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For years I had been thinking about one day buying a Mazda MX-5.
When my dear wife Ine passed away in 2015, the time when we had rented a beautiful red 1993 MX-5 NA for the day became a treasured memory.
For old timeʼs sake, it would have to be an early red roadster just like that.
On my retirement, Iʼd bought a classic motorcycle, returned to work part-time and gone on annual walking trips following the route from Holland to Santiago de Compostela in north-western Spain.
It was on 2019ʼs trip, from Limoges, France, to the Spanish border, that I hurt my back and had to return home much earlier than expected. With time to spare, I found myself browsing cars.
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Near the top of the Austrian Alps on owner Cor’s 4000km road trip, remembering his late wife Ine
Late one evening, I saw a red, one-owner 1993 MX-5 NA for sale with only 38,000km (24,000 miles).
Iʼd looked at MX-5s over the years, but always been disappointed by rusty bodies, dirty interiors or poor mechanicals.
So I had my reservations, but I called the seller immediately. I took a lot of extra painkillers for my back, because this couldnʼt wait…