Spotted VIC TAS - Post your sightings here!

Pokmx5 · Postby **Pokmx5** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:03 am

I dont get people are like, Its to hot to have to roof down.. WTF.. whats the point of having an mx5 if the roof is up?

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:39 pm

eskimo wrote:Did you see my car? it was parked just to the left of the exit gate, it now has a black hardtop, racetech mirrors and different plates, Oh and it's a bit filthy.

No, didn't see the Clubman, although got there about 11am & left at about 4pm, so may be you arrived & departed between these times. Also, as I departed I looked to the right to check out the parked dark coloured NC, which might have distracted me from the Clubman if it was still parked to the left.

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:51 pm

Pokmx5 wrote:I dont get people are like, Its to hot to have to roof down.. WTF.. whats the point of having an mx5 if the roof is up?

I hate having the top down in summer.

Mine generally only comes off at night, or when it's not too sunny.
Stuff getting baked in the sun, skin cancer et al.

Pokmx5 · Postby **Pokmx5** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:44 pm

Yea ok, turn your aircon and have the roof down and slip slap slop.

eskimo · Postby **eskimo** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:39 pm

93_Clubman wrote: so may be you arrived & departed between these times.

Yeah, 12.30 till 2.30ish, 1.5 hr trip back home from there.

username wrote:WTF.. whats the point of having an mx5 if the roof is up?

An MX5 is more than just a convertable, I,ve never dríven mine with the roof down and got a hard top as soon as one became
available. I wish Mazda had made a serious production hardtop, I would have got one of those instead. More to the point
why would you have an MX5 if you didn't drive it around corners so fast that your spine hurts.

Oh yeah, saw a nice NA leaving the car show at Mornington, white, black roof & wheels, dude with wild hair driving.

Entice · Postby **Entice** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:26 pm

eskimo wrote: I wish Mazda had made a serious production hardtop, I would have got one of those instead. More to the point
why would you have an MX5 if you didn't drive it around corners so fast that your spine hurts.

They did.

Based on the NB, a coupe was made, JDM.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3928565/2 ... miata-mx-5
Gorgeous looking car too in my opinion

eskimo · Postby **eskimo** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:08 pm

SERIOUS prod, not a limited build (and tacky looking IMO) fastback thing.

"EDIT" Sorry just checked link, it does look better than the one I saw for sale in Japan a year or so ago but still not what I getting at.

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:39 pm

eskimo wrote:it does look better than the one I saw for sale in Japan a year or so ago but still not what I getting at.

One FS in Japan might have been the NA Coupe (as opposed to the NB Coupe) - also few in number - less than the NB from memory.

eskimo · Postby **eskimo** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:55 pm

Hey Paul, No it was an NB, can't remember where I saw it, remember it was approx 35-40,000 aus $, you'd really have to have wanted it.
I've seen pics of a (I think) factory built yellow NA which looked quite good but I'm sure i've seen a pic of a standard NA that had the hardtop integrated
into the body work and that looked really good (sort of like an Elan coupe)

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:45 am

eskimo wrote:No it was an NB, can't remember where I saw it, remember it was approx 35-40,000 aus $, you'd really have to have wanted it.

Ah ok - MX5racing imported a couple of NB Coupes:
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=28187
Pics:
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=38537&p=500299
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=46006

eskimo wrote:I've seen pics of a (I think) factory built yellow NA which looked quite good but I'm sure i've seen a pic of a standard NA that had the hardtop integrated into the body work and that looked really good (sort of like an Elan coupe)

Yeah, that factory NA Coupe in yellow looks good, & the otherwise standard NA with the hardtop integrated into the body rings a bell.

jorgan92 · Postby **jorgan92** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:17 pm

http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/t/11446.aspx

About halfway down theres the NA Garage Vary one. which is pretty tough.

Doug Danger · Postby **Doug Danger** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:54 pm

Spotted, well heard the dose first from a white na mx5 turbo coming down queens Pde, glen iris. Exhaust was burbling and cracking on liftop. Sounded great 2pm. Also saw a red na with rollcage heading down glen iris rd 7pm

username · Postby **username** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:54 pm

Saw a P plater with a white NA with hardtop and what looks to be a racing beat bumper? about 2 weeks ago at knox

NA Fun · Postby **NA Fun** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:06 pm

Parked next to a Red nb8b with NB8B plates in Southbank.

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:13 pm

^ That would be Stu.

Also, just about every morning I see a Red NA (cant see driver, car stock) heading down Alma Road, St Kilda.

I also often see a White NA (lady driver) with a rollbar, and a silver sunshade attached to the visors heading down as well.