The List is Sooooo Quiet.

Graeme Naisbitt · Post by **Graeme Naisbitt** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:01 am

Hey got to agree with that one Lou, especially the 1990 models. Got to be
red though =) And whats this thing with the hardtops? How do you drop
those at traffic lights when the rain eases up???

Graeme
D4NGER

p.s. if that doesn't liven things up...

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:01 am

Where is everybody?
How about this then?
Early 1.6's are the only true MX5!
Lou

chrishoys · Post by **chrishoys** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:06 am

well now you've done it haven't you!!

I drove the new limited edition Mazda that was touring the country recently, it was a lovely drive - I had a smile on my face all the way around town. BUT my 1990 1.6 CUTEMX in blue is so much more fun. I was running late for work this morning and so cross with myself because I thought I didn't have time to put the top down, now I am here huddled in my sunless office, I just wish I had!
Chrissy

From: "lou Girardin" <lou@mongoose.co.nz>
Date: 2002/09/09 Mon AM 09:01:27 GMT+12:00
To: "MX5List" <mx5list@mx5club.org.nz>
Subject: The List is Sooooo Quiet.

Where is everybody?
How about this then?
Early 1.6's are the only true MX5!
Lou

Where is everybody?How about this then? Early 1.6's are the only true
MX5!Lou

chrishoys · Post by **chrishoys** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:08 am

Some of us don't have traffic lights in our little towns!! And we all know red ones go faster, but blue are the cutest, green the classiest, white the cleanest, yellow quite rare (well around here anyway) any colours I missed, sorry but we all love MX5's don't we...gosh I had better get on with some work!
Zoom Zoom
Chrissy
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Sam Parker · Post by **Sam Parker** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:14 am

Could be something to do with the shiny thing up in the sky - spent a lot of
Saturday driving with roof down for a change - nearly got sunburnt for my
pains.

Regards

Sam Parker

Adrenalin Publishing Ltd
PO Box 65 092 Mairangi Bay
Auckland
NEW ZEALAND
Ph 64 9 478 4771 fax 64 9 478 4779

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:39 am

The list is ALIVE!
Yeah, hardtops in summer = capital offence.
A thread in the Miata.net forum said that the suspension set-up was changed
after the 1st year of production to make them less tail happy. Seems that
Mazda expected their customers to have better car control skills than they
actually had. Not as bad as MGF's (vomit) being set up to handle like FWD
though.
Lou

Graeme Naisbitt · Post by **Graeme Naisbitt** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:41 am

Yeah I'd been reading that one too, changes were from '91 onwards I recall
=) I prefer that responsive feel though...

philip.b · Post by **philip.b** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 9:44 am

Oh dear - a little inverted snobbery creeping in here I feel! Well I love my
gold 1999 MX 1.8, and don't give a shit what anyone else thinks about it

Philip

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Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 10:13 am

Hi all.
Just joined the list today after purchasing my 1992 BRG V spec MX5 last
weekend. It's definitely a top down day in Blenheim today, and as I work from
home (my own boss) I get to use the MX5 for work as well as play. Much more
fun then the Isuzu Bighorn it sits beside. Need 4WD for a lot of my long
distance work though. Can't fit many spares and electronic test equipment in
the MX5.
Off to a job now with the roof down (of course)!!

Grant Simpson in sunny Blenheim.

biff · Post by **biff** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 10:30 am

Or Red is only true colour for a sports car!

Graeme Naisbitt · Post by **Graeme Naisbitt** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 11:30 am

I wouldn't bother on the later cars, just bang them through the car wash ;o)

Graeme
D4NGER

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 11:32 am

Yay! Flame war starting.
Lou
P.S Meguiars is great on early cars, I think later model owners could lower
themselves to use it too.

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 11:33 am

MessageAnd red adds 15 km/h.
Lou

biff · Post by **biff** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 11:37 am

Bugger! I thought it was more like 20kph

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 11:49 am

yeah, that's what the cops think too !!

Milo · Post by **Milo** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 12:33 pm

Congratulations on the purchase Grant, great choice, and welcome to the list.
Paul R. 21 degrees and sunny Hakatere Beach, Mid Canterbury.

lou Girardin · Post by **lou Girardin** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 3:37 pm

Right! It's not called 'ticket red' for nothing.
Lou

Phil McArthur · Post by **Phil McArthur** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 4:21 pm

I am completely in agreement with this contentious statement, though perhaps
'93 doesn't count as 'early', though a 1600 engine might let me get away with
it...

It occurs to me looking on the club website and elsewhere that a truly early
car ('89 or '90) with a mileage >120,000 km must represent one of the best
value for money fun vehicle packages around. A friend has just shelled out
nearly 50K on a bottom of the range Z3 which is four years old and doesn't
have so much as a Cd player- makes me very happy with my MX at a third the
price!

lola.anna · Post by **lola.anna** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 7:34 pm

Welcome Grant. Many happy days ahead of zizzzzing around Blenheim with
the high sunshine rate you get.

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