Where have you been in your MX-5 today?

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!

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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.
Didnā€™t get out until the light was fading.
Roads dry mostly but damp under trees. Iā€™m 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.

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Tried a local cafe we had not been to before. The orange lump lowered the tone but the coffee and sticky bun were good!

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Same thing happened to me at a stop on the Horse Shoe Pass on our way to Llangollen.

He was jealous because he couldnā€™t take his roof down :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth::face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

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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.
Iā€™m 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 Iā€™m driving like an old lady and just donā€™t realise itā€¦.

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Havenā€™t heard the term ā€˜sticky 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€¦


French Alps

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Took the NC around a few local garages as Iā€™ve recently found out the rear sub-frame is doing its best impression of a block of swish cheese, every single place I visited said ā€œNahh weā€™re not touching it in case we run into problemsā€ , ā€œYouā€™re best just scrapping it and buying something newer that isnā€™t an mx5ā€ and one place half-jokingly (I hope) suggested it get ā€œstolenā€ and using the insurance money to get a better car.
Unfortunately (or fortunately for the wee NC) Iā€™m a stubborn so and so, so Iā€™ve been talking to a mate who knows a guy with a scissor lift in his garage and weā€™re going to have a proper look at it ourselves, and if it isnā€™t horrendous source a decent sub-frame from somewhere like mx5 city or the like and do the work ourselves.