Mk1 MX5 a girls car? Maybe....but what IS a girls car?!
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bicycleshorts said:
Fantastic.
Looking at your photobucket name, I recognise you now from nutz!
Nice one.Looking at your photobucket name, I recognise you now from nutz!
Don't mistake me for James AKA madaboutmx5s, I'm James AKA Trouble. James, madaboutmx5s had the corns roadster before me, he did a lot of work keeping it on the road and fitting things like the carbon fibre bonnet, the Trap front lip, shorty rear bumper, giving it a respray and more. I've had her since August, september time, fitted new gear box, breaks, discs etc, got some more chasis stiffening to do and generally just enjoying hooning around in it.
oO Trouble Oo said:
Nice one.
Don't mistake me for James AKA madaboutmx5s, I'm James AKA Trouble. James, madaboutmx5s had the corns roadster before me, he did a lot of work keeping it on the road and fitting things like the carbon fibre bonnet, the Trap front lip, shorty rear bumper, giving it a respray and more. I've had her since August, september time, fitted new gear box, breaks, discs etc, got some more chasis stiffening to do and generally just enjoying hooning around in it.
Ah ha. Looks a great car. I remember reading your story about the Civic and the police now.Don't mistake me for James AKA madaboutmx5s, I'm James AKA Trouble. James, madaboutmx5s had the corns roadster before me, he did a lot of work keeping it on the road and fitting things like the carbon fibre bonnet, the Trap front lip, shorty rear bumper, giving it a respray and more. I've had her since August, september time, fitted new gear box, breaks, discs etc, got some more chasis stiffening to do and generally just enjoying hooning around in it.
If we're playing stereotypes, a "girls car" is one which is undemanding to drive, has lots of room for shopping without being too big to park, spends the money on superficial "quality" rather than underlying hardware and places style and brand recognition over substance. It's an Audi A3.
bicycleshorts said:
Ah ha. Looks a great car. I remember reading your story about the Civic and the police now.
It's hard, unconfortable, noisey, plain nasty, smells and rough around town, crap with the revs below 3k. I love it, fits all my needs perfectly :-DYeah, the Civic being stopped was just daft. You can see it in one of my youtube videos. That's another girlie car lol!!!! The DBS isn't mine, it's a mate's, he lent it to me. That's not a girls car but isn't as much fun as the other two.
So girl's cars are fun with not much power?
Edited by oO Trouble Oo on Thursday 1st March 14:43
jimslops said:
stew-S160 said:
A S1 Elise is far curvier than an mk1 MX5 by my reckoning. I've owned both, and both were the best fun I've had when driving.
More fun than S2K? 
I should expand on that-
The S2000 is a great great car, a lot of fun with an incredible engine/gearbox, build quality, the digi dash is awesome. But the MX5 was more fun, more of the time. The handling was crisper, the weight being a definite advantage there. The S always felt to me like it was carrying about 100kgs too much.
Edited by stew-S160 on Thursday 1st March 15:03
heebeegeetee said:
I can understand the 'girl's car' thing, what I cannot understand for the life of me is the 'man's car' thing.
how a car drives has nothing to do with manliness look at the elise and the bonkers TTRS, great cars but still very girly carsi looked up in the dictionary "mans car" it just had these pictures
stew-S160 said:
Without question.
I should expand on that-
The S2000 is a great great car, a lot of fun with an incredible engine/gearbox, build quality, the digi dash is awesome. But the MX5 was more fun, more of the time. The handling was crisper, the weight being a definite advantage there. The S always felt to me like it was carrying about 100kgs too much.
Good to hear. You must have missed S2K versus MX5 thread.I should expand on that-
The S2000 is a great great car, a lot of fun with an incredible engine/gearbox, build quality, the digi dash is awesome. But the MX5 was more fun, more of the time. The handling was crisper, the weight being a definite advantage there. The S always felt to me like it was carrying about 100kgs too much.
Edited by stew-S160 on Thursday 1st March 15:03
Dave Hedgehog said:
how a car drives has nothing to do with manliness look at the elise and the bonkers TTRS, great cars but still very girly cars
i looked up in the dictionary "mans car" it just had these pictures
God that looks amazing.i looked up in the dictionary "mans car" it just had these pictures
I have a car which is matt black and has a little flip up spoiler on the back, front lights hidden behind moveable flaps, carbon fibre front wings, matt black wheels, lowered on coil-overs, sticky tyres, roll cage and is making way more power than standard.
It's a girls car though:
Captain Muppet said:
God that looks amazing.
I have a car which is matt black and has a little flip up spoiler on the back, front lights hidden behind moveable flaps, carbon fibre front wings, matt black wheels, lowered on coil-overs, sticky tyres, roll cage and is making way more power than standard.
It's a girls car though:
Indeed it is I have a car which is matt black and has a little flip up spoiler on the back, front lights hidden behind moveable flaps, carbon fibre front wings, matt black wheels, lowered on coil-overs, sticky tyres, roll cage and is making way more power than standard.
It's a girls car though:
Dave Hedgehog said:
how a car drives has nothing to do with manliness look at the elise and the bonkers TTRS, great cars but still very girly cars
i looked up in the dictionary "mans car" it just had these pictures
That really is very nice, I must say. i looked up in the dictionary "mans car" it just had these pictures
Baryonyx said:
I'd say the mk3 is the 'girly' MX5 as it's all about looks and style and nowhere near as good to drive as the first two.
Hmm. I applaud Mazda for making such an effort to keep to the ethos of the original. It seems they even went as far as pulling a er, fast one in allowing owners to maintain the proper ride height and get around pedestrian safety legislation. Captain Muppet said:
God that looks amazing.
I have a car which is matt black and has a little flip up spoiler on the back, front lights hidden behind moveable flaps, carbon fibre front wings, matt black wheels, lowered on coil-overs, sticky tyres, roll cage and is making way more power than standard.
It's a girls car though:
Indeed it is I have a car which is matt black and has a little flip up spoiler on the back, front lights hidden behind moveable flaps, carbon fibre front wings, matt black wheels, lowered on coil-overs, sticky tyres, roll cage and is making way more power than standard.
It's a girls car though:
otolith said:
If we're playing stereotypes, a "girls car" is one which is undemanding to drive, has lots of room for shopping without being too big to park, spends the money on superficial "quality" rather than underlying hardware and places style and brand recognition over substance. It's an Audi A3.
The only problem I have with this explanation is this: If you drop a massive V8 into an MX5 and cut a hole in the bonnet so that there's room for the equally massive supercharger to poke out the top, then throw out the power steering because you've got better uses for the power and fit a tiny steering wheel, and then fit an industrial strength gearbox and clutch that are so heavy that god couldn't operate them without grunting, it's a certainty that some plonker somewhere with an underdeveloped funny bone is going to ask you why you're wasting that engine in a hairdresser's car.Alfanatic said:
The only problem I have with this explanation is this: If you drop a massive V8 into an MX5 and cut a hole in the bonnet so that there's room for the equally massive supercharger to poke out the top, then throw out the power steering because you've got better uses for the power and fit a tiny steering wheel, and then fit an industrial strength gearbox and clutch that are so heavy that god couldn't operate them without grunting, it's a certainty that some plonker somewhere with an underdeveloped funny bone is going to ask you why you're wasting that engine in a hairdresser's car.
Not if you make it so ugly that no woman would be seen dead in it. That seems to be the way to do it.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff