Give a damn...Giveacar Cars, they're a bit like kids; great when they're doing what they should be doing but when they keep acting up and costing you a packet you want to give them away :) Luckily for me when I was a kid and...
24 top tips for winter driving I don't know about you but I'm hoping for another Winter like the last one! I love the snow and I like driving in it too. So in anticipation of another long spell of deep snow covered roads, icy corners...
Have a free guide to buying a used MX5 on me... My smurf coloured MX5 is up and running again and beginning to shape up nicely - finally :) There have been quite a few problems that could have been avoided if I'd had a bit more knowledge earlier on...
How to replace your soft top in two and a half hours... If it's the first time you've ever replaced the vinyl hood on your MX5, the bads news is you'll probaly need a weekend. On the other hand, if you've a bit of extra cash to hand you can call in The Soft...
How to improve an MX5 – wrap it in sunshine! When I suggested to a friend I was going to Union Jack Maurice, he said 'Why don't you wrap him?' I immediately thought how do you wrap a car? How many rolls of gift wrap would it take, can you get bows...
Changing the oil on my cars is something I’ve never done before; I should have because it’s so easy and is probably the most important thing you can do to prolong the life of your engine; keeping it running efficiently and prevent nasty disasters that can end up costing you a small fortune. Think of [...]
A woodruff key is the bane of my life at the moment – that’s what it is. An insignificant oblong piece of metal, the Achilles heel of Mazda MX5′s built between 1990 and 1994. For such a tiny thing, it can have a big impact on the health of your engine. It’s the Metal Micky [...]
I thought I would give Maurice’s rocker cover – also called a cam cover – a lick of paint, seen as it’s off anyway. I was about to get all creative and Union Jack it to match my little MX5′s eventual body work but I decided it was a bit too OTT and went for [...]
There is a little black box – one of many – in my car that is apparently called a throttle position sensor or TPS unit for short. A friendly mechanic who came for a look said he could narrow Maurice’s problem down to either the AFM or the TPS – as I’d already changed the [...]
