liner33 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Remember my mate with the MG ZS? That sadly ended like this Well he replaced it with a mk1 MX5 Well today it ended like this Thanks to some woman driving too fast for the road conditions Really gutted for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Kin el that is bad luck..... That was a nice looking little five, i assume it's repairable, parts being cheep as chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 No its well bent , the roof has popped open and wont close indicating to me the screen has moved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Oh dear that's twisted....... Bugger that was a nice looking MK1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 That's really bad luck, hope no one was injured as the MX-5 looks like it took a fair whack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 He got a bump and a small cut on his head , possibly from the roof handle MX5's dont crash well by the looks of things , it wasnt that big an impact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 He got a bump and a small cut on his head , possibly from the roof handle MX5's dont crash well by the looks of things , it wasnt that big an impact That's not good, hopefully no concussion or anything. In that case yes they don't appear to crash that well, but I wonder if many cars from that era would be that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Gutting, was a nice example. Glad he got away with just minor injuries though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted March 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Alls well that ends well, he has agreed to buy this car, collect on Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamithUK Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Alls well that ends well, he has agreed to buy this car, collect on Friday ... Hopefully you're not speaking too soon - they way his luck is going he'll crash it on the way home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Wow that's a step-up from an MX5, looks a tidy motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Jago had a Rover 827 with around 350hp before the yellow MG so its back to a big powerful car really The R33 is nice but needs a fair bit of TLC , its been lowered too far (since the pic) and has tyres so wide they foul the arch liner so will need a bit of work Lets hope no other drivers take a dislike to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 I did think the tyres look abit fat, looks nice that low though. How did he find the MX5 then coming from cars with that much power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 The little MX was quick , his was 95hp at the wheels but due to the gearing and lightweight it didnt half shift , probably on par with the Skyline till 60 or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 And probably handled better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 The little MX was quick , his was 95hp at the wheels but due to the gearing and lightweight it didnt half shift , probably on par with the Skyline till 60 or so That is interesting cos on paper I think it's about 10 seconds to 60. Mind you Toyota claim mine is 8 seconds whereas in real life it's 6 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 His was the s spec with a close ratio box and very short gearing , only would do 90mph flat out , I suspect that deviates from the norm somewhat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 His was the s spec with a close ratio box and very short gearing , only would do 90mph flat out , I suspect that deviates from the norm somewhat That's ok, the limit is only 70 mph! I take it not all of the 5's came with a close ratio box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 No i dont think so At 60-65mph he was doing 5000rpm , not a motorway car But the later ones came with a 6th gear so perhaps they did You have to bear in mind also that he bought the Eunos in about November, so hasnt really has the roads to properly play with it , quite sad really , i do know following him in my R34 i did have to put my foot down more than i thought i would to keep up Just messaged him and he said that dynolicious recorded 0-60's of 8.9-9.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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