Pre-Midlife Crisis

In December 2011, I found that my old faithful Peugeot 307 had some serious issues with the diesel system. I'd had the car for nearly seven years and it had been a solid and reliable workhorse. However, it was needing work done to the common rail fuel system, a new cam belt, some shocks and a sniff of electrical problem.. time to sell her on.

So in early January, on a cold and very wet day, I bought her replacement. It was a bit of a whim purchase, if I'm perfectly honest. I bought a 2001 MX-5 Isola from a local garage. I'm separated from my kids mother, so I really don't need a five seater car full time. (I do need a bigger car every other weekend of course, so I bought a cheap 306.. more about that on another blog.)

Here she is one the day I bought her. Remember I said it was raining? Well.... we stopped off for the five minutes where it stopped all day and took a couple of photos.

My Dad has had a couple of MX-5's over the years. He had a special edition Mk1 (99 of 250) BRG with tan interior a few years back and now owns a 2005 silver MK2.5. I have admit that I was pretty impressed with the old Mk1 he had - it drove like a dream. I don't really know why he ever got rid of it, but, hey... He seems pretty happy with his new one. 

All of this definitely affected my choice of two seater sports car. That and the seriously low cost. You get a lot of car for the money, whether you buy a Mk1 or Mk2. I'm not convinced about the MK3, but I'll no doubt wax lyrical about that in the future.

So far, I'm loving my purchase. I can't wait to get out there and get the lid down!