First post on mx5cartalk, so hello! Joined up recently as I am looking at buying a NB off a friend of mine, am a bit of a petrolhead so naturally forums are the go for making new friends and finding info
yes I am 6"4' and lanky so most people think I would be way too big for an mx5
bit of history/photos as i know it's always interesting
i'm 23, still at uni (changed degrees, time off for travelling yada yada so a bit behind) and living in sydney
Bought a subaru liberty (6spd man, 3L boxer 6) as my first car, 2.5 years, 50000-odd kms on it, a lot of fun, lots of modifications, tinkering and learning (including a DIY vinyl wrap as you can see in photos!. coils/wheels/sways, grilles, spoilers/lips, lights, interior touches, headers/mids/3-4 sets of mufflers, tune, you name it i probably did it). stupidly sold it (as they've lost barely any value since i sold it at the beginning of 2013) to buy a depreciating euro-mobile BMW 135i
whiiiiiich was a lot of fun. worked a lot all summer before to afford it (still had to finance half!), promised myself i was buying it to save money on not doing modifications (which I did follow, only changed the wheels and put a tune on it...hello 240 rwkw. amazing engines).
unfortunately the money saved on "not modifying it" went towards depreciation as this fine car cost me $8k in depreciation for just 8 months of ownership. sold it as i moved out of home to the inner city area, and could walk to work and uni so couldn't afford to keep it.
I've been car-less for almost 10 months now, borrowing friends ones occasionally and using goget also, but have recently just really wanted to have a car and some freedom again. A mate i know from school is selling his NB once his NA is turbocharged, so curious to drive one I went and took it for a spin and was instantly hooked. borrowed it again to test it out on a longer highway drive and all was good comfort-wise, so have committed to buying it!
will get it in january sometime, and probably going to try refrain from modifications (except maybe a nice set of wheels!)
hopefully will be able to get along to meetups/drive days when I can as well
Cheers, Ed
blue lips at one stage for shits and gigs...copped so much attention and hate hahah
And very nice BMW, those 135s are wicked.
And with your height, a seat is quite likely too. 
