3800 miles haha! Feels like a brand new car really and as my mileage is low it'll have less than 50k on it in 10 years time.
Here's a pic from the AT ad...
Looking forward to picking it up on Friday. But I'll miss my Fiesta I'm sure. Ideally I'd have them both but it just isn't possible. I'm just hoping the mx5 will work out as my daily but I can't see why it wouldn't.
Hi Ben, good to hear you're enjoying the soft top. I did think long and hard about going for a soft top as they are more 'open' and I love the simplicity of the manual folding roof. I'll be using the mx5 mainly for commuting and local journeys year round so it's a daily driver albeit not big mileage involved. I don't have a garage so it's parked outside on the drive all the time. With that in mind it felt safer to go with the RF. Actually when I drove it I felt it was plenty open enough with the roof down and being fairly short I don't seem to suffer any buffeting so that works for me.
I have some decent roads on my short commutes between towns and I'm sure I'll get out on the country lanes often enough just for fun. Probably won't mess with the car as I've always liked to keep things standard. At the moment it still has the Bridgestone Potenzas all round which are probably the original tyres. Not sure how long tyres last with such low miles, there's plenty of tread but the car is 4 years old. I checked black circles and tyres are pretty inexpensive in that size so I'd possibly go fir PS5 when the time comes, I've had them on the Fiesta and they're great.
I have some decent roads on my short commutes between towns and I'm sure I'll get out on the country lanes often enough just for fun. Probably won't mess with the car as I've always liked to keep things standard. At the moment it still has the Bridgestone Potenzas all round which are probably the original tyres. Not sure how long tyres last with such low miles, there's plenty of tread but the car is 4 years old. I checked black circles and tyres are pretty inexpensive in that size so I'd possibly go fir PS5 when the time comes, I've had them on the Fiesta and they're great.
Cheers for the brochure.
I did get it out on a bit of dual carriageway and took it up to 70mph. Noise level seemed okay to me. It wasn't noticeably noisier than the Fiesta so that's fine. I don't do much of that kind of driving in my car anyway, we use the family motor for longer distances. My usage is mostly B roads between towns and urban roads. The ride was pretty good for a small sports car and speed bumps were okay.
I did get it out on a bit of dual carriageway and took it up to 70mph. Noise level seemed okay to me. It wasn't noticeably noisier than the Fiesta so that's fine. I don't do much of that kind of driving in my car anyway, we use the family motor for longer distances. My usage is mostly B roads between towns and urban roads. The ride was pretty good for a small sports car and speed bumps were okay.
Looks like plenty of tyre choices available at reasonable prices when I looked.
There's a new model Potenza sport for £130. But after BC 10% discount the PS5 is the same price. Then for £120 there's Hankook and Goodyear. Even the Kuhmo Ecsta is decent enough, I've had them before and they're good value at £93 a corner.
Will see how it goes but I'll swap them if necessary. Probably wait until the winter comes and see how it feels.
There's a new model Potenza sport for £130. But after BC 10% discount the PS5 is the same price. Then for £120 there's Hankook and Goodyear. Even the Kuhmo Ecsta is decent enough, I've had them before and they're good value at £93 a corner.
Will see how it goes but I'll swap them if necessary. Probably wait until the winter comes and see how it feels.
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