Mark 178 Report post Posted December 7, 2010 (edited) Seriously though... need one for the gf before Xmas... anyone know of anything? Edited December 12, 2010 by _Mark_ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted December 7, 2010 (edited) Haha I had one for a few weeks last year. It cost me nearly 5k, manual, LSD, 1.6, with hard top. A fun little thing, the reason for buying it was to fit a 1UZFE V8 into one. A friend of mine has a V8 MX5 so that was were the inspiration came from, ( ) but after thinking about it, I felt the car wasn't good enough quality to handle the engine... long story short I sold it, and now doing the same conversion in an E36 as I just felt its a much better match and offers a cooler less girly image. You would be best to hunt around to find a decent 4k example. Watch out for rust, and make sure you get one with strut bars, especially the top rear, some also come with ones on the sub frames under the car, they really need the stiffening, mine was a 1990 so didn't have these factory options yet, and well the car liked to vibrate at certain speeds. A hard top is a really worth while option, can be rare however. I sold mine off the one I had to some creepy old man for $1000! I'd advise against an auto version, they are terrible IMO, if your girlfriend can drive a manual, then go for one. Good luck! Edited December 7, 2010 by E36V8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted December 7, 2010 Geesh man, what kind of drugs have you been smoking? I want some. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 178 Report post Posted December 12, 2010 Found one. Super! (Did the full on clay and detail today. Can you tell I'm missing the E30?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creaver 55 Report post Posted December 12, 2010 Wow that's tidy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joshnz 2 Report post Posted December 12, 2010 (edited) One can only imagine the 'gifts' you will get in return for buying her that Looks mint btw Edited December 12, 2010 by Josh_ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pureboiracer 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2010 these are SOOOO much fun to drive, i would own one in a hartbeat... drove one a while back that runs flat 10s down the quater... now that was fun... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted December 12, 2010 That dark green and tan interior is a great combination Good job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted December 12, 2010 Nice work Mark. We were looking at these a couple of years back, but couldn't find a good one in the right colour with a removable hardtop. Got Keiti the MR2 instead, which she loves, and I can get away with driving without looking too quarter-life-crisis. Tidy looking MX5 there though mate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted December 12, 2010 your E30 is quickly gathering dust Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topcat 11 Report post Posted December 13, 2010 just saw this,my mechanic is thinking of sell his mx5 with lexus v8 combo all done and certed. but it looks your set of summer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted December 13, 2010 just saw this,my mechanic is thinking of sell his mx5 with lexus v8 combo all done and certed. but it looks your set of summer Automatic or Manual ones? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted December 13, 2010 just saw this,my mechanic is thinking of sell his mx5 with lexus v8 combo all done and certed. but it looks your set of summer I couldn't imagine Marks GF driving a V8 MX5. She wouldn't last 5 minutes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
