Had an NA in the UK many years ago and now running a bone stock NA in Australia for the last 10 years or so. Rust not an issue here but prices are climbing for good ones. Any version of the MX-5 is a smile machine. Have a sub and more power to your channel.
Oh that’s awesome! I absolutely love the NAs as well as the NBs! Always brings a smile to my face whenever I drive an MX-5, do you daily your NA? Thank you so much for the sub, I hope you enjoy my journey with the channel and with the car 😁
@@JamesAutoMotiveTV It's not a daily. I work from home most days and any daily drudge is handled by a 2000 Nissan Pulsar, which I love for it's reliability. I give the MX-5 a blast during the day when I feel in the mood and it's not blistering hot. Night drives are great this time of year and the pop ups are always fun.
@@JamesAutoMotiveTV I remember driving top down through snow at night on my way home from work in the UK after a stressful day. Heater on full, tunes pumping. Completely missed the ambulance behind with the blues and twos on. Oooops, I was completely absorbed in the drive. MX-5s have that effect on me.
Thanks for the video, it’s nice to see people from the UK reviewing these! I wanted to ask why you bought the NB over the NC? And also what’s the best way to check for rust when going out to buy one?
Ayy thank you! I bought the NB because it was what I could afford at the time and I was too impatient to save longer for the NC 😂 My NB as said in the video costed me just £1,650 for a car with only 67k miles… not a bad deal 👌🏼 And on the rust I shall make a video on that for you to come out next week! As I think it’ll be worth making a video for 👍
@ Fair enough I can’t argue with that, sounds like an amazing deal Oh thanks mate, I look forward to the video! I’m dead scared of getting a money pit rust monster haha
thinking of getting a 1.6 as my first car when i turn 17 in summer, insurance is actually pretty good on a 1.6. I'm surprised you managed to find a decent 1.8 for £1650, most I see are £2,000+ with lots of rust and issues
Yeah I think I got very very lucky! There are some things I need to do to the car but I’ll get on that when I can find the parts 😅 but yeah rust is actually not much right now, hopefully it doesn’t get bad lol
Bought one just like yours the other day. I love it only problem I have is how to clean the roof can I take it to a standard hand car wash... and then apply a protector myself? I dont have driveway so cant really do it at home.
Oh awesome! Yeah you can take it to a hand wash, but just make sure they don’t use any dry towels as they may not clean them which could have something that could scratch your paint. But yeah definitely check your paint work before going and if you have lacquer peal then don’t go to a pressure wash place as they may not be careful and it could rip the lacquer off and make it worse. Hope this helps and of course enjoy your MX-5! 😄
I'm actually looking for a while already, it's not so easy. Though I made it harder because I want a mk2.5 with the 6 speed specifically. Also 1650 pounds is so cheap for one with a 1.8, it always amazes me how cheap cool cars are in the UK compared to here in the Netherlands. Even the 1.6 ones are at minimum 3000 euro.. Recently subscribed as I'm curious to see what you'll do with the car (and maybe spy some video ideas as I plan to make videos as well, once I finally find a good mx5..). Keep it up :D
Oh yeah aha I was looking for a 2L NC before I bought this but I came accross the NB I now own and haven't looked back since as it was so much cheaper and the one I have is a 1.8L VVT so not far off the power of an NC, Thank you so much for the subscription really appricate the help :) But yeah UK cars are cheapish... depending on the car you're looking for lol, but yeah definitely keep looking and don't rush into buying a car that you may not enjoy as much :D
@@JamesAutoMotiveTV Absolutely not rushing, I'm super picky which is why I'm having trouble finding one haha. Which green is that by the way? It's a bit hard to tell on camera/with the winter dirt. I'm not super big on greens, but I have to admit Grace Green Mica (Code 18J) has really grown on me. I also really like Supreme Blue (22A) and Garnet Red (25F). I'm trying to find one in these colours.
So mine I believe is British racing green, at first I hated it but I’m planning on maybe trying to wrap my car this year in a bright blue… yeah we’ll see how that goes 😅
Well the ones Ive got aren’t too bad as they’re leather, soon I’ll be upgrading to Alcantara/leather seats which will add a luxury feel to it. Do you find the seats uncomfortable?
Well the good thing about the MX-5 is that it's easy to work on when you need too, there's also plenty of tutorials on RUclips for things too! I would definitely recommend as it's a fun car to drive and enjoy. But because it's easy to work on it also makes it easier to understand basic mechanics, which I'm still learning! Hope this helps! 😃
Had an NA in the UK many years ago and now running a bone stock NA in Australia for the last 10 years or so. Rust not an issue here but prices are climbing for good ones. Any version of the MX-5 is a smile machine. Have a sub and more power to your channel.
