Took the MX5 this morning when I drove across Manchester for my regular RoSPA Advanced Drivers gig. A fairly short drive, but long enough to put a broad smile on my face!
Less than a hour today. Sunday often throws up stuff that is more interesting than the usual news so too much time putting the world to rights-on the I pad.
Didnāt get out until the light was fading.
Roads dry mostly but damp under trees. Iām a timid car driver because I used to ride bikes in the wet but am slowly getting used to getting a bit of G-force on wet roads.
Tried a local cafe we had not been to before. The orange lump lowered the tone but the coffee and sticky bun were good!
Same thing happened to me at a stop on the Horse Shoe Pass on our way to Llangollen.
He was jealous because he couldnāt take his roof down
Today must have been national tractor day. Spent a third of my drive behind one. Had one seven mile drive through the twisties with nothing other than my self-preservation instinct to restrain me.
Iām still a tad too slow. You get a section where it just works because, for whatever reason, you just went that little bit quicker than you intended. Roads dry and still no squealing tyres. Maybe Iām driving like an old lady and just donāt realise itā¦.
Havenāt heard the term āsticky bunā for ages.
Did the same route as a couple of posts up today. Absolute blast at times. Roads were not dry and not wet. Still too slow but got a couple of combination of bends that I got a huge buzz off. Still accidental unfortunatelyā¦
Took the NC around a few local garages as Iāve recently found out the rear sub-frame is doing its best impression of a block of swish cheese, every single place I visited said āNahh weāre not touching it in case we run into problemsā , āYouāre best just scrapping it and buying something newer that isnāt an mx5ā and one place half-jokingly (I hope) suggested it get āstolenā and using the insurance money to get a better car.
Unfortunately (or fortunately for the wee NC) Iām a stubborn so and so, so Iāve been talking to a mate who knows a guy with a scissor lift in his garage and weāre going to have a proper look at it ourselves, and if it isnāt horrendous source a decent sub-frame from somewhere like mx5 city or the like and do the work ourselves.