Yes, mine is on too.
I SORN’D mine last year from the 1st November for 4 months, mainly because of the Covid status.
Just really not sure what to do this year. 
Inclined not to this time for those nice sunny winter days perhaps. 
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Not sorned yet, unsure this year what to do. Meanwhile it’s sitting there over the last few days, the battery is getting low.
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Same here. My battery is new But because of lack of use it does start to go down, I leave my car open. And in this way the alarm is not using up power… I have other security measures etc… Ray
Sign on the car. ‘Any attempt to steal this vehicle will result in Ray talking to you. Resistance and escape is futile’.
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That’s a lovely cover Barry. Can you get an outdoor one That is so closely fitted ?
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Morning Raymond, you probably can get an outdoor version but not sure. Mine was £30 off Amazon and really good 
Barrie
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Crikey £30 ? I would pay a couple of hundred for a good fitted outdoor one ! there are so many lovely MX5s on here I lose sight of who I am talking to. There’s so much going on, etc. Anyway thanks for your reply Best regards from Ray in Essex. Ps are you the Bazza Barry from my neck of the woods ? I Met you at the Eagle a couple of times…?
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no it’s not me Raymond! I’m from Yorkshire where men are strong in t’arm and thick in t’head! You must of heard of Gods country? Only messing but Yorkshire born and bred, don’t venture down south much TBH, 
Barrie
Yes, Barry I was born in Burton on Trent Not a million miles from you ! My mother was evacuated from London during the war because of heavy bombing of the London Docks … in those days women who were pregnant was given priority to move away temporarily I was born on the 29 11 1940 in Burton on Trent general Hospital So I suppose I am a ‘staffy‘ And there’s me pretending I was an east end ( Cockney ) To all my friends For all those years …
I have seen the beauty of Yorkshire A few years ago, I Still remember that lovely journey home in my lovely little Austin Healey 100/6 … Take care. From Ray in Essex
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Great story that is Raymond! take care,
Barrie
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Sorry to interject on your posts here, But if any of the forecasts are true. We might see a semi collapse of the Economy any time soon…If this should happen. There will be a need to inflate the price of the MX that you are selling. Which will reflect upon the buyer too… So that the money you get back ( whilst seeming to be high) is only the same as it was prior to the ( perceived ) inflation…
This happened many years ago. When inflation reached about 20% for a year or so. Second hand Cars like Ford Granada’s jumped overnight from £150 To £250 So that the dealers were able to pass on the inflation. This could be on the cards in the coming year or two… I Don’t need to elaborate the point Only to say If you don’t want to get a ‘smacked bottom’ Buy your beautIful MX5 ND now at today’s price, turn any unused cash into items at today’s prices ‘ Things that you wouldn’t normally rush out today to buy etc… because your cash might start to devalue it’s spending power, Things might soon start to happen in the financial world, I’m mentioning this simply because I care about you guys And have an ability to sniff out Looming danger, Just a gut feeling Bless you all. Ray in Essex
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Blimey! That is a rather depressing possibility. Which forecasts are we talking about? Not seen anything quite so gloomy but if you are correct the advice given is good.
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Well, This is the problem with your question, A looming spike on Inflation ( by its very nature ) is not something that will be found screaming at you ! For obvious reasons… But there is growing evidence that inflation might rise if the economy cannot be tackled … No one is going to be shouting about it Because even talking about such a prospect becomes unnerving even in a whisper within its implication.
Panicking is a Byproduct that brings about the human element, Money starts flying around in all directions etc, However, I have read of the strong possibility of a rough time ahead. But all resources will be thrown at keeping a lid on it, But given the state of the economy with 2+ trillion to find (just to pay our debts for the borrowing) ( most of our entire GDP) is now used just to keep our heads above water to prevent more debt building up… etc… It’s a case of Reliable conjecture ( in my opinion )that something is going to happen to try to keep a lid on the matter. If it fails to do so Then my proposition will seem more likely, I am personally resigned to inflation coming by next year So much so that I am selling my MX5 NC1 for £6000 NOT the original asking price earlier this year of £5500. (My particular car is actually worth £6000 anyway). Don’t worry too much about it at this stage just keep your eye on it There will be indicators able to forewarn you… Best regards from Ray in Essex…
I apologise for drifting off topic later in this post, but it is slightly relevant because I’ve told SWMBO that holding onto our well-cared-for low-mileage rare special-edition MX5 is part of my survival strategy against inflation!
Inflation is something governments have done all through the ages.
They simply “print more money” to pay off the internal debts.
Sometimes it works, and people are content to grumble about all the price rises because of the government struggling to meet their external debts on imports and hitting the exchange rate.
Often it doesn’t work, and hyper-inflation kicks in with wheelbarrow loads of useless currency, eg Zimbabwe. That is a disaster.
Several years ago (I forget exactly when), for just a few months I had a brand-new ten-trillion (10,000,000,000,000) Zimbucks note brought over by a friend from Zimbabwe. It was already worthless, and its paper was so fragile that by the end of those few months it had crumbled into confetti.
I was lucky to buy my house early in 1971 just before UK inflation kicked off in a big way.
A month after I had completed a man stood on my doorstep with a fat roll of cash in his hands, he offered 40% more than I had paid for it. However, I had been looking for a year and a half, so said no thanks.
With pay keeping pace against inflation, and some promotions helping further, my previously crippling mortgage soon became insignificant despite high interest rates.
My gamble on that specific mortgage/inflation model paid off. But today it is an entirely different threat on savings, as Raymond says, and with no cheap houses around to start up the ladder with we could all be badly hit.
UK recent (last fifty years) inflation was pressured by decimalisation (x2.4), joining CM/EU (x2) and various gas/oil-crises (x5). Currently we are more than x30 on late 1960s prices.
Compare some simplistic indicators: milk, Mars bars, fuel, bread; all have a mix of home-grown, imported, labour, and transport costs and all are relatively steady in consumption.
Check against house and car prices.
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Yes, understood. The problem isn’t the inflation Itself But how it is dealt with … likewise So is the way Interest Rates are dealt with. How much longer can they be held down ! Etc… At the moment The Government seem to be makIng the right moves under the prevailing circumstances that they find themselves in… But this could all change if things become Unstable in several directions at once, I can only give my personal views and opinions on this subject, More of a gut feeling at the moment, Thanks for your responses best regards from Ray…
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Don’t worry. It is there on my post above. Thanks.
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Around 30 years ago I was studying with the Open University and I still remember a lecturer on the subject of currency volatility. He premise was that the Mars bar was one of the most stable currency. Over the years the price in Mars bars against most other goods and services has remained very stable.
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It even suffers from “clipping” ie weight changes, much as the coinage used to!
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So did wagon wheels .They shrunk too…
And sorry Richard for interrupting your post…
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It’s very tempting to mention one Ms M Faithfull in this context but I must refrain…
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