I BOUGHT A CHEAP MAZDA MX-5 for £1,800!

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[@snbala]

Proof that you don’t need big power to have a fun car, as long as it handles right.

[@mariemccann5895]

Strange comment.

[@Conservator.]

@@mariemccann5895What do you find strange about the comment?

[@coops1964]

Clarkson loves them.

[@snbala]

@@Conservator. probably one that needs 1000bhp for a car to be fun, one of those.

[@Conservator.]

@@snbala 👌

[@robblack7560]

I'm on my fifth MX5, this one for 5 years, rear brakes is the only thing I've had to replace in that time. Make sure you clean the rear drain holes as they will cause water ingress.

[@owensteele1645]

Always check. Rear calipers seized up on our 2004 1.6 Euphonic limited edition mark 2 MX-5. Very expensive, £900 job at an Indy garage.

[@vertigoEdits]

@@owensteele1645 you could've saved a lot and done them yourself. I replaced my front caliper on my 1.8 euphonic and it's really quite easy

[@christian-van-e]

SO COOL! I have a white 2013 MX5 NC (same model) as second/fun car since 1,5 years: super fun drive cars indeed! Cool to see you featuring it!

[@terryneilbooth]

Great restoration of this model in that amazing blue finish👍 In 2016 I brought a 2007 basic model with only 14k on the clock. Had to sell 2019 due to practical reasons but still miss the quality engineering and fun factor. Might get another as a hobbyist and for classic shows in the future. One of those cars that holds distinction, popularity and continues its rein in todays market 👏

[@Brian-om2hh]

I've been touring around North Yorkshire for the last few days, and the number of these - along with other soft tops - has been quite amazing... the nice weather brings 'em out.

[@wisdomsimeon431]

You videos really light up my day. Only thing I watch on 1x speed. God Bless Matt!

[@HighPeakAutos]

Glad you like them!

[@darrylwebb3625]

In that spec it's looking like the Sport model : 17" wheels, 6 speed box, Bilstein shockers, LSD, leather. We had one of these and used it daily year round, but rain and salt took their toll. In all, that looks like a car somebody has really cared for.

[@leestockton9367]

​@jeremybrown9179don't do that, don't do the dad jokes 😂

[@user-uj3gu7nl4y]

Great video as always Matt. Could you put on you list of future videos to do one about high v low mileage cars. Pros and cons to both, which makes/models handle high mileage well and which don't. Sometimes a high miler can be a better buy as it's been used and serviced (hopefully) versus a low miler that's been sat in a garage.

[@salumstaine939]

nice !! we hope we'll see you reviewing a Honda S 2000 soon ! I love these kind of cars that put immediately a smile on your face ! Thanks again bro for the videos !

[@bannjaxx]

My wife's on her 3rd MX-5, she's had an NA, NB and now an NC - loves them to bits, I must admit , they're so much fun to drive without getting silly, and you're right - the gearbox is what gearboxes should be like. They're solid, cheap as chips to run, reliable and fun - no brainer really.

[@allosaurusfragilis7782]

Agree ...apart from the solid bit. My sister had one and the rust reminded me of cars from the seventies. Apart from that they are brill.

[@Rabscuttle3]

Brilliant, Matt! What an unusually, straight car which I'm sure will sell well! 👍

[@JGrindel]

You got a nice little upgrade in this Mx5 that few know about. That's the addition of the retrofitted RX8 wiper stalk, which gives you adjustable intermittent wipers.

[@AJT296]

My mum has owned one each of the NB, NC and ND models. All of them were an absolute hoot to drive. The whole experience, even just driving to the shops, is brilliant. Can’t think of another car that fulfils its design brief as well as this car

[@GRfourfun]

What a great little buy, love these and starting to see a lot more on track too.

[@ged3680]

Hello Matt, lovely looking car, and you didn’t massively over spend. Thank you for taking the time to upload another video. Ged

[@ndsd04]

MX5’s are Joy of Motoring. Tonight I’ve been out in my BBR NC, top down and 22 degrees. NC’s are currently the bargain of the range. Great vid.

