RE: SOTW Special: Mazda MX-5

[ben_reza]

Cracking shed this week. Bought the missus one a few years ago, very similar but in red. Its been written off twice, done 200'000kms but still goes strong and is so much fun.

If I had bought most other cars for the same price (£1300) it would have cost more to run, and be worth next to nothing now.

[escargot]

_Batty_ said:

Strawman said:

Office_Monkey said:

Garlick said:

Negative Creep said:

just in time for winter

Not hanging around with this one, it will be scrubbed, spruced, fixed and re- sold ASAP.

Hopefully we'll make a nice profit meaning 'Project SOTW' can start buying some rather special metal very soon

I'll give you £601 for it

I'll go to £603

oooh bidding war.

£606

You do realise you'll have do 60.6 haircuts to pay that back don't you?

Just something to think about.

[BoRED S2upid]

I will be getting one of these in the next 12 months to complete my garage.

[Munter]

BoRED S2upid said:

I will be getting one of these in the next 12 months to complete my garage.

...ok they are good....but they do not build garages you know. You'll have to finish the garage yourself and THEN put the car in it.

[zcacogp]

Snoggledog said:

SG Sportscars said:

you can say all you want my opinion wont change haha

everyone (and you) know its a gay gay car

See that big hole in front of your feet? Be a good chap and jump into it would you?

Oh.. And stay there.

"Steve" doesn't seem to be winning many friends. Odd, as this is a motoring enthusiasts site and he's in the business of selling 'enthusiasts' cars.

Perhaps he's green and lives under bridges, and often seen carrying a large club ...


Oli.

[Noisy]

That's a real bargain, I'd have bought it for that money and I already have one!

[Luke.]

SG Sportscars said:

Jonny671 said:

Have either of you driven one?

Theres always on fan boy

MX5's are for girls and poofters END OF.

I think you may be a little repressed and find the MX5 a little threatening.

[AMGexigeS]

Bloody bargain, be great for hooning around in when the weathers grim and you still fancy a bit of fun, if you stuff it into a field/bank/wall you ain't going cry at the loss of your investment. Tidy.

[Jonny671]

Luke. said:

SG Sportscars said:

Jonny671 said:

Have either of you driven one?

Theres always on fan boy

MX5's are for girls and poofters END OF.

I think you may be a little repressed and find the MX5 a little threatening.

I think so too!

If people haven't driven them, or driven them properly.. They don't have an opinion

[6potdave]

That looks a good bargain to me. Not a car I would choose for myself but they are meant to be great fun and pretty robust too. I've seen them advertised for silly money, sure you could make double the money back.

[northap]

I think PH should keep it at a track day tool for a while,

and do some reviews of circuits.
It'll make for some good reading of what you can do for £600 and what tracks are out there.
Also, let's face it in a years time it won't be worth any less!

[corradoboy1983]

Brilliant little cars. My mate had a version with a turbo kit (180bhp). And my other mate's missus had one of the newer ones.
I'd have considered one to replace my Smart Roadster (a car for which I got plenty of abuse - but loved owning/driving it!). I went for MR2 turbo instead, as I wanted something a bit beefier, but still may go back to the idea of MX5 as a toy someday...

There's always idiots that make "gay" and "hairdresser" comments about these sort of cars (and lets be honest, they're not really manly are they??). But you gotta ask yourself if you really care what others think about you/your car! If you're buying a car as a c**k extension, or to impress your mates at the pub then maybe an MX5 is not the best choice. But if you're a true enthusiast and just enjoy driving then I'd place it near the top of your list.

For the record, I have driven one, and it was brilliant! Great fun, and loads of feedback through the steering. Gearbox wasn't as smooth as the MR2 however...

[Oddball RS]

Cheap ill give it that - other opinions held back to prevent abuse....

[nfo]

Whenever I see this colour, I think smurf Not bad for £600, I wonder how much lower the cost of a half-decent Mk1 can go...

I can understand people having an issue with the image and lack of grunt, but if you can't see the fundamental appeal of a small sports car with an engine at the front, driver in the middle, driven wheels at the back and 'proper' suspension at each corner there's something wrong.

[J4CKO]

Gay, Gay ,Gay Poofter, Hairdressers car, yadda yadda,

Change the record, its so old and boring.

I dont care if anyone thinks I am gay, quite happy to mince along enjoying whatever I am driving, a guy at work has a Nissan Micra CC, he has quite an attractive wife and is a commited lover of ladies, he likes his car and doesnt care, dont know why Gay is such an overused slur on car forums, is it so tragic if someone is gay ?

Do you every think that being hetero, you might have kids (I have three lads) one of them shock horror may be gay, I bet in your little homphobic world you would then wish they had just bought an MX5 or TT instead.

You can get really bravel and manly Gay blokes, you can get weasley little wimpy creepy straight ones, all straight blokes arent ok and all Gay ones arent mincing great queens.

Rant Over, huffs off, in manner of Daffyd off Little Britain.

[pSyCoSiS]

That is a whole lot of car for very little money.

Well done SOTW, as always !

[Stevesh]

I bought an S Special last spring and it turned out to be a lemon - it had an intermittent fault that could not be found and I ended up selling it on - for better money than expected.

I do fancy getting another and am torn between a newer mk2.5 which should be trouble free motoring of a sub £1000 machine that I'd not feel guilty about denting, stripping bolts in or fitting second hand parts. Oh, and drilling the air box

Steve

[threespires]

Don't rise to the bait from those posting Hairdresser quips.

This is a car-lovers site.

Those that knock the MX-5 just because of it's image rather than it's brilliance can't be true 'pistonheads' can they?

Let them spend their hard-earned on a badge or huge BHP if it helps them salve their insecurity.

[Garlick]

pSyCoSiS said:

That is a whole lot of car for very little money.

Well done SOTW, as always !

[PaulZR]

Just a note to concur with those who are dismissing the homo jibes. Me and my ex gf had a red mk 2.5 a few years back and it was amazing (the car, that is - relationship not so much).

Steering and gearbox still the best I've ever had. I've had a 911, Jag XJR, Alpina B3 since then, all with plenty of bhp and excellent cars but none to rival the MX-5 on those two counts. Who gives a c**k what k**bheads who haven't driven one think?

(Sorry, try to avoid bad language on here but this topic really riles me!)

Edited by PaulZR on Friday 28th August 21:01