Corralejo 4½k

| Richard

Following my 5k route but turned off too early so the distance was less. Turned my left ankle 6 times on the rough/broken paths which didn’t help. Very warm and windy too.

Mazda MX-5 RF

| Richard

So the other night Mazda unveiled its new MX-5 RF at the 2016 New York Motor Show.

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Wow! I love the look of this. And it actually looks great with the roof up as well.

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So, a two seater fastback that looks great but this one looks like a Targa top as well. So do we trade-in the MX5 Sport Venture later this year when this RF becomes available or do we trade in the RX-8 R3 on the basis that the RX-Vision may not be released for a while yet, and then only as a two-seater?

Fourth Generation MX5 Launch

| Richard

We were lucky enough to be invited along last August to the UK launch of the fourth generation Mazda MX5 and very impressive it was too: I can see why it has won many Car of the Year type awards.

Here are some of my photos from the day.

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Mazda MX-5 RF

| Richard

So the other night Mazda unveiled its new MX-5 RF at the 2016 New York Motor Show.

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Wow! I love the look of this. And it actually looks great with the roof up as well.

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So, a two seater fastback that looks great but this one looks like a Targa top as well. So do we trade-in the MX5 Sport Venture later this year when this RF becomes available or do we trade in the RX-8 R3 on the basis that the RX-Vision may not be released for a while yet, and then only as a two-seater?

Fourth Generation MX5 Launch

| Richard

We were lucky enough to be invited along last August to the UK launch of the fourth generation Mazda MX5 and very impressive it was too: I can see why it has won many Car of the Year type awards.

Here are some of my photos from the day.

24 Months Later…

| Richard

So here we are at the end of March 2016. The RX-8 R3 has just had another annual service and is showing over 84,000 miles up and is still being driven like I stole it.

The trouble with it is that there’s no real replacement … just yet?

On the horizon we may, just may, have one in the shape of the Mazda RX-Vision.

How cool is that?

Sadly it’s only a two seater and not a 2+2 as the RX-8 is, but who knows? At this stage it’s a concept.

Or should we go for the Mazda MX-5 RF (Retractable Fastback)?

Week 10 Day 1 Bristol Running

| Richard

Back after a month’s break due to illness and it was a cold, wet and windy run from the hotel. It did prove that there’s no such things as bad weather, just bad kit and mine was fine … thank goodness! New kit included my new Nike Flyknit Lunar 3 iD shoes.