[@daystatesniper01]

Good video Matt ,the main thing is to flush the sills out as if blocked they are a certain rust trap

[@philryan7254]

Morning Matt, love these cars I've had two of these myself a mk3 and a mk4RF had great fun with them both, love the colour of your one and at that price it won't with you very long. Cheers Phil from Newark.

[@boskabiker]

I had one of these for 4 years as a daily driver and it was the most reliable car I've ever owned. My experiences as follows: ALWAYS have 4 matching tyres, regardless of the make. Get a 4 wheel alignment done and checked regularly, I used to have mine checked regularly and it never went out of alignment in 4 years! Check the footwells for damp, the bolts on the windscreen scuttle bolt through behind the dash and the washers deteriorate. Cheap repair but can cause rusting of the metalwork behind the dashboard Check the drain hole in the middle of the bootlid by the numberplate. They corrode from the inside out. Check the drainage channels for the roof as these can get blocked and over flow. Replace the spark plugs when they should be done or before as they can snap off in the cylinder head. Fit the wiper stalk from an RX8 as this gives you the variable speed intermittent wiper in drizzly conditions. The old one unbolts and it's a direct replacement. Regularly use 98oct fuel as it does run nicer. Going into second gear on the 6 speed gearbox can be a bit stiff when cold, this is quite normal. You can replace with a different spec oil but then could cause premature wear one other parts so best leave as is and be sympathetic until it's warmed up. A decent set of lowering springs to get rid of the first sized gap between the wheel arches and wheels!

[@joedoe1268]

Thank you. Is there an MX5 FB group? Looking to buy one this summer

[@geoffredrup9616]

I loved this model when it was released and time hasn't been unkind to it. Doesn't need any lifts or fillers to keep it looking young. You could tell it had been looked after before you opened the doors. Great colour too. Nice work, Matt - I bet it sailed out of the door.

[@thedandy6765]

it could do with some lowering springs tho cus its at monstertruck height

[@coops1964]

@@thedandy6765No

[@thedandy6765]

well yes its way too high on its wheels the way it is looks out of place if its just a bit lower (not slammed) but maybe 3cm lower it would look a thousand times better@@coops1964

[@owensteele1645]

@@thedandy6765True, but you need some space for your hands to gain access to wash out the inside of the wheel arches, or the sporty Maxda will be a rust-box in no time. Maybe drop it half a cm.

[@kait2972]

​@owensteele1645 they don't rust the same as the mk1 and 2s

[@chrispenn715]

Had one of these when they were new - great little car. We even drove to Italy for a fortnight's holiday in it and managed to bring some wine back with us too! Tempted to get another.....

[@daraboy1973]

Fantastic video, Diary of your States Side trip . Excellent content thank you for sharing it with all of us in your KZbin family ❤

[@ocadoperson]

Hi Matt,i'd take it over to Spain and use it there. Nice car and been well cared for,makes a massive difference to some other cars you have bought and over spent on! Great work 😊

[@thomas05ish]

Cracking car , and great price too. Who needs 200bhp + ? With the roof down 60 mph feels like 80 and as you said you’ll have a smile on your face. If I had a garage I’d have one ASAP .

[@skodakatie7341]

What a cute little car, the colour really sets it off too. I thought I had miss heard when you said you hadn’t overspent, that must be a first lol. As always great video Matt, I really enjoyed it❤.

[@stephendavies6949]

These are great little cars. Enjoyed your video as ever. Both entertaining and informative. PS: rubber mats are very useful when you get caught in a shower when the top's down!

[@nickwebb9290]

What a result 🥳 Always liked the MC5 and wouldn’t mind getting one, they’re amazing

[@md-detailing]

Great buy as always Matt, cute little car, love the color! :D

[@davocc2405]

Survives the ulez test too... Great ride, the NC is my favourite series of the MX5 (though I'd want the hard top convertible personally).

