James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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quote:
Originally posted by Pop
seems expensive that.
Well I looked on parkers and its actually not a bad price.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Originally posted by James
Robin how do you know I'm not a fridge salesman?
Because you'd have a company van.
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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Hairdresser
Gay
Complete nobhead
If your none of the above I wouldnt bother. They might be well engineered cars but it will always be an MX5, and thats saying something. IMO anyway 
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Pop
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Registered: 8th May 03
Location: Reading
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by Pop
seems expensive that.
Well I looked on parkers and its actually not a bad price.
Well as an example I sold a 1.8 mx-5 2004 04 plate with 14k miles last week for £9500. It wasn't a sport though.
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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Gay
That is all !
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Imo, the MK1 is ace, love the pop up lights, the MK2 i never liked, but the MK3 is very nice, and also likes to go quite a lot sideways!!
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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ugly, very ugly, slightly camp, small and err ugly.
Apparently very good to drive, lots of tuning bits availible etc etc
Not my cup of tea though im afraid
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jay kay
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
Location: West Midlands
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i think you need to drive one.
i was on the gay side till i drove one.... now i have one.....
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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Gay
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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Originally posted by Robin
Utterly ungay.
Ditto 
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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It is actually physically impossible for an MX5 to be gay as they are RWD. For a car to be gay, it is an absolute necessity for it to drive the front wheels.
As an example, my Turbo may be darker than a David Lynch film and have more than double the power and torque that it left the factory with, but, it is however just plain gay, even next to a pink MX5, as it quite sickeningly drives the incorrect wheels, and as such is totally gay by default and by it's very nature.
After many years of waiting, I actually had my first drive in an MX5 a few weeks ago. Sadly it was a MK II so was a little too smooth for my liking and lacked the pop-up lights, funky door handles and pseudo Minilite rims that I like so much about the original.
Now it was a squeeze as I am 6' 3'' but as soon as I drove it, I calculated in a matter of seconds that It was for me, and in very little more time, exactly what would need to be altered, removed or replaced in order for me to fit in it comfortably so I could own and use one.
It is without a shadow of a doubt, one of the greatest cars I have ever driven and as a bonus it was more sideways than all of the vaginas in an all Chinese chorus line.
I liked it so much that I drove it till I felt sick and had a sore knee, and even then I still didn't want to stop.
I'm sure I will own an MX5 one day, as long as it's nice and cheap as it will be getting butchered and I don't like to spend money.
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jay kay
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
Location: West Midlands
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theres a yellow one by me
mk1
hard top
1.6
minilite type wheels
£2995
[Edited on 28-03-2007 by jay kay]
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Poor persons convertible.
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: koda Fabia VRS 5J
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gay. my uncles mate died in one of these admittngly (sp) was his own fault the wy he was driving but still crap for safety etc.
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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there gay because 99% of the population will look at you and think your a hairdresser. Just because a few car nuts on a forum respect some of the cars technical ability does not make it non gay, i looked after one for a few months and while there a bit of a laugh to drive, with an excellent driving possition id never ever have one, and i drive a fookin clio !
also have a gander on some mx5 forum's, they all think they drive supercars
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topshot_2k
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Registered: 1st Dec 03
Location: Northampton Drives: Pug GTi-6
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ok if you are a hairdresser or gay or both.
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DimDG
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Registered: 1st Sep 01
Location: Athens - Greece
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I'm neither a hairdresser nor gay 
So should I sell it?
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: koda Fabia VRS 5J
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SELL IT ASAP
EDIT; and buy that escort if its not yours already
[Edited on 28-03-2007 by nathy_87]
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Poor persons convertible.
Agreed, might be a fantastic drive and highly tunable but at the end of the day when i'm out driving and see one i'm looking at the drivers seat expecting a leggy blonde or some guy winching his boyfriend in the passenger seat.
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DimDG
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Registered: 1st Sep 01
Location: Athens - Greece
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Originally posted by nathy_87
SELL IT ASAP
EDIT; and buy that escort if its not yours already
Hehe!
That Escort used to be my family's car for almost 28 years...that was since 3 years ago when we got rid of it...
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Rachel H
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Registered: 12th Nov 03
Location: Berks
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My sister used to have a 1.8 16v one lowered on Bilstein suspension, had pop up lights which were converted to two smaller lights, black one on BBS rims and it was fantastic, it handled amazing and was quite quick as well. Never had a single thing go wrong with it either.
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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SVM I appreciate your view, this is the same sort of balanced out view my dad must have arrived at when he went out and bought a brand new one in 2005, the fact he had sold it within a year at a bit of a loss (not that bad though as they hold value extremely well) show's that although it seems like a good idea in reality it's still underpowered and the image does matter.
I have driven one and it was good fun and yeah you can get the back end out in a controlled fashion (this was my old mans big thing as his older mazda rx7 turbo II was quite unpredictable when trying to straighten back up  ) but they are too slow...
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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And my old mans was the one with variable valve timing blah.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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i love them to be honest. i remember going up against a 1.8 in the SRi, was faster in a straight line, but i got pwned on the corners
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
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Surely it depends what you want out of a car. does the drive outway the image enough for you, if it does, buy it.
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