Considering an MX-5

[ianthebruce]

I guess this is the best place to ask this question.

I've been looking at a few mk1 MX-5's (1993 1.6) and realised that they aren't as expensive as I thought. Insurance is resonable @ £2K (18 year old) and you can pick up and decent one for about £3k to £4k.

What i'm asking is that are they easy to live with, cheap to service/run/mpg etc.

Thanks in Advance
Ian

[holloway_dave]

you'll be wanting this thread http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

P.S. They're rubbish, don't buy one. It's people running around buying them all the time that is stopping them depreciating properly so that I can get one that I like

[ianthebruce]

holloway_dave said:

you'll be wanting this thread http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

P.S. They're rubbish, don't buy one. It's people running around buying them all the time that is stopping them depreciating properly so that I can get one that I like

Cheers

[chockymonster]

They're cheap to service, great fun to drive. We seem to average 30mpg ish

[lord summerisle]

chockymonster said:

They're cheap to service, great fun to drive. We seem to average 30mpg ish

dunno what i've been doing this week, but since an oil, oil filter and air filter last week this week i managed to get 100miles on a quater tank, 170 at half tank... today was a bitch with the M60 at a standstill so doing 30 miles in 1st gear isnt conducive to economic driving...

but 170 on half a tank is darn good going for me normally on a commute

so reckon 270-280miles on a 40litre tank (and remember theres no 'empty light' like other cars (it weighed too much so they left it out )

[bigjimmy]

lord summerisle said:

so reckon 270-280miles on a 40litre tank (and remember theres no 'empty light' like other cars (it weighed too much so they left it out )

So 30mpg then.