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Post by Marlon » Mon May 22, 2017 12:07 pm

Excellent review here:

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Post by Smartbear » Mon May 22, 2017 12:19 pm

Are you being tempted Marlon? :o
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Post by Marlon » Mon May 22, 2017 12:21 pm

:D If the Z4 didn't exist, I'd be considering a test drive at least :D

These guys love it:

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Post by Smartbear » Mon May 22, 2017 12:29 pm

I think I prefer the top disappearing completely when down, I always thought my Elise looked a bit awkward with the rear window buttresses still in place & the top off :|
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Post by Marlon » Mon May 22, 2017 12:36 pm

Yeah I know what you mean Rob - top down needs to be totally open, 360 degrees.
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Post by Smartbear » Mon May 22, 2017 12:49 pm

Voila :|
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Post by Kingfisher » Tue May 23, 2017 11:09 am

I agree with you about the Elise ... I kept my top on full time. I sold it after 6 months because I couldn't get in and out of it! Nice to drive but only on billiard table roads! Still, I p/exed it for the Z4 which my back much prefers! I suppose it did me a favour really!
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Post by Matt64 » Tue May 23, 2017 12:48 pm

It IS Very pretty though :oops:
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Post by ben g » Wed May 24, 2017 4:55 pm

Saw one of these a few days ago, parked up. Looked absolutely dreadful. The roof part OS far too high for the rest of the car.

It actually looks like a cut and shut.
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Post by Marlon » Wed May 24, 2017 8:26 pm

ben g wrote: Wed May 24, 2017 4:55 pm Saw one of these a few days ago, parked up. Looked absolutely dreadful. The roof part OS far too high for the rest of the car.

It actually looks like a cut and shut.

It's a very strange thing the new MX-5. I've mentioned this somewhere else on here, but you are dead right - in the flesh they just don't look right. I can only comment on the rag top version as I haven't seen the RF yet, but its just looks wrong somehow :scratchhead:
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Post by mr wilks » Wed May 24, 2017 8:55 pm

Marlon wrote: Wed May 24, 2017 8:26 pm
ben g wrote: Wed May 24, 2017 4:55 pm Saw one of these a few days ago, parked up. Looked absolutely dreadful. The roof part OS far too high for the rest of the car.

It actually looks like a cut and shut.

It's a very strange thing the new MX-5. I've mentioned this somewhere else on here, but you are dead right - in the flesh they just don't look right. I can only comment on the rag top version as I haven't seen the RF yet, but its just looks wrong somehow :scratchhead:
They also look tiny when you get up to them , ive had a early MX5 many many years ago , ok it was fun , for a while :roll: a short while :oops:
I wouldn't want to upset the many MX5ers who arrive at the Z4 but they do so for good reasons :wink: same as i did , they are just Ok if you can't be arsed to search for something better ( German )
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Post by DPG » Wed May 24, 2017 8:56 pm

Saw a white one in Huddersfield and it looked wrong.

Maybe in another colour it would look better

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Post by MACK » Wed May 24, 2017 9:09 pm

I prefer its Fiat sister in the looks department.
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Post by EssexZed » Sun May 28, 2017 5:26 pm

I came to the Z4 from a Mk3 MX5 with the folding hardtop. It was a good drive and reliable but the cabin was cramped and noisy and the luggage space was tiny also. Taking it on a two week holiday proved a challenge for the wife and I because the storage spaces in the cabin were inadequate to cope with all the usual stuff, phones, keys, wallets, sun cream :D etc. The boot wouldn't even accommodate a couple of reasonable sized hold-alls which resulted in us taking our clothes in black bin bags so as to be able to use every last square inch of space.

The new Mazda is even smaller (there's not even a glovebox in the cabin!) so for anything but a weekend blast around the lanes to end up at a nice pub for lunch, I'm sure it would quickly prove too restrictive as an everyday driver or to take on holiday.

There's really no comparison between the Mazda and the BMW. The Z4 is roomier, more comfortable, refined and in my opinion much more satisfying to own and drive - but then the Mazda is so much cheaper - you pay your money and take your choice!

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Post by Marlon » Sun May 28, 2017 8:36 pm

a great comparison and insight into Mk3 MX-5 ownership EssexZed :thumbsup:
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