Oh that’s awesome! I absolutely love the NAs as well as the NBs! Always brings a smile to my face whenever I drive an MX-5, do you daily your NA? Thank you so much for the sub, I hope you enjoy my journey with the channel and with the car 😁
@@JamesAutoMotiveTV It's not a daily. I work from home most days and any daily drudge is handled by a 2000 Nissan Pulsar, which I love for it's reliability. I give the MX-5 a blast during the day when I feel in the mood and it's not blistering hot. Night drives are great this time of year and the pop ups are always fun.
@ awesome stuff! Night drives are so good, not so fun when it’s freezing cold though 😂
@@JamesAutoMotiveTV I remember driving top down through snow at night on my way home from work in the UK after a stressful day. Heater on full, tunes pumping. Completely missed the ambulance behind with the blues and twos on. Oooops, I was completely absorbed in the drive. MX-5s have that effect on me.
@@MatthewJohnCrittenden Haha that's awesome! Did you not get a wet interior? lol
Nice video, way better video quality than some other much bigger channels
@@uzak395 thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video 😄
Thanks for the video, it’s nice to see people from the UK reviewing these!
I wanted to ask why you bought the NB over the NC?
And also what’s the best way to check for rust when going out to buy one?
Ayy thank you! I bought the NB because it was what I could afford at the time and I was too impatient to save longer for the NC 😂 My NB as said in the video costed me just £1,650 for a car with only 67k miles… not a bad deal 👌🏼
And on the rust I shall make a video on that for you to come out next week! As I think it’ll be worth making a video for 👍
@ Fair enough I can’t argue with that, sounds like an amazing deal
Oh thanks mate, I look forward to the video! I’m dead scared of getting a money pit rust monster haha
@ haha I felt the same way, but now I just think it’s something I shouldn’t be worrying about. But yeah I’ll try get the video out next week 👌🏼
thinking of getting a 1.6 as my first car when i turn 17 in summer, insurance is actually pretty good on a 1.6. I'm surprised you managed to find a decent 1.8 for £1650, most I see are £2,000+ with lots of rust and issues
Yeah I think I got very very lucky! There are some things I need to do to the car but I’ll get on that when I can find the parts 😅 but yeah rust is actually not much right now, hopefully it doesn’t get bad lol
Bought one just like yours the other day. I love it only problem I have is how to clean the roof can I take it to a standard hand car wash... and then apply a protector myself? I dont have driveway so cant really do it at home.
Oh awesome! Yeah you can take it to a hand wash, but just make sure they don’t use any dry towels as they may not clean them which could have something that could scratch your paint. But yeah definitely check your paint work before going and if you have lacquer peal then don’t go to a pressure wash place as they may not be careful and it could rip the lacquer off and make it worse. Hope this helps and of course enjoy your MX-5! 😄
I'm actually looking for a while already, it's not so easy. Though I made it harder because I want a mk2.5 with the 6 speed specifically. Also 1650 pounds is so cheap for one with a 1.8, it always amazes me how cheap cool cars are in the UK compared to here in the Netherlands. Even the 1.6 ones are at minimum 3000 euro.. Recently subscribed as I'm curious to see what you'll do with the car (and maybe spy some video ideas as I plan to make videos as well, once I finally find a good mx5..). Keep it up :D
Oh yeah aha I was looking for a 2L NC before I bought this but I came accross the NB I now own and haven't looked back since as it was so much cheaper and the one I have is a 1.8L VVT so not far off the power of an NC, Thank you so much for the subscription really appricate the help :) But yeah UK cars are cheapish... depending on the car you're looking for lol, but yeah definitely keep looking and don't rush into buying a car that you may not enjoy as much :D
@@JamesAutoMotiveTV Absolutely not rushing, I'm super picky which is why I'm having trouble finding one haha. Which green is that by the way? It's a bit hard to tell on camera/with the winter dirt. I'm not super big on greens, but I have to admit Grace Green Mica (Code 18J) has really grown on me. I also really like Supreme Blue (22A) and Garnet Red (25F). I'm trying to find one in these colours.
So mine I believe is British racing green, at first I hated it but I’m planning on maybe trying to wrap my car this year in a bright blue… yeah we’ll see how that goes 😅
how did you find the seats comfortable?
Well the ones Ive got aren’t too bad as they’re leather, soon I’ll be upgrading to Alcantara/leather seats which will add a luxury feel to it. Do you find the seats uncomfortable?
i like cars but i am no mechanic. would u still recommend getting a miata as a first car?
Well the good thing about the MX-5 is that it's easy to work on when you need too, there's also plenty of tutorials on RUclips for things too! I would definitely recommend as it's a fun car to drive and enjoy. But because it's easy to work on it also makes it easier to understand basic mechanics, which I'm still learning! Hope this helps! 😃
Bro you paid 1300 £ for this??? In the US theyre $5000 with 200k miles 😫
I paid £1,650 for the car which is absolutely crazy to me 😅😂