The dream of a small sports car-sharing the mental journey of Mazda MX-5

Off-topic, in the matter of choosing a car, I have basically taken the minority route for many years. 15 After getting the driver's license in April, I chose a second-hand Honda Platinum Rui, 12 car, which is in good condition. Since then, my senior year has followed me everywhere, sharing weal and woe and never giving up halfway, witnessing many major events in my life.

The power and configuration of the 2.4L sub-top model are sufficient, and the key quality is really good [hee hee] [hee hee] [hee hee].

19 1 month, considering the growth of children and the travel needs at home, my family bought a "don't touch me" SUV, so in most cases, the SUV became a commuter vehicle, and my senior year stopped in the underground garage to eat ash [cry] [cry] alas ... Is this the so-called liking the new and hating the old?

19 In the second half of the year, a very good friend said he wanted to buy my big idea, so he sold it to him at a friendly price. In fact, when I sold my car, my heart was really tangled, but since I promised my friend, there is no reason to go back on my word. At least I can see her from time to time ... the dividing line ——————————? After selling the car for several months, I'm thinking about buying a car again. After all, it is not a small expense to take a taxi home from work every day (because of work reasons, my wife basically drives home when she is late from work). Coupled with the sudden outbreak at the beginning of the year, I am worried that it is not safe to take a taxi and it is not easy to sit. Just buy another car. ? At this time, I remembered the super-spirited old BMW 320 standard axle in the underground garage of the residential area where I lived before, so I set my eyes on the so-called most beautiful BMW 3 Series E46. Accidental? I saw a 330ci in 2004 on the idle fish, and thought it was probably my favorite. Straight six engine, 252 horsepower, soft top convertible, owner changed beautiful wheels ... [color] [color]

Look energetic [snickering] [snickering] [snickering]

(But I still have to spit it out: I really can't appreciate the Japanese and wind interiors posted by the owners. So I added the seller's WeChat. Later, I learned that the seller is still a full-time seller of wheels, doing maintenance and modification, and people are quite real. Here, some people may ask, is this guy running in the wrong forum? [snickering] [snickering] [snickering] Look at the official, calm down and listen to me slowly ... Based on the basic knowledge of BMW, Audi and other brands, such as burning oil, engine or gearbox oil leakage, I still can't help but ask some friends' opinions. I was deeply impressed by a remark made by an old brother, that a BMW above 10 should not be called a BMW, but a "sick donkey" (for example, an old friend of BMW patted [fuels]). ? As a result ... MX-5 surfaced, and it was this bad friend who published the "Sick Donkey Theory" that gave me earlier medicine. However, it is not easy to find a car in good condition. According to the predecessors in the forum, there are cars with 8 beats and 10. The second-hand car market in Ningbo is rumored to be "bottomless", and it is more reliable to drag acquaintances and friends to find it. ? It is said that buying and selling can't be true, so the brother who sells wheels and cars has become the biggest pusher for me to find MX5. In his own words, Xiao Chen this wild way, there are a lot of malicious words! [Naughty] [Naughty] [Naughty] This fellow is really wild. A few days later, he told me that he had an MX5 to sell and asked him to look at the car in his shop. So I started the journey of becoming attached to MIATA.

When I first met you, you were so beautiful [shy] [shy] in the crowd.

March 1, meet the owner as agreed, and test drive on the elevated bridge. Because it rained that day, I didn't dare to drive too fast, and the overall feeling was not bad. The chassis of this car is very neat. After returning to the store, the elevator was hoisted to check the chassis, shock absorber, engine and gearbox. There is basically no problem, and there is no sign of oil leakage. The hut was opened and cleaned. It seems that the original owner is also a car lover. There are no major accidents or signs of soaking in water in the details. Is it the "best" car condition in 2009?

