What I did today. (MX5 and Motoring)

Waxoyled the sills and wings. now waiting for the fumes to go.

Jot said:

drove 1 mile with my roof up
and
(sob) happened across another 5 with it's roof down
oh the ignomy

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sods law, know the feeling well

Had the car serviced at main dealers (63000mls) timing belt fitted + water pump total £447

MJL said:

That is beautiful; great work! I am a great fan of Mazda's engineering so 'bog standard' is my preferred style.:nod:

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My view entirely, less to go wrong.

Today, after managing without them for a month I decided to leave my sun visors off. I found that with them down they just blocked my vision too much and when they were up they looked like an afterthought. No problems with glare or dazzle but then the skies have been grey.

Captain said:

Bill, I have put the folding JDM type on all may cars. They are more out of the way.

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I've led a sheltered life, I've not heard of those.

Beautiful pics MJL tough decision but I think the last one is my favourite

Friday
Ftted a Thule box lifter to the garage roof, when I bought my Arctic last year it came with a hard top. we all know the hassle of putting them on and taking them off for the odd sunny winter day so it was never used. The trouble was the only place I could store it was in the bedroom and apart from it being a nuisance it was getting the odd ittle chip from the vacuum cleaner. the Thule box lift makes it a doddle to fit on my own the hardest part is connecting the heated window pigtail. I just had to make a sling from an old safety belt to protect the rubber seals and it can stay on the lift when not in use I just fit a couple of extra straps for saftey reasons.The box lift will lift 100Kg from what I've read the har top is 25Kg so a good safety margin.

Good luck Dave.

I know luck shouldn't enter into it but there are so many grey areas that's down to the testers personal opinion, it's like sitting an exam again. :thumbsup:

Yesterday, washed the car and went for a spin around our country lanes to make the most of the sunshine only to find that the farmers are muck spreading and getting most of it on the road. Argh! :stomp:

Welcome back MJL and Jono its always good to see some old familiar names :thumbsup:

Great pictures Ali, what a difference a bit of sunshine makes.

Jono said:

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...and not for the first time

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Tut tut Jono,

I used to have trouble cleaning up when the kids spilt Cola over the computer key boards at school,

I'll write you a note to take home because you're on detention.

Wrangler said:

That's a nice look Shadgrind. The blue is a good change of pace.

I was surprised by the low red line indication. Is 7,000 rpm typical for MK2's or is this a limitation imposed by the power trains available to you?

My MK1 1.6L red line was indicated at 7400/7500 rpm. And the 2L in my current car is also near there. I've never been close to a MK2 or a 1.8L.

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" I was surprised by the low red line indication. Is 7,000 rpm typical for MK2's or is this a limitation imposed by the power trains available to you? "

Yes Dennis, my mk2.5 1.8L red line is 7000rpm

I wish our Sparrows looked like Martins.

Kev5 said:

Ahem! Ok...right, what did I do today?

Well, I didn't buy an i-phone, once again. I didn't buy one yesterday either and probably won't buy one tomorrow.

In fact I quite likely will never buy an i-phone.

Nor will I feel deprived of anything worthwhile.

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Same here, I've no plans to buy one but I suppose some time in the future I will have to.

Removed the hard top, washed and polished yesterday and went for a drive in the Spring sunshine.

The hard top was on because I had to park it outside for the last three weeks while we had some building work done.