MX5 Grin
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MX5 Grin
has just been rekindled.... 'The wife, my darling pride and joy' is buying a new model MX5 on Monday, consequently we got it for the weekend. We popped out for a drive to Kaiaua today to the in-laws. I love those roads. Despite all the hype and rave revues I couldn't believe that any car WITHOUT pop-up headlights and WITH four cup holders could really capture the spirit of the original 1989 model. This was maintained throughout the obligitary parade up to St Helliers for breakfast where I derided it further for
having a car door that was too high for my arm to rest on comfortably when driving,
the footrest being too close to the pedals as I was wearing wide shoes and they caught on it when changing gear,
having 6 gears when only 5 where really needed,
having an on/off switch on the cruise control when we already had set/reset/cancel
not beeping when the car doors were locked/unlocked
not having national radio programmed into the stereo or 'the rock' or anything listenable other than doof-doof music
having 7 speakers and all of them playing doof-doof music
having to press the gearstick down to select reverse
there were more criticism's, obviously the main one being the lack of pop-up headlights...
We had breakfast, I was a bit dissapointed, then we drove out to the folks.
Motorway driving was fine, set the cruise control/reset the cruise control, nice toy. Nice and warm with the top down and I find we don't need to shout at each other (isn't that married life anyway?).
Then we get to the twisty bits....
I started to hoof it and found I couldn't back off. We overtook a 4wd and boat trailer, zip out/pass/zip in on a decent stretch. Bloody hell, that happened faster than I expected.....
From then on I started to smile (anyone who knows me will confirm that I"m a miserable git) and didn't stop smiling until we reached the old dragons place. I couldn't get those tyres to screetch or lose footing - I only gave it about 75% of what I felt comfortable with, I reckon I really could have gone for it without the missus being present!
It reminded me of when I came to NZ and the future missus lent me her 1994 MX for the day, I went out the day after and bought my 1990
The niggles I mentioned above were due to me really not believing it could be as good as the original, but I have to say I'm a convert! I still dislike those aspects - but bloody hell, there is much more I could pick out on the originals that are more than adequately taken care of by the width of my grin
My 1990 went the journey last year for practical reasons, playing in a band and needing to shift amplifiers does not help..... so the 4WD was purchased. Now we are a two MX5 family again and all is well in the world
Apologies for the waffle, but I haven't stopped grinning yet!
p.s. I was nice enough to let her drive (a little more sedately, but not much!) home[/list]
having a car door that was too high for my arm to rest on comfortably when driving,
the footrest being too close to the pedals as I was wearing wide shoes and they caught on it when changing gear,
having 6 gears when only 5 where really needed,
having an on/off switch on the cruise control when we already had set/reset/cancel
not beeping when the car doors were locked/unlocked
not having national radio programmed into the stereo or 'the rock' or anything listenable other than doof-doof music
having 7 speakers and all of them playing doof-doof music
having to press the gearstick down to select reverse
there were more criticism's, obviously the main one being the lack of pop-up headlights...
We had breakfast, I was a bit dissapointed, then we drove out to the folks.
Motorway driving was fine, set the cruise control/reset the cruise control, nice toy. Nice and warm with the top down and I find we don't need to shout at each other (isn't that married life anyway?).
Then we get to the twisty bits....
I started to hoof it and found I couldn't back off. We overtook a 4wd and boat trailer, zip out/pass/zip in on a decent stretch. Bloody hell, that happened faster than I expected.....
From then on I started to smile (anyone who knows me will confirm that I"m a miserable git) and didn't stop smiling until we reached the old dragons place. I couldn't get those tyres to screetch or lose footing - I only gave it about 75% of what I felt comfortable with, I reckon I really could have gone for it without the missus being present!
It reminded me of when I came to NZ and the future missus lent me her 1994 MX for the day, I went out the day after and bought my 1990
The niggles I mentioned above were due to me really not believing it could be as good as the original, but I have to say I'm a convert! I still dislike those aspects - but bloody hell, there is much more I could pick out on the originals that are more than adequately taken care of by the width of my grin
My 1990 went the journey last year for practical reasons, playing in a band and needing to shift amplifiers does not help..... so the 4WD was purchased. Now we are a two MX5 family again and all is well in the world
Apologies for the waffle, but I haven't stopped grinning yet!
p.s. I was nice enough to let her drive (a little more sedately, but not much!) home[/list]
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- Keep calm, Forum Moderator here.
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- Tentative sideways sliding....
- Posts: 43
- Joined: Thu May 18, 2006 9:41 pm
- Location: Auckland
be a long time before I can afford one too, we're a seven guitar family at the moment and I believe there is room for 2 or 3 moreAnthug wrote:alas, it will be a long time be owning one
I think its the best of both worlds really but to be honest I don't think any car is a sportscar unless its a little bit rough round the edges, has popup headlights and is red, as we all know they go faster....EricW wrote: I agree with the niggles and I agree strongly about the winding roads, it is a great car round a corner, but I found it was just too much of a "car" and not enough of a "sports car"
yep I knew comfortable motoring wouldn't last I just need to get the head sorted, fit the amps, a decent set of speakers etc... and I'm set for the road again It's about time we had that beer as wellGreenracer5 wrote:Shame you didn't keep the D4NGER reg plate matey. I knew it wouldn't be long before you were back in the fold.
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