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GutBomb posted:Check very carefully for rust. He says he brought it up from Florida but he's clearly driving it in the snow which means it's seen road salt. The claimed undercoat could be complete bullshit.
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At that price it needs pictures of the body panels and suspension bits. 25 year old suspension parts aren't fun either when they are frozen with rust and corrosion.. No mention of the engine or any maintenance. This tells you what kind of person owned the car, they cared more about the looks.
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Looks like an old picture too. I don't think we got enough snow this year for today photos. Why you should advertise a Florida car with pictures of it in the snow is beyond me. Edit: Don't go look at that car with the intention that you're going to buy it. You're looking at it but be ready to walk away if something doesn't look or feel right. mariooncrack fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Mar 23, 2016 |
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Mar 23, 2016 19:38
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Does it come with the trailer?
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willroc7 posted:Going to look at this tomorrow and I'm leaning heavily towards buying my first miata: I'm going to guess the Firestone lifetime alignment is not transferrable?
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The new ND looks amaGEMorris posted:Oh god I'm going to start channeling mnet but if I'm looking for a convertible hardtop I want it to be a full convertible not a targa and I guess I'm keeping my NC. Not sure if you're joking or not but that's how I feel. It looks amazing, but if I'm taking the top down, I'd prefer the 360 visibility of a true convertible rather than having those buttress/blind spots hang around.
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blk posted:The new ND looks ama It was both. Invoking mnet is the only true way to completely obscure the intent of a message.
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willroc7 posted:Going to look at this tomorrow and I'm leaning heavily towards buying my first miata: Keep looking in my opinion, anybody who uses action shots to sell a car is probably not taking the kind of care you want. Look for grandma owners not adrenaline junkies
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Can one mild winter do that much damage? He claims to have bought the car last year from a 70yr old woman in florida. If it's really rust free, even if the suspension is shot and the timing needs to be done, isn't it still a good price with a hardtop? Most cars around here are rusted to hell and back. He claims to be planning to use the money to build a urs4. Seems like good car people to me.
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A lot of people undercoat post rust to hide rust because it's the cheapest way to hide it. It just won't last long or work for actual prevention if there was rust under the undercoat already. You should be able to tell if the car really came from Florida one year ago by the service records or carfax. The carfax will show when the car got transferred from Florida to Ohio but it's easy enough to lie about that and have a car with Florida plates in ohio.
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Are there any particular places to check for the onset of rust that won't be covered up by undercoating?
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willroc7 posted:Can one mild winter do that much damage? He claims to have bought the car last year from a 70yr old woman in florida. If it's really rust free, even if the suspension is shot and the timing needs to be done, isn't it still a good price with a hardtop? Most cars around here are rusted to hell and back. He claims to be planning to use the money to build a urs4. Seems like good car people to me. Assume that the seller is lying about everything until proven otherwise. If you're not doing the timing belt yourself, it's about $600. Depending on what you need to replace in the suspension, could be $1000 in parts alone. mariooncrack fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Mar 23, 2016 |
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willroc7 posted:Can one mild winter do that much damage? He claims to have bought the car last year from a 70yr old woman in florida. If it's really rust free, even if the suspension is shot and the timing needs to be done, isn't it still a good price with a hardtop? Most cars around here are rusted to hell and back. He claims to be planning to use the money to build a urs4. Seems like good car people to me. Go look at the car before following a billion people's assumptions on a 100 word ad with a couple lovely pictures. If you don't do it now, it will be gone. Personally I'd hold out for a 1.8 (since even that is slower than balls) but the hard top is nice to have for sure. I'd say it's a tiny bit overpriced maybe based on the miles but who knows what the maintenance history is like until you talk to the guy.
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If you believe Craigslist, every car came from Florida and was driven by grandma to church. Grandma really had a thing for small Japanese roadsters, and she made sure to have a matching hardtop! It's always Florida.
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Mar 24, 2016 01:43
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I live in florida and my NA came from Hawaii  . Does any miata just stay in place?
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I bought a Miata in Florida that was from Ohio like a dumbass (owners said it was a FL car), didn't realize it until after I bought it, ran a carfax and whaddayouknow.
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blk posted:The new ND looks ama 
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poxin posted:Miata RF. Wasn't expecting the hard-top version to look like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5B5n_ncdIs
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MattD1zzl3 posted:I live in florida and my NA came from Hawaii I imported my current one from California which came there by way of Arizona and my previous one was imported from Texas. Even never driving in the winter New England still makes them rust after a few years from the leftover salt on the roads.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Here's a video of the roof in action: This is very much my poo poo. It looks like they didn't even sacrifice much trunk space to do it.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Here's a video of the roof in action: That's beautiful. 