The engine room is clean [strong] [strong] [strong]

Next, I talked to the owner about the car's past. The first owner, a woman from Hangzhou, bought it in 2009 and drove more than 60,000 kilometers. The maintenance records of the entire 4S shop are complete. The second owner is a young man, about 20 thousand kilometers in two years, but this young man has been tossing this car, but only through the brake calipers painted green (red with green? What do you think). The third owner is Agassi, a middle-aged man who sells my car. He asked a third party to make an inspection report before collecting the car. The inspection report is basically consistent with the judgment of my friends and me: there is no major accident and no soaking water. Basically relieved, the price was negotiated on the same day and the deposit was paid. However, there is an episode: the owner accidentally hit the wing beam and engine guard plate by a big stone on the road a few days ago, which needs maintenance. The owner's eldest brother wants to keep the license plate, so the transfer time is about March 25. [torture] [torture] [torture]? During the period, the owner's eldest brother went to the 4S shop to replace all the damaged wing spars and engine guards with new ones (more than 8 thousand insurance); And I started all kinds of ups and downs to turn Little Red Five into my heart. It is divided into the following chapters: 1, body color-the red paint of the original car is not bad, but personally I think it looks a little old-fashioned, and I look a little girly driving a red car; But red is very popular with my wife and mother-in-law. Later, after receiving the car, I washed the car and took photos. The car paint is really good.

Bright!

The first thing to do after receiving the car is to "change shoes"

Black mamba, in memory of big brother

Dumb face

Little ass

But this car should be my car most of the time, and finally it was changed to gray, which is almost the same as the gray of the first car-the car hasn't arrived yet, and the car film has been booked. It's too impatient.

I clicked this color after watching the vibrato video. Actually, it was an impulse. I ordered the color sample without looking. I am silently worried about whether it will look good [pie mouth] [pie mouth] [pie mouth]

On-site construction, worried about the effect of posting, secretly went to the factory to have a look.

I went to the indoor light in the evening. This color is different from what I expected. [Cry] [Cry] [Cry]

You can [smile] [smile] When you shoot in the sun, you apply for a movie to change your license.

Atmosphere, eye-catching color, platinum steel ash like nd. The original tires and wheels must be replaced when replacing.

2. Wheels and tires-On the day of receiving the car, another brother who drove the mx5 (who met him that day) gave advice, saying that you'd better replace the wheels and tires first after buying a car. The original tire size of this car is easy to shake off on the slippery road. My eldest brother said the same thing when he sold the car, so he integrated the opinions of several brothers who drive mx5, sell MX5 and sell wheels, customized a new set of wheels and changed it to 265438. The customized wheel hub was drawn by the owner of BMW 330ci, with the original center hole size and wheel hub data 17*7.5? Painted in black, Et38 has reserved a place for refitting 330 brake discs (it seems that men know that I will change the brakes sooner or later [tears]).

Hub cover is customized according to my requirements, MAMBA will never come out, but big brother will always be in his heart [fist]

The original green calipers were painted red with self-spray paint when changing the wheels, at least they didn't look disobedient.

In the end, we chose MC5 with a relatively balanced comprehensive capacity, with a size of 2 15? 45? R 17. A treasure bought a 360 built-in tire pressure detector, and didn't want the external sensor to destroy the beauty of the wheel hub itself. [snickering] [snickering] [snickering]? By the way: the wheel tires were ordered before the car arrived. Why am I in such a hurry? ? 3, shock absorbers and brakes-when the car was collected, the owner's big brother just changed two original rear shock absorbers, probably because he was poisoned by the rider who changed the Bode twisted tooth shock absorber. Of course, in order to reduce the body, at the suggestion of the brothers in the modification workshop, he finally chose the DWD street version with relatively high cost performance. I didn't intend to change the brakes, but when I was driving at high speed, I felt that the brakes of the original car were soft and I didn't have enough confidence (probably because I changed the tires with a slightly wider width to get better grip). At the suggestion of my brothers in the refitting workshop, I ordered a ROTORA caliper with four pistons and a 330 wicker disc.

Adaptive numerical control

The red color of the brake kit looks much better.

Install shock absorber and brake.

