Fun Cheap Convertible for the summer?

Ok, i wasn't sure as i don't mind chucking the car into her name and leaving it like that.

I'm only planning on this as a temporary car for a few months (in theory) and after that we'll go back to just sharing a car again so i'd be unlikely to accrue and NCD and even if i did they'd likely expire as i'd just stay as named drived for the main car anyway.

For comparison its about £530 in my name (with her as a named driver), or £350 in her name with me as a named "main" driver.
 
Well i've found one! I went to look at about 6 over the weekend and in typical style ended up with one well over budget!

A 2003 Sport with the 6sp box. Seems in really good condition bar a little mark on the bonnet but shouldn't cost too much to be resprayed and its something i can live with till thats done.

Its got the heated leather seats which i'll probably be replacing with some basic cloth seats as being fairly tall the additional bulk makes things a little more comfortable. Bought it from a guy who's previously owned multiple MX5's and certainly seemed to know what he was doing so that gave me re-assurance since its my first and my knowledge of cars is limited. New brakes/springs were fitted and theres no signs of rust in the usual places. He talked me through how to unblock any drain holes so this gave me the confidence it's been looked after.

Only stickler so far was insurance is a lot more than i initially planned as i was factoring in the wifes no claims into the quote and didn't realise they were locked to one car rather than the person so couldn't use them for this. Looks like it will just be done all in my name after all.
 
Check the front chassis rails for corrosion, this is turning into a large issue on the mk2.5's. There is a large thread on mx5ocforum.co.uk. The repairs are potentially an engine out job, so not cheap.
 
Capt Doufos said:
Check the front chassis rails for corrosion, this is turning into a large issue on the mk2.5's. There is a large thread on mx5ocforum.co.uk. The repairs are potentially an engine out job, so not cheap.
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Cheers, i had seen that and checked it out. It didn't seem to look too bad.
 
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