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...
You all know how biased I am towards MX5′s and that they outstrip any sportscar ever made for fun, durability and value for money. If you don’t believe me, those lovely people at T W White and Sons, Mazda dealers since 1964 (before both me and Maurice were born!) have put a guest post together [...]
I love looking at other people’s MX5′s, I’m a bit of a sadist – I like to be jealous! Correct that I love other people’s MX5′s – it gives me ideas! Brighter, blingier, tastier, powerfuller (I made that word up I think) and I’m also lazy! I spend a lot of time rifling through the [...]
The thought occurred to me as I was tootling on t’internet, visiting Flickr pages and talking to Tweeples. There is a humungous amount of people who twiddle, modify and customise their cars all to attain their ‘dream’ motor. We buy a car, change something, gain a bit of confidence, change something bigger and get more [...]
I saw a video on Mazda’s site today after having a route on t’internet for all things Mazda related. It was loaded up onto You Tube 3 years ago but it’s the first time I’ve seen it. It strikes a big, fat chord with me hence my post a bit ago Racing my little Mazda [...]
Well, I’m still waiting. Maurice is still in the driveway and my mechanic has been twice – tomorrow hopefully, he’ll be in the garage being fixed – Maurice that is, not my mechanic Although it is always an option if he doesn’t get my little car up and running again. The weather is still fine [...]
Not that I’m trying to run before I can walk – or race before I can drive, but I had a thought this morning as I was rooting on t’internet. My having thoughts is never a good thing – thoughts are followed by actions and in my case usually mishaps. But life is for living [...]
According to Mazda’s website – I’m sure they know what they’re talking about – the name Mazda stems from “Ahura Mazda, the highest Zoroastrian God of reason who granted wisdom and united man, nature and the other gods.” in other words he was top dog! Apparently, it also resembles the founders surname Mr Jujiro Matsuda [...]
