My wife is a hairdresser, and she's also a girl, and she even drives an MX5! But I also drive an MX5, and I'm neither a girl or a hairdresser!
Vince.


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It looks like we're in for a new battery on our Series One [na]. Does anyone have an opinion regarding using a conventional battery, over using the original Gelcel type. The car came with a conventional lead acid type battery when we bought it, and I know others use them, but I wonder whether we sho...

Most of the aftermarket windblockers have their disadvantages, the perspex type leave a gap each side that still allows the wind to come thru, and the height of it restricts access to the parcel shelf when the top is up. The stretch over the seatback type becomes a nuisance when you want to move the...

The yellow mx belongs to either one of the owners, or someone who works at The Weekend Sun. They have had it advertised for sale recently with a photo in that paper, and about 6-8 months ago they were enquiring about a trimmer to fit a new top for them. As far as I know they are not club members, al...

Here's the link to this discussion on the list a couple of years ago. If this does'nt work you can just go to the club website, click on MX5List, and look thru the archives. The first post was on 23 May 2004. Hope it helps, Vince.   http://www.mx5club.co.nz/emaillists/nzmx5list/archives/2004/msg0115...

Hi Bob, for what it's worth, here's my opinion. The Americans seem to make a big issue out of it, bigger than it needs to be I think. If you read the article that Shermio just sent thru, they reckon it only affects about 1% of early cars, 89-91s, but some of the photo's are of 93+94s which theoretic...

If you have an alarm fitted, the interior lights are quite likely on when
the boot lid is up. Vince.

If you have an alarm fitted, the interior lights are quite likely on when
the boot lid is up. Vince.

There's a blue 1990 on a dealers yard just around the corner from here [Papamoa, Tauranga] done about 150000ks, body's a bit untidy, mainly the paint, but not bad for it's age really. It has 15 inch aftermarket alloys, brand new softtop. Last time I looked he had $4995 on it, but he'd probably be fa...

Hi Karl, not wanting to spoil anyone's fun, but if it's a MSNZ sanctioned event and they are requiring an open car to have a half cage, then they won't let you run with a fibreglass hardtop in place of the half cage. I think that's been an issue in the past at Manfield, and elsewhere, that in their ...

Take a look in the forsales in the back of the club mag, someone's doing them
in leather for $35, also the handbrake boot for the same price. Vince.

Take a look in the forsales in the back of the club mag, someone's doing them
in leather for $35, also the handbrake boot for the same price. Vince.

For those getting sick of the aforementioned bantering, zorruno had a suggestion the other day. I've taken the liberty of sending it again for those who wish to make use of it. Vince. [...] From graemehakin@yahoo.co.uk Fri Apr 27 17:55:38 2007 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024...

Ross at MX5 Mart does chrome ones on an exchenge basis. They're still plastic but vacuum chromed plastic! Otherwise try the club for sales on the website, or Trademe, they're your best bet if you want to find something local[as in NZ]. Vince. From jifjif@gmail.com Fri Apr 27 17:51:41 2007 DomainKey-...

It's reasonably robust I guess but the idea would be not to nudge things too hard. It's bolted through the slots in the welded part of the towing eyes that need to stay on the car. It fits quite close to the bumper so if you hit something hard it would probably bend or break the bolts then hit the b...

Thanks for your concern Dave, but yes it seems to get enough airflow. Sure the nudge bar does lower the plate a bit, and with the extra lights it looks pretty full, but there's still plenty of space under the plate and lights. We've run it like that for six months or so with no problems, we even spe...

Hi Ryan, try parking the car the other way round in the driveway. Just kidding.The outlet tubes you refer to are probably blocked. To unblock these use a soft hose or something similar [not wire as this may damage them] to force out the built up gunk, then run the garden hose through them to make su...

Hi Ryan, try parking the car the other way round in the driveway. Just kidding.The outlet tubes you refer to are probably blocked. To unblock these use a soft hose or something similar [not wire as this may damage them] to force out the built up gunk, then run the garden hose through them to make su...

Tony, if you have a look at the club website you will see that the Taupo
circuit has been booked by the club for a "Driver Training Day" on Sat May
20, and you'll find they do this at a circuit usually once a year. Vince.

Tony, if you have a look at the club website you will see that the Taupo
circuit has been booked by the club for a "Driver Training Day" on Sat May
20, and you'll find they do this at a circuit usually once a year. Vince.

If its the Topgear from BBC World last week you'll probably find the "high speed" bits JC was referring to were from Germany, where in some places on the autobahn there is no speed limit, you can drive as fast as you feel comfortable with, or faster, and theres no oncoming traffic. So he quite likel...

If its the Topgear from BBC World last week you'll probably find the "high speed" bits JC was referring to were from Germany, where in some places on the autobahn there is no speed limit, you can drive as fast as you feel comfortable with, or faster, and theres no oncoming traffic. So he quite likel...

Hi Steve, you could try coming to one of our club get togethers, 4th Thursday of the month, 6pm at a local cafe. Next one will be 23rd Feb somewhere in Tauranga, if you're a club member you should be notified by email, if not let me know and I can give you the details closer to the time. We usually ...

Hi Terry, If you look at the For Sales on the club website, www.mx5club.co.nz one of the dealers had some special pricing listed a week or so ago. Page 3 of the list. Vince. From supasparky@yahoo.co.uk Fri Apr 27 17:19:36 2007 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.uk; ...

Hi Terry, If you look at the For Sales on the club website, www.mx5club.co.nz one of the dealers had some special pricing listed a week or so ago. Page 3 of the list. Vince. From supasparky@yahoo.co.uk Fri Apr 27 17:19:36 2007 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.uk; ...