Look at this pile of crap vol 2: Mazda MX-5 MK2
Look at this pile of crap vol 2: Mazda MX-5 MK2
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Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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Not content with one old high mileage car breaking my soul and free time I bought a 2003 1.6 MX5 today. 112k miles on the clock however the engine has been replaced a couple of years ago with a 42k miler.

£1150 with test til Aug and tax til Nov

Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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Filling up before the drive home



Testing the limits of my Autoaid breakdown policy already - after a faultless 150 mile drive home it snapped its alternator belt on its second outing.

carinaman

25,108 posts

201 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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112K miles isn't high. Looks smart. I really liked the Racing Bronze shade they did the 10 year anniversary ones in, then I saw the dark blue one someone has here and I liked that, and now I think that shade looks good.

That seems a bargain at that price.

NashGT

467 posts

212 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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At least it wasn't the cambelt

Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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NashGT said:
At least it wasn't the cambelt
yes they're non interference though , no? scratchchin

Superhoop

4,908 posts

222 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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carinaman said:
112K miles isn't high. Looks smart. I really liked the Racing Bronze shade they did the 10 year anniversary ones in, then I saw the dark blue one someone has here and I liked that, and now I think that shade looks good.

That seems a bargain at that price.
10AE came in only one colour - innocent blue... Racing Bronze was a standard colour from launch of the MKII

Agree though, £1150 does seem a bargain

Patch888

701 posts

157 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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Yes they are non interference however that's no guarantee they won't cause damage. Nice car for the price, enjoy.

steveo3002

11,200 posts

203 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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how do you get on with autoaid ? im a member but havent made a claim yet , intrested if it works as promised?

Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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Works as promised but claims are slow, call centre staff aren't great and despite nothing in the terms saying so they won't pay credit card surcharges from breakdowns and deduct it from claims. Local providers they use vary wildly in response time too.

For some reason I didn't need to pay for last night - no idea why.

Belts changed - that lower alt bolt is a bh! Seems fine but maybe a bit too much tension on the alt belt so I'm going to inspect it tomorrow.

NashGT

467 posts

212 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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Toaster Pilot said:
yes they're non interference though , no? scratchchin
Still not a fun experience

Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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NashGT said:
Still not a fun experience
: thumbup: I'll plan to do it as soon as I can then

Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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Still getting the odd chirp of belt squeal now and again having replaced the PAS and alternator belts - the PAS one was slightly longer than what came off (4PK875 vs 4PK855) so I just tensioned it more and it seemed to take up the slack but I wonder if I'm gonna need to buy the right one.

Old belts were completely destroyed - the alt belt (which snapped) had broken into it's individual strands and the PAS belt only had 3 of them intact, one of which had broken away and wrapped itself around the pulley!

NashGT

467 posts

212 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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Toaster Pilot said:
Still getting the odd chirp of belt squeal now and again having replaced the PAS and alternator belts - the PAS one was slightly longer than what came off (4PK875 vs 4PK855) so I just tensioned it more and it seemed to take up the slack but I wonder if I'm gonna need to buy the right one.

Old belts were completely destroyed - the alt belt (which snapped) had broken into it's individual strands and the PAS belt only had 3 of them intact, one of which had broken away and wrapped itself around the pulley!
Have tried using some belt slip? That cured the squeal on my old mx5 belts

Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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Not really what I'd like to do with brand new belts but if I can't tension them appropriately I'll give it a go

Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Tuesday 20th May 2014
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Think I've sorted it now smile

Does anyone know what the colour of this car is called or where I can find the paint code?

Pulse

10,922 posts

247 months

Tuesday 20th May 2014
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Toaster Pilot said:
Think I've sorted it now smile

Does anyone know what the colour of this car is called or where I can find the paint code?
25R Splash Green

Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Wednesday 21st May 2014
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thumbup top bearding

Need to sort out the stereo (OEM one is broken) and change the shifter boots and timing belt.... got quite a few projects on the go at the moment though laugh

Snoop Bagg

1,879 posts

223 months

Wednesday 21st May 2014
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NashGT said:
Still not a fun experience
Better than a cambelt going 10,000 miles short of it's advised replacement but two days after the warranty! Last time I buy a:

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

Altrezia

8,739 posts

240 months

Wednesday 21st May 2014
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I bought one of these at the weekend too.. and hate it. It's already on ebay.

Toaster Pilot

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14,855 posts

187 months

Wednesday 21st May 2014
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Altrezia said:
I bought one of these at the weekend too.. and hate it. It's already on ebay.
Really? What don't you like about it?

Love mine so far thumbup