hi all you tail happy peoples, had mine bout 3 weeks cool mota (drift left drift right then more throttle!) wot can i say booked in for surgery too many smile lines aint a good look [:D] this is the story and apologies now for any missin letters or poor spellin/punctuation. Got honda cbr 600, had mk4 astra (dont laugh good car[*-)]) sold car ages ago but bike is cr@p in snow/ice/rain/wind now had a good excuse for new car ,wahoo! in the past have owned bikes 50cc to 600cc and loads of cars some bad rover 800 auto, chevette, cavalier x3,escort mk5 fake rs,orion,fiesta, uno, montego etc. and some good ren 18 gtx fast in its day, sd1 rover, capri, fake lotus sunbeam melted the engine oops! , mg midget nice but too dated and un reliable, 1978 corolla st coupe rare as rockin horse do dar, and my most fave fiat x/19 (spent £1000’s but labour of love) mid engined rear drive (just noticed all but one of my best cars were rear wheel drive!) thort this car handled well till i drove the 5 (fiat bit light front end) I just love the way rear wheel drive cars handle/respond they just make you enjoy the experience, Bear with me im gettin there (the wife dont get this much conversation!) so wanted a new fun convertable rear drive car choices x/19 (too expensive to buy) then i thort mgf they r well cheap, did a few internet searches wow think my x/19 may hav been more reliable! fiat stands for Fix It Again Tomorro lol, so really just left the 5. and tho i thort they are a nice car wasnt sure it was right for me, but one for sale at a local car dealer so went for a look so glad i did its a 1993 1.6 eunos roadster £2000 looked well nice in silver with 15" alloys new(ish) hood, clean black interior. so put roof down road tested LOVED IT! smile smile smile, car has very poor history but oil clean no unusual noises did every thing right so haggled with him paid £1500 went home taxed it online, insured it (260 fully comp) and the went out for drive hood down in the cold[:D] bort the first one i saw not bad for me cos im a fussy git. wife tells me im havin a mid life crisis! and she drives a ford cougar.Only down side i hav found is people askin me for hair care tips!, wots that all about? thanks for listnin/readin Goochie, oh yeah just done flash to pass (18p maplins), replaced speakers (£8.99 maplins) luv maplins, twin exit remus exhaust (8hrs to modify and fit was taken from mr2)
G’day mate, Welcome to the Forum
Sounds like you are well and truly stuck with us mate, once in a '5, never able to leave it…enjoy
Contact these guys, they have more fun[;)]
http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/151.aspx
Goochie,
Welcome to the forum, glad you have found the 5 to be as much fun as we all think it is!
Get some pics up [:)]
Adam
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yeah i no i tried my best lol, son re sized the first ones then left me to it, hate teenagers showed me once looked easy wen he did it!
Nothing wrong with that!
I noticed your exhaust went from a single exit to a twin exit, really want a twin exit - is it worth it?
oh yes, not noisey at all just a loverly deep tone. because this exhaust was off a toyota mr2 (it was free) and took a chance that it could be made to fit, took me all day, and ages to pluck up the courage to cut the bumper!!
Yeah that’s what I’m scared of!
Don’t know whether to get one of MX5Parts relatively cheap or go for a Larini Twin Exit…
Heard the Larini’s are ridiculously noisy though
Hi,
Welcome Goochie!
Sorry to hop in…
I have the mx5parts single exit exhaust (Labelled as IL Motorsport). It sounds great! When I first got it I thought it was a bit too loud but it has bedded in nicely now and sounds burbly until you gun the throttle when it rasps. I also have the de-cat pipe, all in was about £250 and well worth it.
Only went for the single as I didn’t want to cut bumper, although whoever fitted the foglight wasn’t so worried!!
hi,to be honest went for twin because of the look, and some may say car looks better with a single tail pipe, not gonna de-cat will make exhaust too noisey. just waitin for induction kit to turn up, oh happy days
yes its worth it, & it can be loud if you want. like mine…[6]
oh, & greetings goochie
Hi Goochie
Welcome to the forum, am in Cambridge myself so come along to the Eastern Region meet as Geoff says and also the Fenland Five5, either will welcome you with open arms (not literally).
Love the twin exit tail, would like to hear it ?
Zippy [:#]
Twin exit exhaust now on the wish list! [:D]
erm feel u may be dissapointed with the output from my exhaust as i went for looks cos wife moaned bout previous noisey exhausts on other cars
inc motor bike silencer on my x/19 the louder the better as far as i’m concerned but i know my place lol