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Mazda Mx 5 owners club?

  • 12-10-2010 11:03pm
    #1
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭


    Can anyone tell me if there is an Irish Mazda Mx-5 owners club?

    I just want to start researching my next 'classic' purchase early this time so that I can find the right car.


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  • #2
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Google is your friend as always :D

    http://www.mx5ireland.com/

    I really want an MX-5. Sadly at the moment I can barely afford a sore throat.


  • #3
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Confab wrote: »
    Google is your friend as always :D

    http://www.mx5ireland.com/

    I really want an MX-5. Sadly at the moment I can barely afford a sore throat.

    I've always wanted one. I remember sitting in a red one in 1992 when Ryan and Burns opened in Nenagh and even then I said I was having one.

    I have a Passat on the way on Saturday so I'm thinking ahead :D

    Thanks Confab, not sure why but I kept finding UK owners clubs on Google


  • #4
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    I'd actually like an automatic MX-5 but have heard that the gear change is so good on the manual it's pointless.


  • #5
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Confab wrote: »
    I'd actually like an automatic MX-5 but have heard that the gear change is so good on the manual it's pointless.

    It's good when it's warm - when it's cold it's sticky enough. Legend has it that Mazda did that on purpose............for 'character'.....given typical japanese gearbox change standard's, there could well be truth in it.

    Have never driven the auto, but there's a good few about - the club won't be long putting you right.


    Mine turned 20 this year :)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #6
    VanhireBoys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭VanhireBoys


    galwaytt wrote: »
    Mine turned 20 this year :)

    You kept that one well hidden John....!

    The MX-5 Club is very active in this country in fairness. I was talking with the main lad fairly recently and he said that he had an action packed year ahead next year with a track day and quite a few drives planned !

    Nice crowd MX-5 Ireland - I wish I had one now.....!


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  • #7
    2 Espressi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭2 Espressi


    Regarding the gearchange, there's a little nylon cup at the base of the gearstick, apparently this can get worn over time, so the change action isn't as smooth, it's not a big job to replace though. There's no way I'd even consider a slushbox, unless it was for parts…

    Anyone got a cheap hardtop they'd like to part with?


  • #8
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    2 Espressi wrote: »
    Regarding the gearchange, there's a little nylon cup at the base of the gearstick, apparently this can get worn over time, so the change action isn't as smooth, it's not a big job to replace though. There's no way I'd even consider a slushbox, unless it was for parts…

    Anyone got a cheap hardtop they'd like to part with?

    Define cheap.......

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #9
    B00MSTICK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭B00MSTICK


    cheap hardtop is an oxymoron


  • #10
    2 Espressi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭2 Espressi


    Sorry, I was thinking they'd be available in the €250-300 range?


  • #11
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    B00MSTICK wrote: »
    cheap hardtop is an oxymoron

    +1
    2 Espressi wrote: »
    Sorry, I was thinking they'd be available in the €250-300 range?

    ....'fraid not. Going rate is 550 or thereabouts. (I have one). Remember: they're 1500, new.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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