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God I love MK1 MX5.
By now are the majority of them rust free as they've all been welded up, or this wishful thinking?
JamesNQ-
Wishful thinking.
How many have had proper repairs, if it was the cills, removing the outer, probably the middle and then the inner? Time and labour wise many many just had patches over the rusty bits. How many were correctly braced before the cutting and welding?
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Wishful thinking unfortunately. You've got to find the right car that's already been welded and then if it's not been rust proofed, take it for rust proofing, then baby it to keep it rust free.
Or don't do any of that and just enjoy it and get it patched when needed.
Mine was rust free, garaged, and barely driven when I bought it.
I did have it rust proofed but it wasn't the best job and it needs welding now but I'm ignoring it.
lynx
NurseHolliday
I've only got an MX5 as my track car so I've never thought it was worth forking out for insurance for that.
The next track I'd recommend after Brands would be Bedford.
It's flatter so less exciting, but you can go faster with lots of run off, and it's not too far away.
Likewise, Snetterton is a relatively easy journey (depending on which side of London you live) and there's plenty of room to test out some proper high-speed cornering, come off and not crash.
If you're looking for proper topography and exciting race circuits though, Donny and Anglesey should be on your list.