MX5.....
It's just occurred to me that if I were to flog the recently acquired A4, there might be enough in it to buy an MX5. I could go to work and do hillclimbs and sprints in an MX5.
I do like the A4 - a lot - but as above, I could do a lot with an MX5.
What do we reckon to the following ?
Price of an early but tidy MX5 1.6 Value in a P reg A4 1.6 in very tidy condition with 16" Audi alloys as per these pics.
Around 1500 quid should buy a decent one. Buy on condition and leave the special editions alone. Running gear is cheap, so buy one with a good body.
Actually the money should buy you a 1.8 which already has bigger brakes (but they can be retrofitted quite easily to the 1.6). I'd get a set of braided hoses and decent pads[1], possibly put some better suspension on and (very important) get the geometry set up properly. MX5's suspension is fully adjustable and most of them are out of adjustment.
Oh, and for hillclimbs I'd get an import 1.8 with the Torsen LSD...
do it! the bird in my office has an import v spec import sadly it's an auto (she only has an auto licence) but we go out in it most lunch times and yesterday braved the roof down!
And what does one do with this bird at lunctimes when her top is down?
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talk we're mates *ahem*
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