[@kiwirangerover6052]

Great video - Had one myself and a neat roadster

[@drewb8r]

Matt, loved the before and after. Long sleeves and rain before. Blue sky, sun, shorts and roof down after. KZbin gods on your side this one. Cool car certainly played its part :)

[@happysporran]

You're lucks in here Matt, a cracking little mx5 and we're hitting an Indian summer. Perfect timing

[@airwulf7123]

Nice car, great pictures on autotrader and for a change Sun is out lol. Definitely next time I buy a car will check out high peak autos after watching so many of Matts videos

[@54mgtf22]

Hi Matt. Love your work 👍

[@williamchanning9055]

You mentioned waxoyl, did you decide against it in the end. You really go the extra mile with your motors, plus you are a joy to listen to. Thankyou

[@gejocs]

Saw the M4 at the back. Looking forward to that video.

[@jonathonbrett-qn1ic]

Great cars again you have done a fantastic job. Looking forward to the next episode

[@HighPeakAutos]

Thanks again!

[@b.2221]

Mazda are beautiful vehicles , but totally unacceptable with how easily the wheel arches rust so quickly. Another great video Sir. Thank you for sharing this with us all.

[@MidLoafCrisis]

Just did the NC500 in one of these in this colour. Had it tuned at BBR a year ago, big recommend

[@saddoncarrs6963]

Great little car - probably the best value for smiles per mile.

[@davidarter6271]

What a bargain! Another excellent review thankyou Matt

[@MrOvershoot]

Nice one Matt, I've bought a fair few MX5's and as long as there isn't hideous amounts of rust they are great. Did get burnt with one NB that was well disguised but that's life eh.

[@seanfinlay7393]

Beautiful! Great colour. Superb rims.

[@NZBRG1]

I had a 1991 MX5 for 11 years. Loved it! So much fun the drive.

[@andrewroberts4736]

Great video. I really like these cars.

[@HighPeakAutos]

Thanks! 👍

[@robblack7560]

Also replaced the standard stereo with a Pioneer touchscreen unit that incorporates rear cameras, a very worthwhile update and modernises the interior, easy to do.

[@duncanjowett5575]

As someone who happily drives a long wheelbase van, with no rear windows, and parking sensors only... You feel the need for cameras on the back of an MX5?😂 Have you got cameras on the arse pockets of your jeans?

[@robblack7560]

the Pioneer unit came with them, the rear cameras video drivers in longwheelbase vans

[@duncanjowett5575]

@@robblack7560 🤣

[@thechojiin]

I had a 58 plate MX5.(The 1.8 slower variant). I got it from Stockport Mazda. It gave me years of reliable, fun motoring.

[@timothygreenwood3864]

Great video, only just watched it. I looked up the MOT history, it always amazes me what testers record. I would have like to seen the front brake discs failed in Oct 21, probably should have passed. Sep 18 advise brake fluid slightly aged, nonsense. It is amazing that some MOT testers appear to have 'calibrated' eyesight. My wife had an advisory once, all discs rusty when the braking surface on all 4 discs had NO rust at all on her MX5 NB.

[@itspart]

I had the same model for a couple of years as a second car... what a great car they are fantastic to drive cheap to run. Smiles per miles is of the scale. Great video Matt.... I still would love you to review my Audi S4 TDI... I'd bring it to you....

[@rikfoster2167]

Got one. They are brilliant. You always smiling ❤😊

[@paulmcgee1867]

Getting to love this S Class! Easy to park? At the golf club a guy parks his so far forward in the row anyone else is struggling 😅. Always fancied one of these Mazdas.

[@Glyn69]

Just check the drian holes and clear with a wire coat hanger behind the seat belt were it's secured behind the seats if it's that model that has them , it runs straight out to the ground and they can get blocked up

[@davidbillberg2203]

Nice! Always love a Mazda mx-5.

