[Mark]

I know some of us own low mileage MX5s and others own high mileage '5s so how many miles has your MX5 done and how old is it?

To kick off I own a 2006 06 reg Mark 3 2.0 Sport which has done 42,000 miles and is almost 5 years old (it was 3 years old and had done about 32,000 when I bought it). My other MX5 is a 2000 W reg Mark 2 1.8iS which has done 48,000 miles and is 11 years old (I bought this about 6 months ago when the mileage was about 44,000)

The highest mileage MX5 I have owned was my very first G reg Mark 1 which was approaching 100,000 miles when I sold it (it would have been about 12 years old then)

The lowest mileage was my Mark 2.5 1.8 Sport which I bought as a pre registered car in 2003 and sold it in 2009 with just 25,000 on the clock

The lowest mileage for it's age though would be my Eunos Roadster that I sold last year with just over 100,000 km on the clock so approximately 62,000 miles and which was 18 years old at the time.

 

[Jot]

You don't drive them enough... lol

I have never put on so many miles to a car in such a short time
Reg Sept 08 - 250miles (no Ks) when i bought in the Jan 09 - now done just over 30k :frantic:
and loving every one..... when not thinking about the fuel costs lol

 

[clix]

1,250 miles from new* (*ex-demo) in Oct 06. First Registered: 30 06 2006
30,800 miles now.

 

[Jumpman23]

Jumpy had 9 miles on clock when i had him on 1 nov 2003 and now has 104.5k miles, all driven like a sports car should.. Did 1000 miles in the 1st week of owning him and believe it or not was totally standard for the first year and a half of ownership.

 

[David]

My LE was four when Lynne bought it for me and the original owner had put 20,400 miles on it. That was in August 2009. It now has 30,300 on the clock and it'll have a lot more as we are going to France in it this year for our hols in June.

 

[kaz1003]

Bought my car on 7th February this year with 7 miles on clock.
Came home from a run today and clock showing 3655! :thumbsup:

 

[Mark]

Jumpy had 9 miles on clock when i had him on 1 nov 2003 and now has 104.5k miles, all driven like a sports car should.. Did 1000 miles in the 1st week of owning him and believe it or not was totally standard for the first year and a half of ownership.:giggle:

Jumpman - you would never think that your MX5 has done 100k + to look at it - is the next target 200k?

I wonder how many sets of tyres you have got through in doing that mileage

 

[Andy]

Present one (the '96); brought in 2005 with 90k kms, now on 245k kms. Onto its second lick of paint, second engine, 3rd roof, 3rd set of shocks/springs (P5 Puredrives). Previous one (the '91); brought in 2000 with 40k miles, and by 2005, was onto about 150k miles, original engine, new paint, 3rd roof.

 

[Mark]

Andy - I am intrigued that you mention your current and previous '5s are on their third roofs after 5 or 6 years of ownership which suggests that the 2nd roofs were replaced after less than 5 years on the car. Were these brand new, aftermarket roofs - in which case their lifespan seems disappointingly short - or were these secondhand roofs that you fitted?

 

[Andy]

On the red 91, a new Duetto Hood (US made, Haartz premium vinyl, so in principal, identical to Mazda OE), cost back then was about £500, with a 5 year "international" warranty. By 2004, the binding was splitting (ie. vinyl had shrunk). The warranty didn't include shipping, which was £100 each way. By then, Trim Technology, via Shing Fung in Coventry, were offering perfectly good hoods for £150.

On the later car; purchased in 2005, with a clearly original 1996 hood that was in pieces. I was lucky enough to find an original VR-Limited hood, on frame, that had been removed from the car in 2000 (ie 4 years old), and stored, in the "up" position, in a dark loft (the owner had replaced the hood and frame with a brand new Mk2 hood and frame obtained from an Italian race team.....long story). Roll onto 2009, and that hood was looking a little shabby (small splits, and a permanent filthy look). I was in the process of selling a M2-1002 to Sam Goodwin, and we agreed a cash plus services deal for the car ( I got coilovers fitted for free, and a new hood supplied and fitted by Sam).

Original Mk1 vinyl factory hoods last 7-10 years, aftermarket; 4-7 years. Can't say how Mk3 hoods will go, as these are made by a completely different supplier to Mazda, and use different material (most are cloth, which won't shrink, but might have more rot problems with time, a small number are vinyl).

 

[Mark]

My Mark 2 is 11 years old and the roof, which I believe is the original, has clearly seen better days with a number of splits and tears in it although it is still fairly waterproof except when it rains heavily I don't think me putting the roof down on cold days this winter has helped either, but I knew that I would be buying a new roof sooner or later so was not too worried in hastening the demise of the old roof (as said above I bought the car about 6 months ago)

A trip to Jack Smith in Swansea is on the agenda for later in the year, when I can afford it. I will be upgrading to a cloth roof too

 

[MJL]

My October 1989 Mk 1 has done only 130,000 kilometres. That's around 80,000 miles.