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It's a great shout, quite tempted to trade the cayman for one (just for varsity), but not seen many for 40k.

Thanks and have fun at Spa, super jealous.

I'm running the PS5 on the MX5 for mixed road and track use, enjoying it so far and there's no shortage of grip on the road, it does get a bit cooked on track after 15 mins or so. Which got me wondering is there something out there that's better (in a 17 inch size) for the track but without going full semi slick and having to change wheels at track or stay indoors when it's raining?

Just be patient and stay glued to AT and PH, one will crop up. I personally wouldn't get too precious about Chrono. I seldom use it on the PDK, Sport is plenty fast through the gears and the throttle map and shift points are fine, unless you really want to go for it. When I am in that kind of mood, I want the paddles. A working PSE is a must though, watch for seized valves on the exhaust, I had to replace mine (£1200) as they were totally stuck and I was missing out on the noise - can't think of many better sounding OEM cars when you're giving it the beans. I don't know if the Alcantara headliner is optional on the S but it's a really nice touch.

I spent ages trying to find the first three of those, then gave up and went to GTS - make it 45 and you can have mine! In all seriousness, I had a major service recently and also added plugs and new PDK fluid, it was £1100 at a specialist. That’s every 2 years/20k miles, so i was quite pleased. I’ve also done oil and brake fluid in between the suggested intervals. 40+ mpg on a relaxed motorway run, less under normal circumstances but still 20+

Fixed that for you mate.

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Looks rubbish, rather be in Yorkshire 😜

Nothing at all, it's a spam account, some slip through - if you see similar in future, please just report the post so we get a notification to have a look - ta.

phwoooarr, that's a beaut - welcome along.

Is this ready yet??? I'm sooooo excited!!!

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Wow, what an amazing meet. Huge shout out to you @davey_83 for making this happen. Even getting a small event going is hard work, but something this big is amazing. Well done and thank you for all the effort that goes into it. So pleased you got the weather and turnout this deserved, awesome job organising and thanks also for the YouTube of it all. Top work.

Don’t do that again

Went to visit the fam up in the Lakes on Saturday, weather was not heat wave standard but it made for a couple of moody shots.

Not at all, the day was great and whilst contact would have really upset the apple cart, all’s well that ends well. Most of the straights are passing by consent, but that section is strictly no passing in the briefing. Like most things in life, it would work perfectly if there no bellends to contend with.

Another fun day out in the Miata, this time at Blyton with opentrack, who put on a good day without too many cars and with some tuition opportunities thrown in for free too. Always good to get some feedback, especially after you’ve been around a track a fair bit and not making any headway. A couple of new lines, a new turn in point and a new brake marker and I’d took 1.5 seconds off - all for free and with no shipping time from Japan! Since the last run out at Caldwell, she’s now got powerflex bushes all over the front and rear suspension bits and speaking of suspension, Ohlins all around too. This is my first foray into coilovers, so I’m excited to tinker. Big shout out to the guys at BBR GTI who fitted the lot and set me up with their stock alignment to work from. First impressions are that the slightly scary floaty feel is gone, with much reduced pitch and roll, which is what I’d hoped for from the coilovers. I always felt a bit like I was bouncing around a bit with the car, instead of it going for a drive with me. It’s still sensible on the road, but obviously I now feel every change in road surface via the bushes. Little highlight reel of some red flags, couple of my laps and a non-consensual overtake - now I know how it feels to be violated #metoo Plus a few snaps. On the downside, the brakes have gone weird. I changed the pads for my first track day and all was perfect. Then on the last one at Cadwell I had a bit of a scary moment when I got to one of the bigger braking zones and had MUCH less stopping power. I put this down to pad fade, but similar happened at Blyton and before I’d got them particularly hot. I noticed that if I double tapped the brakes, I got a nice firm pedal and the pads were still working fine I don’t think it’s just air in the pedal, it doesn’t feel like the traditional sponge. Maybe pad knock back, possibly from less than perfect disks that have been on there forever??? Open to suggestions on this one gang.

Sounds mint. 👌🏼

Easiest way is to upload to YouTube and post here.

Little one from this year's trip to the frozen north.

Yay, another MX5 friend. The FI thing is interesting, I’d love it for track but don’t really need it for road (occasional overtakes). On track I spent so much time hustling in the corners up to people only for them to nail it on the straight and then park on the next apex. One thing I’m defo doing is Ohlins coils and replacement bushes. It’s mainly for track and I’m hoping this will only improve things.

I tired to read it but got defeated by the all the garbage. Is there a rate per mile quoted anywhere amongst the clickbait and comparison with non-assisted?

Top down is terrible for aero and I can’t afford to give any speed away on the long straights! Drove home with it down 😎

Little bit of in car. My Mx5 and my mate's Mini posting very similar times. Me finding out the brakes were a bit warm - about half way into the big braking zone