I originally bought my 2002 NB8B MX-5 back in December 2013 (on the 16th, if you want to be precise), and have not looked back since. Coming from owning two boring (read: practical) cars, naturally I had to go for something more fun.
With 150k on the clock, (almost) immaculate paint and completely bone stock, it was exactly what I was looking for. The lady that owned it before me had taken excellent care of it. I was told the car was named "Jimmy" (check the number plate), but having just finished another playthrough of Borderlands, the car got renamed Moxxi before it even got home.
This is what she looked like a couple days after I picked her up:
Here is where I learnt that no, you should not take an MX on a dirt road to your family Christmas do:
After that, she received new number plates. Then, in true P Plater style, I put a hole in the bumper:
Guess who now drives much more carefully in the rain? Turns out I got way to used to the traction control of my previous car. Just the front clip though, replaced with one that doesn't have the classic number plate screw dings.
Next came the new seats and a roll bar:
Here at the Automotive Plus/GT Auto Garage open day:
So far I've taken her to four track days (and a handful of happy laps, but they don't count, do they?) Here's one from Lakeside, hard top fitted:
Can't remember if that was going on or coming off - but yes, I did put a helmet on.
One last one, my favourite of the year:
Plan for the next year is to keep her stock - aim is to learn how to drive at the track properly before doing anything else. Sights are set on winning the unmodified class in the club competition in 2015, but we'll see if that happens ;)
