My car.
I had to sell my old car due to rust, so I started looking over the Auto Trader website for one of these:

www.parkers.co.uk/cars/mazda/mx-5-1990.aspx
(Yes, a hairdresser's car)

My dad found a prime 2003 specimen with 35 - 36K on the clock in bright red with a hardtop. I was too scared to test drive it, so my dad examined it closely and thrashed it a little around a B-road.

I spent a little under £6K for it without even starting the engine myself.

I love it. Best impulse buy ever :)
(ElectricMonk is falling awake on, Thu 21 May 2009, 22:08, 2 replies)

yay..
i made a now ex buy one of these, i think she mibbie got to drive it twice in about 3 years..... i loved it, virtually never had the roof either :)
(cheese-on-toast, Thu 21 May 2009, 23:10, closed)

mx5
it's a brilliant car, vastly under rated.

Rear wheel drive, sliding fun on roundabouts, able to fly down the twisty b-roads - what is not to like!

oh, and hair dressers drive Boxsters these days.
(morse, Thu 21 May 2009, 23:41, closed)