UK MX-5 Nut on Tour Arriving 21st December, staying in Auckland, travelling to Roturvegas 3rd/4th/5th Jan, then on to Taranaki 6th/7th Jan. Watch out for a EZY Suzuki hire car flashing and waving at all you Kiwi 5ers.

Quite a lot of discussion about idle droop on the UK Forum. (www.mx5ocforum.co.uk) Solutions include spraying injector cleaner into the air inlet (remove the air filter) to cleaning out the idle air control valve. A worn throttle body is another suspect, but replacement is very expensive.

The road from Te Anau to Milford Sound is pure MX5 heaven

That's interesting information Mike. Looks like it's made my decision for me then. How are you enjoying NZ then, you lucky b*****

Hi again Eddie :D The Lulworth Castle meet is an unofficial event, although it gets promotion in STHT and on the Forum. We will have 200+ cars attending next June - put the weekend 23/24th June in your diary now! Lulworth Castle is a stunning venue and we'll have music and dancing on the Saturday ni...

we have the best MX5 driving roads in NZ! Cheers, Ian Totally agree with you Ian - especially the road from Te Anau to Milford. Then there's the road from Ashburton to Mount Cook, oh and the drive from Picton to Nelson, not forgetting of course......... :lol: MX5 heaven :D Mind you, Napier in mid F...

Dear Black Bess We don't have any precise plans as yet but will certainly want to attend MX5 events in NZ when we eventually get there! Presumably you are in the UK now? Eddie B Hi Eddie - yes, we are UK based and I am an enthusiastic MX5OC member over here. Our daughter lives in Auckland and we pl...

Coming to NZ for the third time Dec 21st to Jan 11th. Based in Auckland.
Anything going on that I can attend?
Ken Stanbury

Hi Eddie,
See my post 19 topics down - "MX5 Car Hire"
When are you going down to NZ? I'm hoping to meet up with Kiwi 5ers in December / Jan and perhaps see you there too!

Is size important?
You can still use the velcro trick to remove the plate for shows and meets

You can simply remove the plastic number plate from the big, ugly plinth and stick it back on with velcro or double sided adhesive tape. Here in the UK, I had a smaller plate made up (3" x 9"), affixed by velcro (so that I can take it off for shows) and have had no bother with The Bill.

Thanks, Sez - much appreciated. In fact we went to a wedding on Waiheke 18 months ago - lovely island. I'll contact Waiheke Auto Rentals to see if they know of a similar hirer in Aucky. Glad you found the joys of 5 ownership - have a great life with your car in lovely Kiwiland

Thanks Biff, but I'm not doing South Island this time Did it in a Maui Campervan 4 years ago - great fun, but would've been much better in a 5

Greetings Kiwi 5ers, from a UK resident, visiting your wonderful country later this year, staying in Auckland Does anybody know of a car rental company that hires out MK1s or MK2s? Many thanks, in anticipation.