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Postby corners » Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:29 pm

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Postby jerrah » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:12 pm

I was followed out of Griffith University Nathan campus today by an NA with MX 591? numberplates and a turbo badge on the back.
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Postby AJ » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:29 pm

jerrah wrote:I was followed out of Griffith University Nathan campus today by an NA with MX 591? numberplates and a turbo badge on the back.


that'd be Uncle Arthur :mrgreen:
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Postby Crapweasel » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:57 pm

Red NC northbound on the gateway at about 4.45, north of Depot Rd.

Was on the way back from spending a stupid 6 hours on the car with ASE05, and damn it looks good now!
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Postby Stingray » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:26 pm

Was being followed by a silver NC along the riverside expressway yesterday at around 4:45. Did not catch the plates. :?

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Postby Uncle Arthur » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:22 pm

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jerrah wrote:I was followed out of Griffith University Nathan campus today by an NA with MX 591? numberplates and a turbo badge on the back.


that'd be Uncle Arthur :mrgreen:


YEP :D

I wondered if that other red NA was someone from around here. I'll always be on the slow and steady at that point - our office is on campus so the car isn't warm enough by Aldi to give it any squirt.....
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Postby Stingray » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:28 am

Uncle Arthur wrote:
AJ wrote:
jerrah wrote:I was followed out of Griffith University Nathan campus today by an NA with MX 591? numberplates and a turbo badge on the back.


that'd be Uncle Arthur :mrgreen:


YEP :D

I wondered if that other red NA was someone from around here. I'll always be on the slow and steady at that point - our office is on campus so the car isn't warm enough by Aldi to give it any squirt.....


Griffith is the MX5 hotspot now is it? My red NA is out there as well. Jerrah's has a black hardtop and mine is red. Also see a silver NA in the carpark every day. I think I may have seen you once heading in from the highway side?

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Postby Old Dude » Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:47 pm

spotted a black NA hardtop with gold rims XXX07 Helensvale Rd 8.30am today
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Postby Uncle Arthur » Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:47 pm

Stingray wrote:
AJ wrote:
jerrah wrote:I was followed out of Griffith University Nathan campus today by an NA with MX 591? numberplates and a turbo badge on the back.


that'd be Uncle Arthur :mrgreen:



Griffith is the MX5 hotspot now is it? My red NA is out there as well. Jerrah's has a black hardtop and mine is red. Also see a silver NA in the carpark every day. I think I may have seen you once heading in from the highway side?


Highly likely - the car is pretty easily recognised :)
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Postby Crapweasel » Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:25 am

The very rare 4WD version SE today - ASE05's car up on stands. Sure, I'm designed for an MX5 at 5ft 7, but the top of the mudguards are now at chest level!

Later today we drop the transmission out and examine the clutch, which is likely due for replacement.

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Postby Granite Octopus » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:52 pm

Saw a nice Red NA on Oxley Rd (inbound) today at around 6pm. License ***-LWL.

Had a weird black rectangle on the nose, which I mistook for a blank numberplate at first. Perhaps a mounting point for a car bra?

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Postby SPy vs. SPy » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:12 am

Crapweasel wrote:
Later today we drop the transmission out and examine the clutch, which is likely due for replacement.




I thought he already had a million dollar "it'll never break" clutch in it already :shock:
Went for a drive and there were slow cars everywhere, why are NC's so common . . . must be NC = Normally Cardiganed.

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Postby Crapweasel » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:04 pm

SPy vs. SPy wrote:
I thought he already had a million dollar "it'll never break" clutch in it already :shock:


Um - yeah... clutch didn't look all that special once it was taken out - not a known brand, except for the "Race Clutch" sticker, which is apparently the name of the business... so pretty dodgy all round I reckon.
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Postby AJ » Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:08 pm

Spotted this morning on Newnham Rd Wishart, one very frustrated Minx in traffic :lol:............ Stewy looked like he was about to blow a valve after a woman in a 4WD nearly cleaned him up :evil: .....took me a while to get him to recognise me in the Isuzu, once he did, he demanded I run over the 4WD :lol: .....I politely declined, much as I'd like to run over the mongrels, it ain't worth the hassle :roll:
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Postby Crapweasel » Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:10 pm

Not QLD I know - but I but travelled to NSW at the weekend, and saw a nice looking red NA north of Moonbi, heading up the ranges, then the same one again heading south on Sunday on the way out of Tamworth - but this time, well south of the ranges.

Was the only MX5 I spotted on the New England Highway between Brisbane and Tamworth - I'm guessing it was Tamworth's only MX5 - apparently the Mazda dealership there only ever sold one, in 1993 - and they've never heard of an SE, SP or seen an NB in the flesh, let alone an NC. :shock:

Their main trade is BT-50's I'd imagine. Saw plenty of those!

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