John wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:21 pm
When I sold my supercharged mx5 I advertised it for £10995 and had very little interest and I think it eventually sold for 10k.
Modified mx5s are a weird market and this is a massive generalisation but most mx5 buyers don't know one end of a spark plug from the other and aren't interested in mechanical modifications. It was a great car to drive though but I prefered standard ones that you could rag to death and not be too worried about hitting big speeds in a short period of time. Perhaps I should have tracked it to appreciate it more
I know what you mean abut the market, modified cars arent appreciate by the average mx5er, especially on a special edition. I was told that I had knocked half the value off the car. My last one was for sale for some time, I didn't have many enquires, but all were serious and I ended up getting what paid for the car (some man maths to overlook some of the cost of the mods).
That looks cool, I also owned a silver prht which was a great car, but they really did improve these with the ND, 2019 on especially. I agree that pushing a standard one is a lot of fun, I have been very close to buying another, with a 6 year warranty and upgraded tech. But having already owned a super 220 is the only reason I dont have a 5th mx5 sat on the drive right now.
Avoiding salt of course.
