Back to an NC1 after a decade

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Hi there,

I’m Andy, and I have come full circle, via a twin turbo BMW and a Cupra. In a whole decade of driving, I spoke about one car above all the others.

My basic 1.8 NC1 in midnight (Stormy?) blue.

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2013

Anyway, the wife has finally given in and I’ve just picked up this lovely 2.0 Sport! Drove it home with a ridiculous grin on my face the whole way. :grin:

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2023

Looking forward to meeting like minded owners soon.

I expect to get some use out of the car during winter, so I had a couple of questions:

  1. Within the Braintree, Sudbury & Colchester triangle, are there any decent shops that can do undersealing and cavity wax injection?

  2. I now have a very unaffordable shopping list of maintenance items/upgrades to get. What does everyone recommend to pick up first?

The car is in great shape with some minor surface rust and I have a full car cover, but keen to ensure I maintain it to the previous owner’s standards. I think he may have been a club member…

Thanks in advance for any advice given.

Andy

P.s. Thanks to Vic in Sudbury for inviting me to join.

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Welcome along, a good purchase :grinning:

I’m sure you will get advice about services local to you, if not on here (and have a search too) then through your local Area, you’ll be able to find contact/meeting details at the link below if you haven’t already.

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Not quite in that triangle but you could talk to Vincent’s Motor Works in Stradbroke

They are MX-5 Specialists and do all the servicing, MOT, maintenance and protection work on our NC
Highly recommended and well worth the drive in my opinion

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welcome!!

stubby aerial! should be everyones first modification

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Excellent, thanks!

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