Personally I feel my ND is better than my NC in all areas but one… the ND absolutely 
hates snow! A few weeks ago I got stuck where the NC never did, and the incline was not too bad. And then today, primarily on flat roads, the four mile trip back from the dentist was tpuch and go. I am too old for all the sideways stuff now at tickover speeds. I have now decided it must be down to the tyres.
Snow really is all about the tyres. Even 4WD doesn’t make as much difference as tyres.
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Thanks Simon, us little blokes need to stick together. 
By the way, what’s the thread size and length of bolt needed?
Bolts!
10 m.m fine thread,the original bolts are hard to shift to start with as they are sealed in,obviously you will need new longer bolts,easiest thing is to take one out and take it with you,I know Halfords keep them on packs,it has made my car just right for me as I am quite short,I think I raised it just over half inch,on my previous mark 4 I raised it over three quarters of inch,you have to just trial and error it a bit.
Good luck Simon
Apart from proper snow tyres, any thoughts on the Yokohama Advan, which came as standard on my 2023 ND? My old NC had Kumho PS71’s and I never really had a problem, but these Yokohama’s? Very worrying…
Basically in a nutshell, those are a “Grippy Sport Summer” tyre that needs temperature for them to operate correctly.
(I.e to bring in the compounds to work properly).
When it drops quite low (say 5C and below) as in your case they just will not perform as usual.
No grip!
Bridgestone Potenza’s are the same, (if not worse).
Some brands may work okay and some won’t.
Seems to be a Japanese thing perhaps.
The only way around it really is perhaps to get all weather tyres for the Winter or another set of wheels and put the all weather ones on.
Just an opinion. 
My PS71s have been fine down to 2/3 deg weather that I’ve driven them in.
My other set of wheels have Goodyear Vector AllSeasons on them, which cope with proper winter conditions without issue, as you’d expect from that sort of tyre. But obviously I wouldn’t be using those year round, if you want the '5 to perform to its best in warmer conditions…
If you use your '5 year round, I’d still advocate having two sets of wheels. As the '5 isn’t really the sort of vehicle where you want to forget about the rubber fitted and just use AllSeasons like a Vector or CrossClimate all the time.
I like the Advans a lot but I don’t drive the MX-5 in winter.
Much appreciated, makes a great deal of sense to me now, as the tyres have worked exceptionally well all summer.
Just out of interest, what wheels do you use? Steel, or a spare set of alloys? I think I am going to have to look at buying a set now…
You’re welcome and thanks.
These might be of interest and dump the tyres.
Thank you, S.
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Continuing the discussion from ND or NC - can't decide:
Bake pads done, all oils changed, new oil filter. Wheels powder coated glossy black, fitted with Pilot sports 5’s. Painted callipers. Meister R’s ready to go on. Have loosened all the relative nuts and bolts so should be fairly straightforward. Gravity rear box fitted. Fixed the dreaded leak into the passengers footwell. Painted the rear headrest things white. Still plenty to do but getting there slowly.
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Moved to ‘readers rides’.
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Meister R’s fitted. Took about 3 hours to get 3 done yesterday and did the last one today in about 40 minutes. Got a front one jammed which took a while to free up and struggled to get a rear out. For anyone fancying a DIY project, nothing to be scared of but definitely , drop the rear anti roll bar - makes getting the old ones out a lot easier.
Also don’t do the bottom bolts tight until the car is back on its wheels
