REGARDING Matt Westcott’s road test of the Mazda MX5 (Echo, Dec 2).

My love affair with my Mazda MX5 began in 1991, with a white Harvard limited edition model that had pop-up headlights, and is still ongoing.

This year, with mounting excitement, I bought my fourth MX5.

The sporting experience in all of them has been wonderful and I am looking forward to many more years of “zoom, zoom”.

At nearly 78, I think I deserve true perfection (and so do you).

In fact, during 20 years of exhilarating driving I have enjoyed continuous reliability.

Not once have my cars had problems.

Thank you for your report and if I am in Darlington I will zoom in on you.

Margaret King, Middlesbrough.