gm's unhealthy obsession with mx5s - Hooning and Horning !

20,200 · April 4

also this week, the first outing of the year for Exo to the North East Restoration Clubs monthly meet

and a cracking drive home chasing a suprisingly quick Morgan down the A1

loads of events lined up this year, hopefully some track day action too

12,387 · April 4

I really, really need to be a bit more proactive in sorting one of these things for myself before I’m too old to enjoy one.

I totally regret not jumping on that sub £1500 one on the facebook group the other month 😢

20,200 · April 4

@NorthernMonkey you might want to jump on this quickly then

https://www.facebook.com/share/1A2HWXdcMk/?mibextid=wwXIfr

@DVee8 just sent me the link

20,200 · April 4

aaah, tits !

still, you never know - they might still have it !

19,701 · April 4

55 minutes ago, gm said:

gis a gurrrrrrrr

20,200 · April 4

let’s have a think of who’s had a go so far…

DVee8 jnr#1

DVee8 jnr#2

Neil, me next door neighbour

@loserone

i think

@Tickman

@jmsguzzi

and @Mi30n

have only sat in the sick bag seat, which puts them squarely in the same league table as me mam !

13 minutes ago, hairnet said:

gis a gurrrrrrrr

all you need to do is buy / win a car off me, live round the corner or fix my boiler and you’re well in with a shot

31,881 · April 4

It's brilliant

12,387 · April 4

It really is an experience to drive. I can only imagine it’s the closest you can get to a superbike but with the security of four wheels and a roll cage.

19,701 · April 4

monkey - race ya

12,387 · April 4

5 minutes ago, hairnet said:

monkey - race ya

As much as I’d love to now I’m old enough to afford two wheeled toys, Claire knows what I can be like in a 400bhp Range Rover so the one thing she puts her foot down over are motorbikes.

THH, I can’t really blame her.

She’s not averse to an Exocet though so I’m not complaining.

20,200 · April 4

#ExoFace

19,701 · April 4

Honda face

33,673 · April 4

That was an incredibly fun drive!

April 5

20 hours ago, NorthernMonkey said:

I really, really need to be a bit more proactive in sorting one of these things for myself before I’m too old to enjoy one.

I totally regret not jumping on that sub £1500 one on the facebook group the other month 😢

Got this sitting in the garage, correctly registered, done about 100 miles since it's last MOT (didn't MOT it last year), just need it out the way tbh

2.0 pinto, lots and lots of new bits but bloody uncomfy 😆

Sorry to thread hijack!

20,200 · April 5

2 hours ago, scooobydont said:

bloody uncomfy

part of the charm, surely

asking for a fried…how much are you looking for ?

April 5

2 hours ago, gm said:

part of the charm, surely

asking for a fried…how much are you looking for ?

As it sits, £5k. The plan was to stick an MOT on it and pop it up for £6k and see what happens, but really I just want it away so I can get something comfier. In keeping with the thread, I have been looking at Mx5's, lol. I have had a mk2.5 in the past.

20,200 · April 14

being as it's been sunny every day for about the last two weeks, I was looking forward to my day off today and taking Exo for a spin.

no surprise then that it was bloody cold

undeterred, I got my winter coat on, a woolly hat and a pair of gloves and went for my hoon

stopping at a local viewpoint for pretty pics

I was out for about two hours but loved every last minute of it

20,200 · April 24

Exo clicked over 8000km this evening on the way back from the Car Barn meet up at Beamish

not bad for three years

20,200 · April 24

20,200 · May 1

out and about in the mx5 yesterday

and a cracking sunset this evening

1,812 · May 2

On 04/04/2025 at 21:08, gm said:

@NorthernMonkey you might want to jump on this quickly then

https://www.facebook.com/share/1A2HWXdcMk/?mibextid=wwXIfr

@DVee8 just sent me the link

@NorthernMonkey This was still for sale recently. I offered £1500 and they accepted it but I had to bail as I lost some undercover storage.

12,387 · May 2

10 minutes ago, tom13 said:

@NorthernMonkey This was still for sale recently. I offered £1500 and they accepted it but I had to bail as I lost some undercover storage.

I’ve just looked and the listing has disappeared, unless you have some other contact details?

1,812 · May 2

49 minutes ago, NorthernMonkey said:

I’ve just looked and the listing has disappeared, unless you have some other contact details?

Just had a look back through my messages and it does say not longer listed. My mate has a nice complete for sale one in Barnstaple for sale as well if you want a complete one. It's not super cheap though obviously.

12,387 · May 2

59 minutes ago, tom13 said:

Just had a look back through my messages and it does say not longer listed. My mate has a nice complete for sale one in Barnstaple for sale as well if you want a complete one. It's not super cheap though obviously.

It was the super cheap bit that was as attractive as anything tbh.

I’m probably going to end up just ordering a new one eventually but if something came along in the meantime that caught my eye…