[@MuscleBandit]

I have the 2.0 sport (2009 NC.2) in top spec with lekky roof, heater leather, Bose sound and the 6 speed is great for motorway cruising at 3k rpm. It's about to go in for it's first service since I got it in Jan (8 months ago) and I have no cause for concern. It's been 100% reliable with no dash lights or issues of any kind whatsoever. If they didn't corrode like they do and if they were more stable at high speed in cold wet conditions they would be near perfect cars. Only 42k miles on mine so it's barely run in as they have been known to do moon mileages. Recommend!

[@Chris391971]

Love my NC. Had it for the last 3 years and it’s been faultless.

[@robertdemeny251]

A great little car. It gives you the feeling of owning and driving a old MG, but but not having to deal with the MG's flaws.

[@keithleivers4061]

Smashed it ❤

[@zahemi914]

Love this particular MX5 model & the one withthe retractable hardtop. I owned 2001 MRS Spyder, even though it does look fiercer, MX5 is so muc comfortable to drive and it comes with a boot

[@geoffreygoodyear3746]

Even by just watching you drive that s class you can feel the quality oooze through the screen😁👍

[@JohnHoganN8]

Credit to the viewer that sold it to you, kept a very nice car.

[@theCybershot123]

Hi Matt great little bargain of a car been well looked after thought you might have had the gearbox oil changed.

[@chrisbolton5461]

Great cars. Good example and well sorted. A lot of fun for not a lot of money.

[@MrJordanwain]

Imperial Car Sales was based in Southampton and had car supermarkets in different area of the UK. Cazoo purchased Imperial in 2020 and rebranded the business absorbing the stock and turning the car supermarkets into distribution centres and customer collection bays. Most of these have been closed over the last year or so.

[@andrewcairns7719]

Lovely little car Matt 👍🏻

[@shikanu9934]

That is the perfect description. It is a lot of car for no money - insanely good value

[@stuartlea1]

We've got one and driven it to Budapest, Barcelona and Nice on three different trips. Excellent fun. Crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps was a blast.

[@robgibbsofficial]

excellent cars - great video Matt

[@HighPeakAutos]

Thanks! 👍

[@nigelbryant5932]

Beautiful colour. That’s going to sell straight away. Well done Matt

[@rangeroverp3846]

Matt, It would be great if you could do a video of some of the private plates you own / have traded. Did you have to register this Mazda in your name to remove plate? Great video as ever.

[@davidtomlinson6138]

Thats a bargain, nice nick , a lot of car for the money , lovely hood n glass window 🙂

[@hbeebe]

Credit to its owner, looks like new! 😍 I’d be very tempted if I had somewhere to keep it!

[@jdmguy44]

Great cars regardless of price point. Always fancied one as a second fair weather toy. Will get around to buying one at some point I'm sure..

[@philzvids3577]

Great video. I'm on my third 2 seater roadster and I think they are the car to go for unless you have kids still at home. (Mine are long gone).

[@doyle201206]

MX5 wins hands down on a Mk3 MR2. Cracking little car that that brings loads of smiles without setting cameras alight.

[@ianevans3619]

Really like these MX5s a neighbour up the road has got one , I've asked him if he sells it to give me first refusal of it . On me list of cars to have . Nice profit Matt and excellent video.

[@NGMonocrom]

Love those old Miatas. For a second there, this was almost your shortest video. Wouldn't be surprised if someone had stolen it before you got there. Just popped it into their backpack and run off with it. Very surprised that the key-fob worked though. Got the exact same one for my 2009 Mazda 6 V6 sSport model. Bought her new back in '09. Have had to get replacement key-fobs from Mazda far too often since they usually stop working in a relatively short amount of time. Have had 4 or 5 now. Each one at $300.oo per pop. Just seems excessive since it wasn't until 2016 that Mazda USA started going up-market as a more luxurious brand.

[@kevincroft9848]

Well done Matt great little car this Mazda Nice one Cyril (Matt ). Would like one myself Kevin

[@josephgittos3787]

Perfect weekend car , I always fancied one of these my other choice was a MG but safer bet would be the MX5

[@Enforcer1984]

Gorgeous looking mx5 in that colour 😍

[@user-ih7fk4cw4y]

Love these I have a mk1 eunos still tempted to go for an early boxster while they are cheap 🤔

[@robsmith1a]

Air con is only really useful in convertibles for winter demisting. I put the roof down on mine year round when it's dry. On the bright side you won't have to pay to re-gas it if it isn't fitted.

