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Postby rollaholic » Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:46 am

yep, insert jokes here. (roflcopter)

anyone know of a decent mx5 forum i could join? there seem to be heaps out there.

its the girlfriends car, honest.

general discussions / slander welcome
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Postby B1NZ » Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:13 pm

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Postby Bling » Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:25 pm

LOL!

http://www.mx5forum.co.nz/ looks pretty popular
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Postby Looonie » Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:30 pm

Good on ya! $&#$% awesome little cars. NA, NB or NC?

We got my ex-partner an NA8CE, I unbolted the seat and took it for a test drive... super fun! My old ancient knees/hips would never allow me to own one though. A mate has a turbocharged one, its nutty.
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Postby rollaholic » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:51 pm

its an NA. silly amounts of fun. gutless as all hell of course.

yeah first time i drove one years ago it went straight on the list of cars i must own.

edit - yeah thanks very much for the link BZG, very helpful! haha
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Postby ch4ng » Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:55 pm

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Postby KinLoud » Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:38 pm

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Just kidding!
I've raced against several mx5's both NA and tubro
Very worthy opponents!

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Postby jondee86 » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:29 pm

I always wanted a car that could do this...

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Postby rollaholic » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:42 pm

yes, there are some fairly out there fitments getting around. not sure if it will be going that wild though! kinda like one of those silly fast n furious movies with the civics driving under the oil tankers or w/e, haha.

its alot more fun to drive than my old hachi though :oops:
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Postby DVSMOTORSPORT » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:42 pm

KinLoud wrote:Just kidding!
I've raced against several mx5's both NA and tubro
Very worthy opponents!

Enjoy


What Ken has failed to note here, is the MX5 was being driven by an older retired gentleman, and he still couldnt pass him :lol:
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Postby wde_bdy » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:47 pm

A modded version (suspension/17's/cold air intake) was getting in the way of my wife in a Demio at Taupo so either a shit driver or the cars are not as flash as people say.

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Postby Lloyd » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:55 pm

More made for corners than straight lines
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Postby Snoozin » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:59 pm

wde_bdy wrote:A modded version (suspension/17's/cold air intake) was getting in the way of my wife in a Demio at Taupo so either a shit driver or the cars are not as flash as people say.

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Shit driver.

Markku (Truenotch) is doing 1:25's at Manfeild in his old mans one, harassing Pro7's with it.
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Postby Audi » Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:54 pm

I'm just about to buy one too! Join the NZ MX5 forum, it's pretty good. There's a few people on Oldschool with them too.
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Postby Looonie » Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:34 pm

rollaholic wrote:its alot more fun to drive than my old hachi though :oops:


o_O

Sacrilege or delusion?

Its been a few years since I've driven a hachi... I prefer the hachi for interior space and ability to get in and out of without bringing my knees up around my ears.
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Postby KinLoud » Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:14 am

DVSMOTORSPORT wrote:What Ken has failed to note here, is the MX5 was being driven by an older retired gentleman, and he still couldnt pass him :lol:


Possible true Ben! LOL

Ahhhh was it Trevor and Barb with their NA mx5 at Taupo? - I never saw them race but they'd hang around on trackdays and do laps all day.
They were both well into their 70's and had been involved in motorsport their whole life.
Never seen more amazed looks on some young dude's face when they wander over to the driver of the mx5 that passed them like they were standing still and discovers that the driver is a 70+ woman!
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Postby DVSMOTORSPORT » Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:19 am

Haha, yeh they were good sorts. Coulndt believe how fast they could peddle that car. Ahhhhhhh the old days haha
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Postby RS13 » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:44 pm

I'd own one. People who give me shit about wanting to own one quickly change their mind when shown pics of what they can look like, or with a good engine in them, ie..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9w4QQVG ... re=related

Rotary conversion seems fairly common and easy as well, which is probably what I'd do if I got one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIUDvE02RF8

Anyway nice purchase! Pics please.. :)
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Postby rollaholic » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:58 pm

Looonie wrote:
rollaholic wrote:its alot more fun to drive than my old hachi though :oops:


o_O

Sacrilege or delusion?

Its been a few years since I've driven a hachi... I prefer the hachi for interior space and ability to get in and out of without bringing my knees up around my ears.


dont get me wrong, i loved the shit out that old rust bucket but its not even in the same league when it comes to maximum drive joy.

pics once its got a bit of low and some non vomit spec rims
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Postby tsoob » Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:58 pm

got your pm will have a look monday :)

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