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At least someone's saved you some money?
The only issue with Mx5's is their susceptibility to rust. Fortunately mine's pretty clean but even the 3rd Generation ones (as is mine) are showing issues with front subframes and rusting. The earlier ones are even more prone.
Precisely! Mine's at 73k, not missed a beat in 16k of driving it. There are some Mk I's with 250k and going strong. Keep up with maintenance and you'll have a bulletproof little motor.On the other hand you can largely get away with ignoring age and mileage and if you find a clean one it should be good. I had a mk II (facelift) for nearly five years, it was fantastic. Unfortunately now there's three of us it wouldn't be practical as my main car but we're planning to move house in a couple of years at which point I'm thinking of getting an old mk I as a summer toy.
I miss blatting home down the coast road on a summer's evening with the roof down.
My second generation Miata was wonderful. Couldn't ask for a better car. The only comments I can make is that driving at highway speeds it was sometimes hard to hear the radio, and the aluminum hood got some ding marks on it while parked during a hale storm.MX-5. Impractical, enormous fun and available for very reasonable money.
I daily drive my Mx5 and have put circa 16k miles on it in 15 months. It's not the most economical to run with a fairly rich-running 2.0L 4-pot engine but drives really nicely. Enough poke to keep it fun but not enough to light your hair/pants/otherwise on fire. £7k would get you a really nice example - mine was considerably less than that.Budget is 7k tops. Looking at less than 30,000 miles and ideally economic to run. Why I was thinking the Mito or the Copen (MX5 a possibility). They kind of tick the right boxes for me.
I have done all the fast the furious and the stupid I can't afford this but what luxury to own a Bentley thing. Mentally fast and mental to ride bikes.
In this case i am wanting a smaller car to drive around 1000 a month and use every day. I would love to go for the mad and the bad but don't want all my wages going in to fuel costs and keeping it on the road.
Small, different and impractical space wise
I do like the Fabia VRS idea though. Considering all the hassle my friend has had with his X3 definitely not in the list
Brilliant! I'd say you're right at least 95% of the time... I guess I'm the exception to the rule?MX5s are only driven by female aerobics instructors, ladies' hairdressers a nd bald-headed 50-somethings wearing baseball caps .
I can only assume then that you don't wear a baseball cap.Brilliant! I'd say you're right at least 95% of the time... I guess I'm the exception to the rule?
In addition to being circa 1/2 the quoted age.I assume that you don't wear a baseball cap.
ladies' hairdressers a nd bald-headed 50-somethings wearing baseball caps .
Then it is the perfect option!And if I happen to be a bald headed baseball hat wearing ladies hairdresser? As I am
To be honest the 1.4 Mito is heading my list at the moment. Reviews read crap but owners appear to love them. Between that and a 28000 Copen I know of but limited storage space does worry.
I like the look of the 'Quadrifolgio' (aka. Cloverleaf) Mito - 170bhp (or near enough) in a little hatchback.
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