RF Thoughts

[LilWashu]

The passenger side has less leg room because there is a subwoofer in the footwell. Anyone with long legs may find it a problem.

I have a Mk1 and a Mk4 and the newer car seems more roomy in the cabin to me. I do find getting my sitting position right in the Mk4 can be tricky if I have moved the seat.

[Enjay]

@Paul H

Enjay those “cheap” RF sun visors are £ 73 each plus VAT, not bad for a bent piece of plastic. you really don’t want to see the RF parts price listing, it will make your eyes water, they have just announced a windscreen cover (goes inside screen to shield sun) has nice Maxda and RF logo on it, yours for £ 63.00 plus VAT, buy an RF and enter the realm of expensive motoring, that doesn’t even cover servicing, cost of oil & filter something in region of £ 50 plus (and VAT !) although notice that in the USA there are approvals from all sorts of different manufacturers oils, Amsoil, Mobil, Castrol etc, but guess if you want to retain warranty the Mazda oil & filter it is !.Paul H.

Honestly, seeing as how MX5 Parts are asking £82.50 for an OEM cup holder replacement, the visor price doesn’t surprise me.  I’m not saying I like it; just that I’m not surprised. ;)  That’s one area where early models certainly have an advantage over the ND.  Parts for the early models are nice and cheap and there are plenty of alternatives from non-OEM manufacturers too.  Indeed, if you want a fun runabout with great handling, minimal running costs, great looks and open top freedom, you’d be hard pushed to beat a NA, NB or NC (but then I’m preaching to the choir here aren’t I LOL ).

At least, as far as standard servicing parts go, I should be OK.  I took out the Arnold Clark extended servicing agreement for three years.  I was wary about doing that with a cheap family car that I bought from them (will they try to stiff me with the parts or charge me for unneeded non-service items etc) but the cover didn’t cost much so I thought I’d give it a try.  My experience has been very positive (three years of good servicing and not a single additional cost (indeed, they even did a bit of extra work that I requested for free)) so I was happy to take the same cover for my Rf up until the end of the warranty period.  The up-front price was pretty good and servicing time, filters, oil etc are covered for the next 3 years.

 

@LilWashu

The passenger side has less leg room because there is a subwoofer in the footwell. Anyone with long legs may find it a problem.

I’d heard that was the case but I hadn’t done much poking around to confirm, thanks.