Well, after all that faffing about I have chickened out of silly car ownership for the moment. I've decided to leave it for a few months until I have more cash and take advantage of the normal convertible winter price drop.

I'm going to buy something cheaper and "sensible" in the meantime, while I get the MX5 fixed (I'll probably sell the MX5 as soon as it is fixed).

Of course, "sensible" probably means a 5-door Subaru Impreza WRX. Looks like I can get a decent one for around £12-13k. The plan is to keep this as my second car when I finally get the "silly" car.
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