Eye-Q
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- Hamburg, Autobahnland
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- Mazda MX-5 NB ringmeet fashion accessory
As some (most) of you already were aware of I received a fuel card from work "to alleviate the exploding fuel prices" (which I'm grateful for, most other employers say "deal with it") and it gets filled up with 50 Euros per month for six months. First world problem though, I don't own a car anymore and the fuel card is personalized so I can't do anything with it except forfeiting it or buying a car to literally burn money...
Ringmeet is coming up and I thought about attending, and as I get the fuel for free that helps a lot with deciding what to do...
So I went and tapped the finalgear hivemind for a cheap and cheerful car and @public found one just 5 km away in the form of a 20 year old MX-5 NB with the "fashion bar" (which isn't a roll bar according to it's manual) for just 2k Euros.
It has a smidge under 180k under it's belt and pretty major scratches on the left side from sideswiping another car while parking, but from the test drive it's a hoot to drive, and that's the main thing. The rocker panels have been welded so they're solid, the top has been dyed from grey to black. I even have finalgear license plate brackets so they'll be the first (and likely the only) modification to the car in my possession. I think I'll sell it again when the fuel card is empty, it would be stupid to keep it when it's standing around 99.9% of the time.
Yes, that is an Alfa Romeo Giulia in the background in the second picture, it's one of the Alfas of my landlord and it already stood there when I moved in almost six years ago. It hasn't been touched since then and slowly rusts into the ground...
[edit 2022-07-17]
Uploaded a picture of the engine bay.
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Ringmeet is coming up and I thought about attending, and as I get the fuel for free that helps a lot with deciding what to do...
So I went and tapped the finalgear hivemind for a cheap and cheerful car and @public found one just 5 km away in the form of a 20 year old MX-5 NB with the "fashion bar" (which isn't a roll bar according to it's manual) for just 2k Euros.
It has a smidge under 180k under it's belt and pretty major scratches on the left side from sideswiping another car while parking, but from the test drive it's a hoot to drive, and that's the main thing. The rocker panels have been welded so they're solid, the top has been dyed from grey to black. I even have finalgear license plate brackets so they'll be the first (and likely the only) modification to the car in my possession. I think I'll sell it again when the fuel card is empty, it would be stupid to keep it when it's standing around 99.9% of the time.
Yes, that is an Alfa Romeo Giulia in the background in the second picture, it's one of the Alfas of my landlord and it already stood there when I moved in almost six years ago. It hasn't been touched since then and slowly rusts into the ground...
[edit 2022-07-17]
Uploaded a picture of the engine bay.
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