Completely filled, full and powerful. Pro-test the original brake pump to push the four pistons.

At present, it has been driven for about 1500 km, and the braking performance is ok. The stiffness of the shock absorber should be slightly adjusted, and other deficiencies have not been found for the time being. ? 4, taillight-speaking of this taillight, the poisoning is entirely due to the picture of a predecessor in the forum. . .

It is you! This taillight is so handsome! ?

I don't know this Japanese either! What should I do? Find someone! A friend of a friend entrusted a friend to send a picture to Japan with a frame number. As a result, he told me that I could place an order. The delivery time is about one month, and the price is as shown above. Pay the full amount immediately and wait.

The order was placed on March 2nd and arrived on March 30th [hee hee] [hee hee] [hee hee]

Why is this lamp worth so much money? In addition to the face value, the lamp holder is hand-made, and the Haila LED bulb used as the light source has excellent waterproof measures! -You got what you paid for. ...

New taillights VS original taillights, who would you choose?

It also looks good with this body color.

At the same time, the taillights were changed, and the headlights were replaced by LED high beam bulbs, which greatly improved the brightness and ensured safety [hee hee]? 5, oil and water, accessories, health care-except for the coolant, almost all changed.

Great health food

List:? A. fast horsepower 5W-30 all synthetic engine oil 5L? B. 6L Conde transmission oil, gravity-changed, used to replace steering power oil? C. Replace the gearbox filter element and oil pan gasket (same as Reiz) and clean the gearbox oil pan? Have you eaten? SL6 brake oil? NGK iridium spark plug? F. Denso a pair of speakers and bid farewell to the battery car speakers completely? Pour G.HSK's DSR engine cleaner (antidote) into the engine, idle for 30 minutes, and then put in the engine oil. The oil is black, so it may be useful. Add a bottle of DDR fuel additive (poison) after refueling? H a pair of original engine feet, original differential oil, Liu Ma intake manifold solenoid valve, original air filter, original belt, original hood lining (original car was bitten by a rat) ... I can think of so much, and I will update it later. ? After the big health care, the idle vibration becomes very small, the throttle response feels much better, there is no sense of frustration, and the engine sound is good. We have to continue to understand it carefully and slowly.

After running back from the mountain, I washed it for nothing and posed beautifully.

Side face. When pasting the film, I specially pasted tremella.

This is the most beautiful angle of MX5!

A telephone operation is even more powerful, and everything purchased and replaced is basically in place before the transfer, except for the Japanese taillights. Thank you for your support and help these days. I'm also glad that MX-5 is close to my ideal appearance ... but I may consider decorating the interior [soldier] [soldier] [soldier] in the future? After tossing, I accomplished a feat: during the Qingming holiday, I went back to my hometown by car (one of the epidemic factors was that the cart was driven away by my family, so I made another trip), which was the most blocked trip between Huangshan and Ningbo in history. Went to 10 hour, came back for 7 hours [crying] [crying] and came back for 3 days … even the bones hurt! It's too hard not to drive after more than 2 hours of high speed! However, the total mileage of *** 1200 km has really made me know more about Xiao 5, and the new brakes are basically running in, and the effect of oil circuit health care has also come out ... or is it a great gain [pride] [pride]? Some people may say that it is unwise for you to spend this money on an impractical big toy! Are you crazy to spend so much money on refitting? ! Some people will say, "Look at him, spending money on a second-hand sports car, or a small Japanese Mazda, so poor!" Others said, "Hey! Is your car expensive? Really rich! " I can't stop the long crowd and I don't ask everyone to understand me. The 35-year-old uncle has to seize the tail of youth and be willful [snickering] [snickering] Although youth has long gone with the years, people still have to keep some love and obsession in their hearts. Because of love, life is a little more colorful. Because of love, "she" has become a unique little girl in the world [hee hee] [hee hee] [hee hee].

Take a walk in the mountains in a convertible. There are always some refreshing sights that meet unexpectedly. In fact, it is worth it!