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Stressball
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Post #1 post 11th November 2012 - 12:42 PM
Engine: 1.8, 5 speed manual

Exhaust: Stock

Suspension: Stock

Wheels: Stock

Modifications: Zilch

Stereo Audio / Visual: Shitty aftermarket headunit, new one yet to go in

Estimated Power: ~106kW, minus 13 years of wear and tear


Picked this NB up on Friday night, 91,000km on the clock. The pictures the guy posted on carsales don't do it justice. Perfect paint, perfect interior, and perfect roof. No tears or fading on roof or interior, no leaks, no rattles, no cracks, scratches or chips anywhere. Tyres less than 2,000km old, Serviced 900km before sale, everything about it is just awesome.

Having come from an auto turbo diesel Triton to this, it's a bit of a change. U-turns in narrow streets, roundabouts at any speed you want, and straight line is more than enough too. I think on paper the 0-100 is around 7.8sec. Doesn't sound like much, but it's a big step up from what I had. Plans for mods, not really sure at the moment... Popular opinion is that most mods slow it down, other than maybe swaybars.
1999 Mazda Mx-5 Nb
1999 Mazda Mx-5 Nb
1999 Mazda Mx-5 Nb


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  • 01BEN
    Post #2

    Looks really tidy mate! Please don't fit like 10" steel rims with 185 rubber to it.

    clutch-monkey
    Post #3

    that is neat!

    Stressball
    Post #4

    QUOTE (01BEN @ Nov 11 2012, 12:54 PM) *
    Looks really tidy mate! Please don't fit like 10" steel rims with 185 rubber to it.


    Wouldn't dream of it. If I'm gonna modify stuff, I want to improve it, not make it look like it's missing a chromosome.

    mark1414
    Post #5

    Lucky you didn't buy a bigger car it wouldn't have fit in your garage. Nah it looks pretty cool, I wanted one of these for a while but it never panned out.

    Stressball
    Post #6

    QUOTE (mark1414 @ Nov 11 2012, 04:05 PM) *
    Lucky you didn't buy a bigger car it wouldn't have fit in your garage. Nah it looks pretty cool, I wanted one of these for a while but it never panned out.


    Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to in the first place actually. Smaller than it seems. Can't believe how nimble it is, could just about do a u-turn in the driveway.

    blackmick
    Post #7

    nice one ross.

    Stressball
    Post #8

    Just took it down West Mt Cotton Road, and back up it. Official response: AWWW YISSS.

    clutch-monkey
    Post #9

    bet that would have been fun... took a mate down there and he nearly shat himself where the road drops off at the quarry entrance laugh.gif

    andyb749
    Post #10

    looks good throw on sum rims and drop the height a bit wuld look awsome

    Anth0ny
    Post #11

    Insides pretty mint nice ross. ! Goodluck with it

    Stressball
    Post #12

    Another couple of photos. Got there, started taking photos, rain started again. Conveniently, I live next door. Gave me an excuse to see if I could make it slid out with sharp cornering in the carpark. Failed miserably.
    FA77
    Post #13

    I've never driven one, so my opinion isn't really valid.
    But I've always thought "chicks car" but when I've seen them done right I love them..
    I just can't wrap my head around owning one...

    Slav
    Post #14

    Could have bought a 1DX instead tongue.gif
    Looks incredibly clean. Have fun with it

    Stressball
    Post #15

    QUOTE (FA77 @ Nov 11 2012, 08:40 PM) *
    I've never driven one, so my opinion isn't really valid.
    But I've always thought "chicks car" but when I've seen them done right I love them..
    I just can't wrap my head around owning one...


    I have had the chick's car comment once or twice. Mostly it comes from the kind of person who is fulli sick and has 195s on 9" rims. I would argue that I'd rather be driving a chick's car than look like I can't afford tyres that fit tongue.gif

    QUOTE (Slav @ Nov 11 2012, 08:45 PM) *
    Could have bought a 1DX instead tongue.gif
    Looks incredibly clean. Have fun with it


    Why would I need a 1DX? I have a 1D4 tongue.gif

    stephen16
    Post #16

    its just the covertable thing that makes me think chicks car, i dont mind mx5's but, first thing i would buy is a hard top, i love s2000s and mx5s with hard tops

    looks pretty tidy, goodluck with it

    Boostn32GTR
    Post #17

    defs a hard top!

    SIK 31
    Post #18

    Looks tidy

    8700s14
    Post #19

    Great cars the MX5's, the only people who don't like them are those who havn't driven one!

    I had this one back around 2005:
    jre35
    Post #20

    Nice one, I had one of these as my first car... It was loads of fun but I copped a lot of sh!t from my mates for driving a hairdresser car. Didn't give a sh!t it was a fun car, thinking about getting a turbo one next year. Good luck with it.

    DANIELJARVIS
    Post #21

    if you go hardtop it needs ducktail!



    everything looks better with a mid sized ducktail!

    catman
    Post #22

    Nice one mate .they have a website dedicated to them too - plenty bris members ...never driven one but looking forward to maybe .
    Good on the track I've heard .
    With Mazda i don't reckon you'd have any probs with that softtop

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