I’ve owned my 91 LE for 6 months now and up until last week had only covered 335 miles. The longest journey (on A & B roads) was to Mazmania to have a new hood fitted…
This morning my Sister needed a lift to Manchester airport so I opted to take the Mazda for a run, dropped her at the airport and then carried on into work (Liverpool), so a total of around 55 miles.
The car ran fine, good oil pressure, water temp fine, seats and driving position comfortable. I kept to a steady 60 – 70 mph, fuel economy is very good (well certainly compared to my 16 mpg Toyota 4x4).
I did find the ride a bit skittish on some surfaces and there was some scuttle shake, but I’m putting this down mainly to the tyres (a mixture of different brands as fitted when I bought the car). I plan on fitting a set of Goodyear eagle F1 tyres. I know that when having the hood fitted I mentioned that the car felt a bit skittish and Peter Jones took one look at the tyres and said “that’s your problem”.
So I’ll get new tyres and an alignment done and see if that improves the ride. Might be worth fitting braces?
The car is on standard suspension and has only covered 52,600 miles. I’d like to lower it a little but not have to worry about speed humps etc.
Didn’t have the hood down as I’ve got a stinking rotten cold and my eyes where watering enough as it was.
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