Phone posted:

were you driving with the AC on?

e: amazing parking job

horse_ebookmarklet posted:

My grandfather pre-ordered a (now my) miata, mid 89 production date. When he passed I got it. My parents discovered a box of his things, one documenting his pre-order and ownership/maintenance.
Anyway, there are a bunch of Miata magazines in it. Many many magazines. Anyone interested in these?

I'm always telling my wife that a Miata is practical, and see? You can take two of your friends, and their gear, skiing in a Miata. Miata is always the answer.

Phone posted:

On topic (or at least inline with the current thread title): is 1st and 2nd gear known to be kind of vague and sloppy on the NC 6-speed?

I've only test driven one NC2 recently, so my sample size of n=1 isn't great.

Applesnots posted:

I am new to this whole miata thing, just bought one after years of lusting after one. I think I did ok.

I call it Lil' Beefy.

Ed: I will probs have lots of questions in the coming weeks for you kind folk.

Zorak of Michigan posted:

I did the bushing back in October, and it ran problem-free until Saturday. It's got a date with a mechanic on Thursday. Thanks though!

I did think about a broken boot or bushing, but even before I did the change, when the shifter was flopping around, I never had any trouble finding gears if I took it slow. This felt different enough for me to gamble that disassembling the shifter to check it out would just be an hour's wasted work before I drove to the shop anyway. Edit: Given the age of the car and signs that previous owners were excessively trusting, I'm thinking that if the shop does need to drop the transmission to check it out, I'll probably ask them to put a new clutch in there. Both mechanics on Wheeler Dealers have suggested that if you're going to pull it, you may as well do the clutch while you're at it, and if I can't trust Edd, what's left in life?

Zorak of Michigan posted:

I don't really understand how the tailshaft bolts loosening caused the problem or how it happened. The garage also mentioned a missing gasket. Just missing. Sigh. I believe I'm the fourth owner of the car, and I know for a fact that the previous owner was a nice guy who didn't quite understand his relationship with his mechanic. His mindset was "if I perform all the work my mechanic recommends, the car is properly maintained." The mechanic seems to have been thinking, "I will keep the owner from being stuck on the roadside, and if he wants other work done, he'll let me know." Thus, it came to me with crap shifter bushings, horrible wear on the top latches, mismatched lug nuts, and who knows what else. I'm perpetually torn between "it just needs to run for a few years while I save for an ND" and "I can't stand x crappy aspect of the car and I must find a way to fix it regardless."

Phone posted:

A MIRACLE posted:

I’ve carried 88 key piano in an ND and a 72 in a NA

Applesnots posted:

I just tossed a free cello in my miata and it fit just fine.

Jonny 290 posted:

Am I out of my skull for considering a staggered setup with the x9's in the back and x8 front?



I think it'd look so good with the fat ND booty.

I'd have to figure out spacers or something i think.