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...
Maurice is parked on the lawn while a funny small man puts in a new bathroom – there is a skip and a van in the drive where my smurf coloured MX5 normally takes pride of place. Needless to say, it’s put any work on hold for another week and as keen as I am [...]
I thought I was in a minority and I have always been slightly embarassed by it. I only ‘came out’ when I started this blog. No, not that type of ‘coming out’ – I mean admitting that I name my cars. Maurice, as you are no doubt aware by now, is my little blue MX5; [...]
Okay – so I’ve only just started and I’ve caved already. Maurice is still in the driveway and I have a shed full of ramps, tools and bits I’ve bought (and spent a fair bit of money on already) and I’ve cheated. I called my mechanic today and booked the little blue Mazda in for [...]
While I’m waiting for my service kit to be delivered – as Royal Mail are taking their time – I thought it would be a good idea not only to know what the ‘gubbins’ under the bonnet looks like, what it is and how to replace it but what it actually does. If I was [...]
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 [...]
