SMH Drive MX-5 Review 2009-current

marty085 · Postby **marty085** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:45 pm

May have been posted before but just saw this tonight, from yesterday:

http://smh.drive.com.au/used-car-review ... 2w3fa.html

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:13 am

it was a good article except that it did not differentiate really between the models. We all know that the NC is a different car. Some will think the NC requires timing belt changes and DM's has a few errors like the roof being steel - but minor stuff it does not alter the conclusion.

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:26 am

This article is nothing more than Lazy Fat Bastard Journalism and I would hazard a guess that if one searched hard enough you might even find the original article from which it was cut and pasted!
Greg.
P.S. There were a number of changes between the NC1 and 2, most of which were because of response from the market.
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sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:41 am

taminga16 wrote:This article is nothing more than Lazy Fat Bastard Journalism and I would hazard a guess that if one searched hard enough you might even find the original article from which it was cut and pasted!
Greg.
P.S. There were a number of changes between the NC1 and 2, most of which were because of response from the market.
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agree it read like an article written for a the nb update after the na with a bit of a tag on update based mainly around dates most of the info was completely irrelevant to NC. Timing belt? Wobbly crank?

7StringSamurai · Postby **7StringSamurai** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:15 pm

The author states that putting an automatic in an MX5 is (and I quote) "a waste of time". Obviously this idiot didn't have to drive the test car in peak-hour traffic (if he even drove it at all)...
And don't the NCs have a timing chain instead of a timing belt?