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2026. 9. 27. 작업

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I have been watching these for a while now, probably getting on for 2 years, but haven't needed to change my car until now. My NB MX-5 of 8 years was about to fail its MOT in spectacular fashion and with a new job coming up next month I needed to change to something that was still going to be cheap to run but also entertain when required, as well as comfortable enough to be commutable in, in all weathers. Also with an expanding young family I also needed something that could do the occasional school/nursery run.Ideally I was after a 5 door, a bit newer and lower mileage, but one Sunday aftern

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I'm playing catch up with this thread as I bought the car about 6 weeks ago. I had about a month before it was pressed into daily service so I had some time to address any issues I came across so here are a few things I have sorted.First up was the clean, the outside wasn't too bad but the interior hadn't been shown much love so it was given a damn good clean. I've not had a black car for a while, they always look so good when clean and shiny. The exhausts looked like they had never really had a proper clean so I ended up sanding them lightly with some wet and dry and polishing them with some Angelwax Alchemy which is a specific metal polish, they came up a treat.Then I booked it in for a wheel refurb and got them to fit the new tyres. I went for an anthracite finish on the powder coating which I am very happy with, and the new tyres are a transformation.Not the best pics as they were still covered in tyre fitting gunk but I was excited for my new wheels.The gear change can be a bit notchy on these when cold, they are a cable shifter too so not the greatest shift in the world, night and day when compared with my MX5 which had a phenomenal sensation to the gear shift. I won't get close to that but anyway some preventative maintenance consisting of some fresh Redline gear oil.The engine is chain driven so not much to worry about there as it has had regular oil changes, but the 2 aux belts were looking their age and had no evidence of being replaced, at £10-£15 a piece it's a no brainer. One of the rear calipers was squealing slightly so all 4 calipers were stripped and sliders greased, the caliper in question may need replacing in the not too distant future but for now it is working fine. Rear pads were also replaced with OEM spec Brembo items.Aircon has been regassed, air was blowing cool but not cold. The garage said there wasn't actually any gas left so could be leaking, but it passed the leak test, another one to monitor but fingers crossed it is ok.I also replace