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    Quote Originally Posted by R3K1355 View Post
    on the online conflabulator you can't get the Recaro interior with black exterior, it's red or whitish silver??
    I suggested Recaro for Red or White. I did think you could get it in Glacier White but you're right, its only crappy Ceramic Metallic.

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    The recaro spec is a huge 24 and a half big ones, 2 more than the sport for not a lot - posh seats and a few aero bits of plastic...

    Think it will be black or red with a tan interior...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sideways14a View Post
    This year i have to chop out the BM, had it for 4 or so years and its been a ruddy excellent pile of shit. I hate it.
    Boring to drive even with uprated m sport back breaking suspension, not particularly reliable ... to say the least, not comfy due to hideous suspension and has a crap stereo.

    So its going.

    What to replace it with? Well everyone is now doing pcp deals for new cars so i thought i do the same.
    Narrowed it down to.

    Cheep option: Swift sport, this is cheep cheep cheep. Great fun, wont break and is fun. However its also slow and not particularly special.
    Default option: Fiesta st3, this is cheep for what you get, fast, mega fun and has lots of options. However its common and not particular special.
    The odd ball: The new Mx5, this is affordable, well kitted out, relatively swift, outrageous fun, looks great and is special. However its the most expensive, least practical and might get me accused of being a butty bandit.

    Things like the focus ST and AE86 are out because they come in too expensive (thinking low 20s with options) so what are the sxoc's thoughts?

    Ohh and no Vag group rubbish, would rather eat cat poo than drive one of there cars. And has to be NEW.
    .... stuff that gets ignored....

    Buy a black MX-5 with a tan interior because its what you want and you are obviously a butty bandit !

    (Annnndddd... close the thread).


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    Fiesta ST makes the most sense, so it's a case of do you wanna do the sensible thing or the fun silly thing?

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    I feel like changing career from IT to hairdressing.

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    Ok so went out for a test drive in a red 2ltr sport earlier, impressions are.

    Its a wee car but strangely not too bad inside, its not cramped or squashed even with me and a salesman in it.
    Its driving position was near perfect as soon as i got in even before pissing about with mirrors and such, it just felt right straight away.
    The controls are very very light, the clutch only needs a tiny wee push and the breaks are strong but heavily servod as per most modern metal.
    The steering is MEGA quick and very light, dont really know about feel but it changed direction like a fly (as per Clarksons quote)
    Felt a little hyperactive but thats because i was still driving a heavy diesel BMW around in my head.
    It was nosier than the BM, shocker eh? but not a lot and the noise was mostly from the rather tasty sounding exhaust anyway.
    Primary ride was similar to the BMW (ie stiff) but its secondary ride was miles better, potholes didnt send massive shocks through the cabin like the bloody german bus and it was far happier over speedbumps.

    It had 17miles on the clock so i decided not to boot it too much, seemed to be swift in lower revs up to about 5.5k though so not bad.

    It was the red one, think i will go for black as the red would be a little too poofy.

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    MX5

    I would if I could

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    The lack of weight was very noticeable, even just pottering about.
    Its like there is a significant lack of inertia on everything, ok its not like an Atom or something but it is very very different from a e46 thats 500 kilos heavier.

    The gearshift is stupidly direct, even shorter than my SX's which was short as buggery.

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    So in short you drove up in a hulking Beemer, jumped into a little sports car and everything was as expected??

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    Yep, pretty much - it was exactly as i expected it would be.

    Thing is with car journalists they tend to chat a load of shite, a lot of the time they focus on stuff that the average customer has little care for. Hence you have to see yourself.
    I knew the new MX5 was supposed to be razor sharp, not a rocket ship, relatively loud not too cramped and a good drive but i didnt really believe the reviews until i drove it.

    I got into the hype with the e46 and imho its been a bit pish, well as a sporty car at least.

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    Ordered this. Well almost this, wont have the dark wheels as i cannot get them in that colour (i will have them powder coated though)
    Doesnt have the brembos either, but hey it hardly needs them.



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    Nice Please bring it to the weekender

    A word on the wheels, I'd suggest painting rather than powder coating, unless you get it done by somewhere that specialises in wheels and wont get them too hot for too long. Mazda tend to err on the side of lightness, if you stuff those in an oven for too long to bake the powder coat you may find they crack in quite short order in normal driving

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    Parked next to a new MX5 in the works car park today, red wine colour with dark interior and it looks good.
    2004 - on : 1999 S14a 398bhp 378lb/ft
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    I drove the red one on a test drive, decided against it as it does look a little feminine.
    The grey one looks pukka, like a mini Boxster.

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    Well i get the car on Tuesday, not a moment too soon as i am hating this diesel so much.

    Hilarious action with my old insurer, called them up (swinton) to move the policy over to the mx5. No problem that will be 520 odd £ a year, i nearly fell of my ****ing chair..
    Er say what? The BM is 20 groups higher, i dont live in a shit hole and have no points ect.. Most other quotes were in the 200 odd mark.
    "We cant touch that said call center robot on the other end of the line... " I nearly fell off my chair again, err why did there own online quote calculator show 290 a year then (still taking the piss) - "no idea"...

    Ok then cancel it and i will go to someone not shite, so i have for about 240 a year.

    Insurance... never ceases to amaze me.

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    Insurance is the wackiest thing in the world.

    What did it end up costing if you don't mind me asking? Pay in cash or finance?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zornyan View Post
    Insurance is the wackiest thing in the world.
    And it has the wackiest people working in it, too.

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    Got it on a pcp deal for 320 a month, this is for the 2ltr Nav sport in meteor grey (A dark metallic grey!, why dont they just say that)
    Didnt want the Nav sport really as i dont need navigation but the non nav in that colour had to be made at the factory and would have been 3 months as the little glow in the dark workers at Hiroshima have to bolt it together then get it here. But they got me the higher spec model for another 500 quid so sod it, worth more on resale anyway.

    PCP deal has an 8 grand final figure, cars looking to be worth just over 10 with 30k miles on it at this point so either trade in and have 2k deposit for next car or keep it and stump up the 8k.

    BBR have some remaps already for these things, must resist...!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sideways14a View Post
    or keep it and stump up the 8k.
    The trick to this PCP thing, as far as I can work out, is to treat the car like you've borrowed it from Hertz and get through as many sets of tyres as humanly possible. You'd not want to own it after that would you??

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    Yep pretty much arry, while its not like you are leasing it - you still are financing it - you prob want to hand it back after the term and get a new unragged one.

    Getting a new motor ever few years means you must treat buying the car as a continuing outgoing, if you are happy with that then pcp makes sense.

    Any mods you make should be reversible or transferable to another car, dont go adding 5 grands worth of body kit ect as you wont see any of that come time to get shot. However a remap or some other basic mods should be fine.

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