New Mazda MX-5: Collecting Tomorrow!

sigma said:
Look forward to hearing what it's like on day-to-day basis we have a Mk-2 in the family and might get one of these in the future.

Do you have a thing for silver cars? :p
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All the other colours with the full roof looked too much we felt so ended up going safe.....again. It is actually more grey than silver, but much the same problem. It is my wife's car not mine so she will be the one putting the miles on it, but first impressions of the hard roof are very much better and quieter than the soft roof. That was the right call going solid not soft!
 
about £22K If I remember. Hard top for me was the better call, Test drove both didn't feel the difference in weight but heard the difference in noise.
 
Anyone else think the bonnet join line curve looks really odd? Otherwise, nice addition Housey :)
 
I am glad we went for the Coupe over the Roadster, it is a much more complete car with no downsides. The additional 37Kgs isn't something you can notice in my opinion but the noise reduction most certainly is. We spent around 3 hours testing a Roadster and when we chose my wife preferred the look of the hard top so we went in that direction. We hadn't really driven the hard top but driving 50 yards out of the showroom the noise reduction was blatantly obvious and the car better for it. On a motorway it is simply better and the extra weight does not show itself. Roof is up/down in 12 seconds, doesn't take any additional space and doesn't go into the boot at all. Very clever mechanism.

With the exception of Sat Nav which is not an option from Mazda the car has everything you would want/expect on such a car including:

- LSD
- DSC/TC
- 6 Speed Close Ratio Box
- 6 x Disc CD
- Bluetooth with Voice Control (Works brilliant too with Coupe)
- BOSE
- Heated Seats
- Computer with statistics and stuff
- iPod Connection

For the money and I got a solid 4 figure discount, excellent trade in and Mazda contribution too it was just the ticket. Covered about 120 miles in it today and it feels tight and fun. Not taken it over 4K revs, which we will stay within for the first 500 miles or so but they are a cracking little car from the old school. If you haven't driven one you should, cracking fun at lower speeds and lovely balance and feel with controls beautifully realised.
 
Wait till it gets a bit wet Housey and get the TC off. These go sideways easy and stay sideways :D (Oh how I love test drives lol)
 
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