Advantages: Dead easy to drop the top (and put it up again) Disadvantages: Fuel economy coulld be better
For the Summer I purchased a second hand MX51.8 Sports. It was 4 years old and had the matching hard top as well as the permanently fitted cloth soft top. I had done my home work and this was the one that every review was recommending. It is one of the limited edition Sports and as such comes with leather heated seats.
First things first, off came the hard top and into storage until winter. The hard top was very simple to remove and the soft top just flips up and down. However neither my wife or I can pull the soft top up when sitting in the seats. One of us has to get out. Both the hard top and soft top have a heated rear window which is essential and in a two seater cabin. The fold up rear wind deflector is not that good so long hair still gets blown forward. Top Gear did an effective demonstration of the difference ...
ForlornHope 23.07.2007
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Advantages: Cheap, reliable convertible, great handling Disadvantages: Not a practical car!
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We bought a MazdaMX5 as our first ever car in January 2003. Bizarre time to be buying a soft-top car, you might think, but actually quite good from an economic point of view – you'll be one of only a few people looking at these sorts of cars in the dead of winter and so can pick up a bargain – and probably get to test the waterproof quality of the roof!
The model we have is the 1.8i S, and is W reg. As standard, it has ABS brakes, sill plates, electric wing mirrors, heated rear window, a CD player, twin air bags, mud flaps, alloy wheels and branded carpet (!). These are mostly only options on the 1.8i and 1.6i, although the 1.8i has some as standard too.
Launched in 1989, the MX5 is now the world's top selling roadster (according to the Guiness Book of Records). It has a front ...
xalala 22.03.2004 (23.03.2004)
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Advantages: Great driving experience, offers the frills Disadvantages: not the most practical sports car
I have now been the proud owner of two MazdaMX-5's and I have to say they have been the most reliable and joyous cars that I have owned thus far.
The 1.8 sport has the added bonus of a six speed manual gearbox which only adds to it's already sporty pedigree.
Do not be fooled by thinking this is a typical hair dressers car, It's NOT! This really is a proper sports car which offers all the frills of a porsche for a fraction of the cost. The MX-5 has near perfect weight distribution combined with rear wheel drive which offers sublime handling and is regarded by many as being one of the best handling cars in the world.
You can pick one of these beauty's up very cheap now, and my advice would be to wait for winter to kick in as you will see some excellent examples pop up for less than a thousand pound. In my opinion you can have just as ...
kylehall99 20.09.2009
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