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Everyone knows the Mazda MX-5.

Small. Cute. “Hairdresser’s car.”

But where did that reputation come from… and is it completely wrong?

In this episode of Cheap Thrills, we dig into one of the most misunderstood cars ever made.

From the Clarkson-era stigma to the reality of what it’s actually like to drive, and ultimately.. why if you haven’t driven one properly roof down, revved out and on a great road, then you might not fully understand what makes the car fun.

🎙 Cheap cars. Big opinions. No snobbery.

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We thought we’d fixed it.

After everything, the oil leak, the stress, the near disaster, the RCZ was finally right.

So we took it to Dartmoor National Park to prove it. And for a while… it was perfect.

Clean. Smooth. Effortless. The kind of drive that makes you believe you’ve turned a corner.

So we stopped.

A rainbow behind the car.
One of those rare moments where everything just feels… right.

Then it changed.

Stranded again with a car that had just decided it wasn’t fixed after all.

What followed was a roadside repair that shouldn’t have worked… but somehow did.

And just when we thought we’d regained control…

A Honda Jazz appeared out of nowhere, driven like it was qualifying for Le Mans—and completely stole the moment.

The RCZ lives.

For now.

Next stop: the Nürburgring.

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BUYER BEWARE is the series where we expose the scams, tricks and tactics nobody tells you about when buying or selling cars.

This episode?

They don’t message.
They don’t email.

👉 They turn up.

In this episode of Cheap Thrills, I break down the in-person buyer scams that can cost you thousands from coordinated callers, to groups arriving on your driveway, to the psychological tricks that make a perfectly good car suddenly sound broken.

If you’re selling a car privately, this is the stuff that catches people out.

👉 Multiple buyers, one agenda
👉 The “inspection” designed to shake your confidence
👉 Fake faults, real pressure
👉 And how a £3,000 car becomes a £1,200 “deal”

It’s funny… until it’s your car.

Follow Cheap Thrills for:

• More Buyer Beware episodes
• Marketplace scams & survival tips
• And the ongoing attempt to take a £1,600 Peugeot RCZ to the Nürburgring…

…which is either brave…

…or completely stupid.