Cheyne's Roadster Photo Diary, RIP Little Beast...:(

Woo · Postby **Woo** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:22 pm

Cheyne, bad luck kiddo, sorry for your loss.
Hopefully the stitches haven't dampened those stunning good looks though

Really sorry to see the photos, it's always saddening to see damage like that.

I'll try to get to the next meet to share commiserations with you all
Keep safe (everyone!!)
Bazz

rockitman · Postby **rockitman** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:46 pm

Good to hear that you are OK.

Unfortunately sh*t happens.

Hope you are back on the road with your new wheels soon.

Pamex · Postby **Pamex** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:54 pm

Don't worry about transport to G Caff Cheyne, SMS me and I'll come grab you... and I'm sure there's heaps of other regulars that will come and grab you too! We can't have you missing a meet. :mrgreen:

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:24 pm

It's winter and the NBs are so cheap now days why would you want a purgot.
NB has the air bags and ABS its easy to drive.

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:39 pm

Pamex wrote:Don't worry about transport to G Caff Cheyne, SMS me and I'll come grab you... and I'm sure there's heaps of other regulars that will come and grab you too! We can't have you missing a meet.

i should be sweet this week pam, next week on the other hand... might take you up on that!

wun911 wrote:It's winter and the NBs are so cheap now days why would you want a purgot.
NB has the air bags and ABS its easy to drive.

Wun, as good as having an NB would be... i need something more sensible, being a drummer i need room for my drums and more people. Another mx5 may have to wait a while...

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:06 pm

need to carry drums eh?

solution below:
NB + viewtopic.php?f=44&t=37618 + http://cgi.ebay.com.au/6x4-Trailer_W0QQ ... 7C294%3A50

@ndrew · Postby **@ndrew** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:36 am

You can't go wrong with the GTI180...6 airbags, abs and traction contol. Fun little car overall.

Blue94t · Postby **Blue94t** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:28 am

Good to see you are alright mate.
You certainly reshaped your 5 a bit. Gum trees are pretty solid.
Stuff the pug, pick yourself up one of the cheap NA8's that are for sale on the forum at the moment, retain the wreck of your old 5 and turn the rear of it in to a trailer for your drum kit.
As for room for other people, one passenger is always enough and sometimes one too many.

PAU61L · Postby **PAU61L** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:30 am

Hello everyone, or you could buy a 4 seat convertible. OH wait I have one for sale. Check out my thread, 4 seat convertible and you'll have spare money after you get your insurance. On a serious note, glad to hear you are alright.
Regards Paul.

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:04 pm

CheyneX5 wrote: .... an NB8B is very tempting down the track, i am still a NA boy at heart though, they are just so bloody cool!

Good boy!

Thank goodness you are not that badly injured as those are scary, scary pictures!

As for the Peugeot.... hmmmm..... my best friend is a Peugeot tech, and to put it nicely, they are not the best made cars.
Yes they handle great and have good oomph!, but reliability, and mysterious electronic/electrical faults are a serious issue.
Also.... can you really live with that interior? :roll:

blackster · Postby **blackster** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:02 pm

@ndrew wrote:You can't go wrong with the GTI180...6 airbags, abs and traction contol. Fun little car overall.

Comming from a person who owned one, there are plenty things that go wrong with the 180, too long to list; however they are fun car.

If I had to choose a toad hot hatch from that era, it would be Renault Clio Cup 182, more fun then a 180; they also have there fair share of build quality issues.

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:02 am

Mate I have spoken to you at The Garage about this so you know that I feel for you. If you ever need a lift then just pm me. I sort of come from that general direction

Ben

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:21 pm

meanmx wrote:Mate I have spoken to you at The Garage about this so you know that I feel for you. If you ever need a lift then just pm me. I sort of come from that general direction

Ben

Thats very kind of you ben, i really appreciate it. I will let you know if i ever need a lift to garage

blackster wrote:
@ndrew wrote:You can't go wrong with the GTI180...6 airbags, abs and traction contol. Fun little car overall.

Comming from a person who owned one, there are plenty things that go wrong with the 180, too long to list; however they are fun car.

If I had to choose a toad hot hatch from that era, it would be Renault Clio Cup 182, more fun then a 180; they also have there fair share of build quality issues.

Thanks for the tip phil, i have decided not to go down the hot hatch route now, something quick and easy is required now so i have been forced to make a quick decision...

1red5 wrote:
CheyneX5 wrote: .... an NB8B is very tempting down the track, i am still a NA boy at heart though, they are just so bloody cool!

Good boy!

Thank goodness you are not that badly injured as those are scary, scary pictures!

As for the Peugeot.... hmmmm..... my best friend is a Peugeot tech, and to put it nicely, they are not the best made cars.
Yes they handle great and have good oomph!, but reliability, and mysterious electronic/electrical faults are a serious issue.
Also.... can you really live with that interior?

I agree, the pictures are not for the faint hearted, got some more photos yesterday that i will upload soon, some good and some bad.

Blue94t wrote:Good to see you are alright mate.
You certainly reshaped your 5 a bit. Gum trees are pretty solid.
Stuff the pug, pick yourself up one of the cheap NA8's that are for sale on the forum at the moment, retain the wreck of your old 5 and turn the rear of it in to a trailer for your drum kit.
As for room for other people, one passenger is always enough and sometimes one too many.

Thanks for the concern jake, the whole mx5 was twisted so the trailer idea wouldnt have worked, sounds cool though!

hks_kansei wrote:need to carry drums eh?

solution below:
NB + viewtopic.php?f=44&t=37618 + http://cgi.ebay.com.au/6x4-Trailer_W0QQ ... 7C294%3A50

LOL, you'd like that wouldnt you!

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:31 pm

Ok, i have put a deposit on a car...

It's nothing special but it was a ripper of a deal.

I will just bite my tongue and say this... It's a 1998 KIA Mentor...

The Good:
- 50,000kms
- No Accidents
- Power Steering & Aircon
- 4 Doors and Back seats that have never been used
- Old lady owner
- Immaculate Condition
- 9 Months Rego
- Manual
- New Tyres
- Roomy
- $3,500
- Dark Metallic Blue

The Bad
- Front Wheel Drive
- A 1km long gear shift
- Soft
- It's Korean
- It's not an mx5
- It's not red
- A tacky woodgrain autotechnica steering wheel (will be for sale soon)
- It's Ugly as sin.

The plan is to keep this for the daily grind and around mid next year, buy a nice NA6 or a good NB8A.

No photos yet as i wont have for another week or so.

I will go put on a thick coat so i dont get hurt by the flaming that will follow this post :mrgreen: