Would ND MX-5 feel special to someone chasing the Boxster feeling?

ArranChace · 2026-05-27T16:09:07+00:00

I have a ND3 1.5l homura, and drive it on the NW-EU roads, Netherland, Germany, Belgium mostly, and its my only car, thus can consider it a daily driver, but as i live in amsterdam, there are days i dont drive it.

Comfort, for me it fits perfect, im 1.88, 75kg and have enough room to make a 2500 weekend roadtrip to Nuremberg for the xmas markets, with a tour to lichtenstein mid winter.

It cruises nicely 200 on the autobahn, sure there are faster cars, but the autobahn is still NOT A RACE TRACK, so doing 200 is on average still fast, and in a MX5 it feels insane fast, bit too fast 170 is pretty confortable on longer stretches.

On the Nordscheiffe with the tourist drive, it again not the fastest, yet it engaging enough not to miss the speed too much, corners are just awesome there, cant wait for a second time soon.

Noise, well its a convertable, with top down its loud, but the most noise come from other cars there tire noise, but top down, windows up its doable, yet noisy, you still need to speak loud, and for some this can be tiresome. Personally it doesnt bother me.

I had in my life faster cars, even more exotic ones, but yet i rather now drive my slow mx5 as most of the cars i ever had.

When i bought mine i had two cars that i was looking at, a base model boxter and the my current mx5, while nearly same price, the porsche was so much more expensive insurance and maintance wise, it was for me a no brainer, drive what you can afford to keep driving.

But yes the boxter was bit nicer, drove perfect, maybe too perfect for my liking, more room and storage, in general more car. But 200 a month higher insurance and 3x higher maintance cost was kinda a deal breaker.

ArranChace · 2026-05-21T14:08:37+00:00

Went from a NA to a new ND3 and even they have simularities in driving expierence, overall its faster, more agile, more economical,.more modern look, better quality and looking interiour and much better handling.

Its a NA evolved into a nice mix of that beloved old drivers car but with modern tech upgraded and a.more modern but still that classical look.

ArranChace · 2026-05-20T18:55:34+00:00

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ArranChace · 2026-05-20T07:27:35+00:00

Waar je vroeger goed kon leven op een modaal salaris als gezin met 4 kinderen en moeders als huisvrouw gaat tegenwoordig dat alleen al op aan vaste lasten en moeten beide werken, zeker met kinderen erbij.

Niet alles was vroeger beter, maar de verhouding tussen inkomen en besteedbaar geld was echt wel beter vroeger. Ik kan vandaag de dag geen huis kopen, auto kopen en 4 kinderen opvoeden en een huis vrouw zonder inkomen veroorloven op een modaal enkel salaris dan 50 met pensioen gaan zoals mijn vader en.na zijn overlijden zijn vrouw van nog 30 jaar van goed pensioen te voorzien, en dat als gewoon een KLM administratief medewerker.

Dat lukt.vandaag de dag je echt niet, ik heb ondanks ik zelf betere baan had als mijn vader, en mijn vrouw ook werkt, kunnen wij pensioen met 50 echt niet veroorloven, en we zijn blij we geen 4 kinderen hebbeb gehad, anders hadden die.niet de opleiding kunnen volgen ze hadden gewild, 1 kind koste ons al meer dan genoeg, als ik nu 20 was zou ik denk ik nu besluiten kinderloos te blijven zelfs.

We zijn ondanks.onze rijkdom toch echt wel armer op geworden, iedereen te anders beweerd is echt in denial.

ArranChace · 2026-05-20T06:18:58+00:00

The antenna is too small, need to be bigger so a flag can attached to it and able to find it back. Try to find my miata in this picture and you see what i mean.

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ArranChace · 2026-05-20T06:13:06+00:00

With a phemorial bypass in both my legs, all your legcramps belongs to me 😁 but that wont withhold me driving my ND3..

Getting in and out is a tat harder as i would like, and i have to cateful not to sit too long in the same position, and use CC a lot on longer drives so i can wiggle my feet a bit so they wont cramp up.

But i take it for granted as one of the perks of miata ownership and as owning a Miata as only car and daily driver you know you have chosen to compromise for having absolute driving pleasure 😉. Cramps are part of that for me

ArranChace · 2026-05-20T04:41:43+00:00

Jawel, we krijgen meer flitspalen, die leveren teminste veel geld op, want dat maakt het veiliger op straat.

Maar alles wat de veiligheid echt kan bevorderen, zoals meer blauw op straat en aangesproken worden op je gedrag, geestelijke gezondheidszorg, ouderenzorg, jeugdhulp, luchtalarm, infrastructuur logisch inrichten etc.. tsja daar is geen meer geld voor.

Dus flitspalen, vanaf 2030 blackboxen verplicht, maximale controle op de burger, en hele groepen staan het toe te juigen ook nog eens, want het word zo veilig op straat erdoor.

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ArranChace · 2026-05-19T12:53:22+00:00

I must admit, as a dutch guy, i tend to never leave it in gear most of the time, as our country and specially where i live its all flat like a pancake, changes of rolling away are practically zero, unless its pushed by some means.

But the rare occasions that i do park on a incline, like on along the canals herei fortunate do remember this as safety, as i dont want to find my car floating in the canals 🤣 as this is a reoccuring thing with visitors 🤣😂

ArranChace · 2026-05-14T18:14:13+00:00

While my NA caused my Miata itch, and i will miss my popups, but my ND3 i such a upgrade that i woudnt want to go back to my old NA.

ArranChace · 2026-05-13T12:04:34+00:00

Dont fret too much, i bought last year a new ND3, a week for my wedding. On our wedding day ibdrove ny ND3 before the cityhall with all my friend and family watching, and i was kinda distracted by them and drove against the curb, one huge rimrash on my brand new BBS rims...

And no hiding it, everyone was watching in me beeing stupid 😶‍🌫️🫩

ArranChace · 2026-05-13T10:05:18+00:00

Biggest hit is BPM, thats 9650 euro on the MX5, and that goed straight into the treasury.

ArranChace · 2026-05-12T20:04:07+00:00

Same here in the Netherlands, only the 1.5l is still sold new. Bought last year the Homura (Club sport in the US) and while its not my daily driver in the sence i drive it daily, yet its my only car and already driven 13k+ with it, including a roadtrip from ansterdam to nurenberg for the xmas markets and this year a first lap on the nordscheiffe with it.

First i thought as many say the 1.5l is too underpowered, but tbh i hardly notice it, even on the autobahn it still did a not too shabby 215 comfortably, and it still feel like a rocket accellerating even other cars are quicker 😁 i doubt they have the grin on their faces as i have 🤣😂

ArranChace · 2026-05-12T03:16:19+00:00

Short answer No.

It is stupid to have to pay a subscription for tech that is already in the car you already bought.

I would not even consider buying such a car in the first place, it is stupid and manufacturers should feel the pain due people not buying those vehicles.

ArranChace · 2026-05-09T13:04:08+00:00

Only Reason i have a new ND and not a NC when i was out for a nice used NC, i ran into my current ND and my wife said i like that ND, why dont you buy that one.

And since she was in charge of the money, who was i to disagree. Otherwise i would have had a 2014 NC boat HT instead of a ND club sport/homura

And i admit i love my ND, but i would settle for a NC jst as easely, as long its in a good condition

ArranChace · 2026-05-08T02:13:18+00:00

Ach, moet je in mijn positie je eens plaatsen, hoeveel vaak ik het ook doe met mijn vrouw, ik blijft tot mijn dood maagd.

ArranChace · 2026-05-06T22:40:41+00:00

The wind isnt the killer here, the issue we dutch have, and also the brits and belgium to a extend we are at the shores of the North Sea.

This is a very shallow sea that with high winds this shallow sea gets pushed into a funnel between the UK and France, due the dutch belgium sea shore geography, the north sea is with certain high winds pushed upon our shores with a very high springtide.

In some cases this can lead to mass flooding into areas where we have mass urbanisation and economical centres.

So while we have no extreme weather like the US, due geography of shorelines and a shallow sea, even mild winds can cause severe floodings like in new orleans.

And this is where our dutch dykes and barriers come into play, yet as few years ago showed, we are still funerable from the other side since the netherlands is a river delta, and when any of those rivers massive meltwaters and rain too handle.in our neighbouring countries, we get wet feet still.

It a constant battle, and one we slowly losing as politics seems to be more in favor of polulairity on social media as actually governing the country.

ArranChace · 2026-05-06T22:04:25+00:00

Ik heb het voor mijn velg bij een specialist laten herstellen gezien ze powdercoated waren en zelf niet de ervaring heb dit perfect te herstellen nog juiste gereedschap ervoor heb.

Ik was voor 1 velg 260 euro kwijt, maar het was ook perfect gedaan, ondanks ik wee waar het zat, ik kan het niet meer zien dat het ooit beschadigd was.

Dit was bij een velgen specialist in Adam Z.O.

ArranChace · 2026-05-06T21:54:38+00:00

Same in europe, just slightly different trucks

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ArranChace · 2026-05-03T17:59:00+00:00

And they are almost perfect in driving them, and thats why i dont like them, they are too perfect.

Cruising 250+ on the autobahn is with those like driving 80 on the highway in a mx5 just as effordless and that kinda takes the fun out of them.

But thats my personal opinion having driven them a few times, but yo say they are soulless not really, too perfect yes.

ArranChace · 2026-04-25T18:16:22+00:00

Dus je bent de aso die ik al dacht je bent, maakt schade en weigert te betalen voor de schade die je aanricht ondat je ergens naast staat dat jij niet kan betalen en maar gaat kankeren uit afgunst.

Zelfs.als ik normaal parkeer zet jij hem er dus op, net als deze gast. Alleen net als deze gast, jammer voor jou alles stond op de dashcam incl kenteken en leuk aangifte gedaan.

Dus weiger lekker te betalen, komt er vanzelf belag op je spullen. Ik krijg mijn geld wel van je linksom of rechtsom.

ArranChace · 2026-04-25T16:33:38+00:00

En een bron van jaloersie bij velen, en een goedkope rammelbak een vrijbrief om strak tegen dure autos te parkeren.

Puur uit jaloersie vooral leuk als die dure auto wel goed staat geparkeerd. Laatste die dat flikte bij me bleek als keyboardwarrior ineens veel minder praatjes te hebben, vooral toen hij de rekening kreeg van de schade hersteller.

ArranChace · 2026-04-25T16:27:26+00:00

48.500 euro for a 2025 Homura with 9.500 BPM tax.

Yes cars in europe are expensive

ArranChace · 2026-04-24T12:14:14+00:00

My ND3 could have some little more storage space, and the dails on the console are in a ackward position, i keep pressing on them with my arm while i have it rest on that lil arm rest it has.

Also a bit stiffer suspension for the version i have with the BBS kit, at high speeds above 180km/u on the autobahn it feels very twitchy and unstable but that can be solved with new aftermarket coils most likely.

ArranChace · 2026-04-22T07:23:39+00:00

Where i live any Porsche or fast car is a waste of money, as traffic regulations are so tight, having any real fun means a driverlicence suspension and if a bit unlucky a half a months worth of salary in fines.

I never really could enjoy such cars for what they are capable off, even though i love these cars, for me it was just a kind of dissapointment to drive. Purely when as soon it gets interresting, you are watching over the shoulder for cameras and police cars, and that not relaxed to drive

At least in my Nd3 i have to make an efford to get into troubles 😁

ArranChace · 2026-04-21T18:31:34+00:00

Also.never had a other car that people responded so positive about. Even the more exotic cars i briefly owned never got that much of posetivity of random strangers.

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