Hi, new member just joined the club.
I recently bought a '92 Eunos V-special in BRG:
Normally I’m more of a Jag man, but I fancied something cheap, fun, reliable and suitable for an imminent trip to Belgium with some biker mates.
Being too old to bounce down the road I decided against buying a bike for the trip and thought an Mx5 with the hood down is a close substitute! (they have slow bikes)
Cheers for now
Pete
Good decision, you’ll have a very enjoyable trip.
Welcome aboard.
Nice choice for your adventure.
You should stay alot drier if the weather turns sour 
I hope you get chance to share a few piccies of your travels.
Cheers,
Guy
How much stuff are you planning on packing to take to Belgium? I’ve hard the saying “everything but the kitchen sink”. You’re not actually planning on taking yours are you?
Welcome to the club.
As long as there’s enough room to carry beer for the remaining bikers, that’s usually enough…
Lovely looking car, I’ll keep an eye out for it on the local roads. Just back from Bruges, you’ll be amazed where you can find cubby holes to stash some beer & wine. 
Thanks guys, luckily the gîte we are staying in has bedding and I sincerely hope, some furniture, so apart from a few clothes there should be plenty of room in the five to pick up a crate or two of 33 Export and a few kilos of merguez sausages on the way.
Well that was fun!
Got safely back from my trip to the Ardennes on the border areas of France & Belgium.
The Mx5 didn’t miss a beat and was even more fun than I’d hoped.
The highlight was trying to keep up with the bikers on some deserted, sweeping bends through the forest, keeping the revs in the sweet spot around the 4 to 5k mark. What a lovely engine, revs sweetly and the box is lovely too.
The bikers seemed pretty amazed that I stayed with them through that section, but I was having the time of my life!
No doubt about it, I made the right choice of vehicle.
A couple of minor niggles, the wipers always start off very slow but after a few minutes they gradually speed up to a nearly normal pace, and there are quite a lot of suspension rattles on rough road surfaces but I don’t have much to compare it against. It holds the road well and tracks straight but sounds pretty much a bag of nails on some sections.
Pete.
It sounds like you had a ball Pete.
Great to read about your exploits and thrilled to hear all went without a hitch carwise.
Thanks for sharing and here’s to the next adventure.
Cheers,
Guy
