I thought i'd drop in to say hello finally and give you some details on my car.
I am from Sydney but have spent the past two years in the UK and am now currently living in Hamburg, Germany with a plan to move back to Sydney early 2011.
I know a few folks from here and the JDMST forum.
I enjoy my photography and have always been into cars.
Well, where do I start? Well how about the beginning and work our way back to the present day.
I have been wanting an NA MX5 for some years ever since I saw a subtley modded example back in 1997 where I worked at Patrick Autocare during Uni holidays.
Sometimes customer cars that weren't new and off the ships/trucks would arrive that needed private freight elsewhere.
That's where I saw it, a clean NA8 in silver with a subtle vent in the bonnet...I admired the details such as the hardtop catches and the door handles, the simple dash layout and the purposeful nature of the car sitting on BBS wheels.
One day, I needed one for the weekend...
Car's have come and gone, Mitsu Starion, AE82 Twincam corolla, AE86 4AGZE, AW11 MR2, Nissan 350z plus a couple of bikes, Honda VTR250 and '06 Yamaha R6...
But I always still had the lingering 'need' for an NA...
Having decided I wanted one and as I was living in the UK at the time, plenty of imports were available...this is where I noticed all the various models, V Special, S and R limited, S Special etc. etc...
So the search began, but it had to be Bleck... I just wanted something different and the Black ones really appealed to me.
After test driving a few in the UK and considering importing a JDM import model with all the fruit back into Oz on my return, a move to Germany came on the horizon...only LHD basic versions there...so not ideal...
What to do?
Hmm I am going on holidays to Oz of course...
Hire car a waste of money?
Sure...
I don't need no steenkin' hire car!!
Day 1: Taz arrives in country, finds an internet connection, hits up carsales..
Day 2: Find a tasty NA6 in white with a few mods...Test drive, hmmm a bit rough, no aircon...there's also a yellow one but the seller sounded a bit odd.
Day 3: Decide to look at another car, hmmm it's a JDM personal import...S Special...in Bleck! BINGO! Tee up a test drive that evening...
After a test drive, it was apparent to me this was the best MX5 i've dríven thus far so I had to have it...
Instead of going for a cheapie that needed a fair bit of work and offload it shortly later when I left a month later, I decided on getting a better model and after a drive I knew I wanted to keep the thing!!!
Somehow I managed to convince the wife this was a good idea.
With the foresight of bringing a wad of cash, I bargained and saw the price fall...
I had borrowed my mum's car to get there, so I left it where it stood near the sellers house and hightailed it to a meet with some car minded friends, many of whom were MX5 owners themselves.
The reaction was gold!
Specs are:
1994 Eunos Roadster 'S Special'
This is a limited edition model, i've read somewhere there are only 500, but not sure if this is per year they released them or in total.
Apart from the normal JDM Roadster bits here are some distinguishing features of the 'S Special':
* Bilstein suspension
* LSD
* Thicker sway bars,
* Front shock tower brace
* BBS alloys (14", they were 15" in 1995)
* Nardi leather steering wheel and gear knob
* Mazda Sensory surround sound stereo (MSSS)
This particular car has A/C and power steering and is a private import brought in by an Australian teaching English in Japan. He sold it to Chris from Oatley, the previous owner who had it for 4 years. Another real estate agent! (my 350z was owned by a real estate agent before me).
Mods: The car was stock except for...
*Cusco offset number plate bracket (expertly modified by Bab's to suit the NSW plates)
The sticker on the back says "MORITA Car Retail"
Original Floor Mats
Roadster sill plates found on JDM models.
It still has the Mazda emergency road flare that sits in the holder in the passenger side footwell...
)....................welcome to the obsession 