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IOwnCalculus posted:This is very much my poo poo. It looks like they didn't even sacrifice much trunk space to do it. They didn't sacrifice any. You just lose the storage compartments behind the seat, just like on the PRHT nc
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CarsTechnica article is up. I don't think there's anything there we haven't seen or heard yet, but it's a nice overview.
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Is this bad?
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I don't know why I'm surprised I saw 124s on the production line. I do like the headlights, the hood and silver windshield trim is hot garbage.
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leica posted:Is this bad? Hey, look at the bright side: now you have an excuse to get an AGM battery! 
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Excuse me, something came up. I'm just gonna leave this here: http://www.miataturbo.net/race-prep-75/post-your-diy-aero-pics-63769/page53/#post1319048
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That looks a lot like the hardtop I've seen on a NC parked near work on a regular basis - and at least for that NC, the build quality leaves a lot to be desired. Give me the RF, or ideally some lighter weight version with the mechanism removed.
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I think that's just the prototype, but if it's anything like the Treasure Coast top, I might just wait... for a long while.
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Phone posted:I don't know why I'm surprised I saw 124s on the production line.
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IOwnCalculus posted:That looks a lot like the hardtop I've seen on a NC parked near work on a regular basis - and at least for that NC, the build quality leaves a lot to be desired. A ND with a snap out targa roof would be the best.
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Phone posted:I think that's just the prototype, but if it's anything like the Treasure Coast top, I might just wait... for a long while. I know quite a few of the treasure coast guys and they told me to save up for the OEM one instead. Race miatas only.
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Rhyno posted:A ND with a snap out targa roof would be the best. I'd wager that the only place large enough in the ND to fit the targa is where they move it to in the RF, which would be pretty gnarly without a power roof. Not like I'm buying a ND anyway, but drat I want one now.
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If the production version looks like the prototype version I'm going to have to convince my wife she needs a new Miata because that car is gorgeous.
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If anybody is in the Philly area and wants a fuel filter for an NA its free if you pick it up. Brand new, just found in the garage.
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Sadly, my 99 has finally died, with 180k on it. It started overheating and tldr is its got a coolant leak into the cylinders (no coolant underneath it or in the oil) and cross threaded spark plugs. So the engine is totally dead, the transmission felt like it wasn't too healthy, and there were lots of "this part is pretty worn but it still works" type things that you'd expect with a car that has 180k miles on it. My question is, whats the best way to get rid of this? I'm assuming its pretty much gonna be (best case) a parts car for someone or (more likely) just sold as scrap. Where's a good place to start figuring out what it'd be worth? Any and all advice related to scrapping/selling for parts is appreciated, since I've never dealt with getting rid of a dead car before.
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If it's a clean shell you should just figure out what forum the local Spec Miata racers are on.
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Torsen diff? Post as rolling shell on miata turbo, CR, etc?
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My headlight bulb is seized onto connector? Any ideas?
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Finally got my $600 1.8 swapped basket case Miata up and running. https://imgur.com/a/oGSNx for pics Overall I'm happy with how this car turned out, especially with the Home Depot $9 paint job. We did the following to the car: -Installed prothane polyurethane bushings on all control arms, sway bar end links, and diff mounts -swapped out the stock blown shocks / incorrectly installed ebay coilover sleeves with tokiko blue shocks, FM gen 1 springs, and Fat cat motorsports modified NB top hats and FCM bumpstops -kept the thicker aftermarket front sway bar that came with the car -Replaced blown motor mounts with Mazda Competition motor mounts - 3/4 corners were 1.8 brakes, but the drivers side front was 1.6. I completed the 1.8 brake swap by buying the bracket on ebay. -new NAPA 1.8 rotors and brake pads -SS brake lines front and rear -swapped out the stock VLSD with the shimmed VLSD I had on my red Miata -took out the torn NB leather seats and replaced it with a bride knockoff bucket seat, and a stock NA seat for the passenger side -replaced steering wheel with a 350mm mazdaspeed wheel I had from my red Miata, and installed a NRG quick release -spray painted it with several 99 cent spray paint cans from Home Depot We took it drifting at Willow Springs already and there were no major problems. Next tasks will be swapping out the non working power windows with manual windows, and gluing back on the rear glass window
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