[@stevensarson482]

I bought one in silver , from the main dealers in Stockport . It was a brilliant car and you’re correct about it delivering more smiles than a BBC comedian. Traded it in several years later , for a good price, having done many long road trips from Stockport to Porto. Everyone should at least try one.

[@zsb707]

Try one? It's addictive. Tried one, HAD TO buy one ... so I've been enjoying it for 10 years and counting 😊.

[@tron520]

Always liked the MX5, just a modern day MG in my books, cheeky little looker and love that blue, had a few vehicles in that sort of colour in the past, if i had the money and the space, yep, would be on my list.

[@jg6579]

There always seems to be good deals to be had over there. I happened to be on Kijiji when I clicked on your video and sitting on the page in front of me is a listing for 2006 MX-5 with 70,000 kms and they're asking $14,000 CDN! We just don't get cheap deals like that here in Toronto.

[@zlatanmorrison8182]

You got lucky on this one, looked in excellent nick right out the gate, certainly compared to some of the ropey jalopies you sometimes end up with :) Sadly I cannot fit in one otherwise I might have been tempted myself.

[@minibus9]

awesome video

[@megat3d561]

Ive always fancied doing exactly this. Cheap mx5 and have it for a weekend

[@robparker1625]

That looks a lovely car. Such a great colour.

[@seanhershey3390]

Such a deal…my dad bought a few years back & his Corvette just sat in the garage ..great little cars.

[@jonathanmoore994]

I had a Mk1 1.8 Berkeley and it was one of the most fun cars I ever had. I had it at the same time as an Alfa 147 which I also loved. I decided that having two cars was a bit too much (given that I lived in the centre of Manchester and walked to work!) so swapped both for an MK3 2.0 MX5 Roadster Coupe. The expectation was that I would get the fun of the Mk1 and the refinement of the Alfa. Unfortunately it didn't work out - it was less fun than the MK1 and less refined than the Alfa. It also had awful MPG. It was still pretty fun though - all MX5s are fantastic cars. There's nothing else like them.

[@TheJonnywhittle]

My first convertible, been and bought it today! :)

[@lanehogger1532]

Imperial were a car supermarket based down my way in Southampton. All ex lease cars. Lots of people I know bought cars from them and all the cars were excellent with no issues. Sadly went out of business in Covid.

[@davidalexander-watts6630]

I had one from new, loved it. Only issue was that it would flood inside if the hidden drains clogged up with leaves etc. it became quite a nuisance.

[@MrAlexrowlands]

Great cars....we have a 2009 Mk 3.5 roadster coupe, Typhoon grey. We bought it new and its only done 32000 miles ! Custom pale grey leather interior and it gets lovingly cared for and stored in a dry garage. When we sell it someone is going to get a cracking car for their money !

[@ShanePleasance]

Splendid. I think I’ll always have a 5 in my collection.

[@mikesmyth9649]

Hey Matt, I would love to see a video about how things worked out with that private plate, how transfers & retention works and any insights you might have on that market works. Cheers

[@alantheskinhead]

It's quite easy now as it's mostly digital transfers

[@johnchincotta1qwdb15]

This is a nice acquisition at a good price,with a potential profit. Good luck Matthew.

[@HighPeakAutos]

Thanks 👍

[@PB200559]

Excellent. Great colour

[@alexandrecouture2462]

Nice little Mazda!

[@jammyjim69]

Lovely looking car. Love the blue colour. Miss the mgtf I had as a daily driver. Every day was a top down day winter, summer, day or night. Really need another simple convertible. Thought about a z4 or a slk but too many dodgy electric roof stories can't beat a nice simple manual roof

[@colinmoss7343]

Honda s2000 ?

[@tayloryeates9484]

I’ve got both I recommend the z4