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The new adventures of Brownnova! Another Saab: not flopping its top


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5 hours ago, hairnet said:

how much for hardtop m9

get some daises on it stat

 

Apparently the seller had more enquiries on the hard top than the rest of the car! 

5 hours ago, Tim_E said:

Oof that's nice! Even for a mk1... 

Bloody hell it's got the cleanest mot history ever!

MoT history was the swinging decision for me... it’s excellent!

5 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Sounds like it's been looked after - how many owners? Looks clean enough too.

Im the fourth... it genuinely feels a looked after car. 

4 hours ago, Mr Laurence said:

That looks great! The matching hardtops a great bonus too.

how does the 90hp 1.6 compare to the one in your last mx5?

Surprisingly little difference is the initial impression. But I’ll find out more as I go along... 

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Initial impressions time... 

As hoped it’sa very honest little car. Not immaculate, but far from ropey. In fact the engines and handling seem better than the old one!

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Hard top is a nice bonus... but easy to remove... 5F196F30-6B7C-4F3B-8316-E0EA956EBB53.jpeg

Interior is superb! They’ve had it retrimmed... 

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It comes with lots of history too... and this is where it gets interesting.... 

It was supplied new Fromm Mazda dealership in Chester... to a man who loves round the corner from my last house (about 3 1/2 miles from where I live now!) It has spent its entire life owned in North Wales, has had two different personalised plates on it. It’s never had an advisory on an mot, and it feels like it’s been cared for. In short... it’s far too good for me!!

Good little blast today on essential duties to buy Beer for the Wales vs England rugby game...

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12 hours ago, Mr Laurence said:

That looks great! The matching hardtops a great bonus too.

how does the 90hp 1.6 compare to the one in your last mx5?

Is it 90 BHP? I thought only the Monza got 90 ? I thought the others were 115 for the 1.6  and 130 for the 1.8 

My understanding is that the 1.6 has a lower compression ratio "ready" for forced induction. 

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5 hours ago, New POD said:

Loverly car.  Nice interior. 

Pedantic point

The boot rack needs to go the other way round.  The braking forces are much greater than the acceleration forces. 

 

Duly noted. Thanks chief... I shall rotate at some point... 

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7 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

Congratulations, great looking purchase. The sun's even come out for you today - enjoy!

Which of course would be excellent but...

 

The PO advertised the car on Thursday night. At the same time he put it on SORN thinking it may take a few weeks to sell... so when I picked it up I couldn’t tax it online. No bother thinks I there’s a post office in my village *checks google* open til 5... perfect.

Goes to post office about 3 -“oh sorry we don’t do car tax, you need to go into Holywell post office” which closes at... you guessed it... 3pm!

So car isn’t taxed so can’t use it. Brilliant.

Upside... at least I’m not paying tax for one days worth of fun. 

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