Now here is a review i have been saving!. I bought my 15 year old Mazda MX-5 convertible 6 months ago now, and i have been thinking very hard of what to write here. I decided to start with this... No review of this car can possible be negative, its just positive in every way. My MX-5 is the 1.6i Convertible, i bought it stock and have added a few bits on, but il review it firstly, as it was stock, how easy it was to upgrade, and what it is like now.. I actually travelled 100 miles up to London after bidding for the car on ebay, i thought it was a steal at only £900. For this i got the car as it was, with no CD player or speakers...but it did have power steering (life saver)! The sunroof was new and everything worked fine, including the air conditioning. So i drove it home at a steady 70mph with no troubles, not even straining the engine, leveling just around 3000rpm, great! The petrol tank took nearly empty to full around £30 and that would have got me there and back, averaging £15 per 100 miles. I actually drove home with the roof down, its a manual roof but takes only seconds to put up and down.. Next week i begun my project. I had a new custom bonnet put on with \"viper\" holes, and bought new alloys (black). I replaced the HT leads in the engine for high performance ones and put 2 x 4\" stainless steel exhausts on the back. then added an induction kit and a \"mazda\" sunscreen to the windscreen. then it was resprayed gun gray. Finally i added racing shocks and lowered the car almost to the ground. Now the car is faster, lower and looks 100 times better! The 2 seater is perfect for me to take out my girlfriend and have a bit of privacy with a lot of room! with the roof down i can see all round the entire car and park in the smallest of spaces. Great in the sun, watertight in the winter, its great! i do have to say i would recommend the car to anyone!!
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Advantages: A great affordable sports car with fun driving added in for free! Disadvantages: If you are a big shopper like me, you may need to put the roof down!
hannahciao 25.02.2005 (01.04.2005)
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Advantages: EUNOS is a cheap way to purchase mx5 generally with lower mileages Disadvantages: generally in not as good condition as UK cars, with work required as stated in my articale
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