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I just got offered a fully restored 1979 rx-7 that's probably in the best shape of any rx-7 I've ever seen from a friend in a Mercedes dealer. It's pretty much as if it just warped into 2008 from 1979. Anyways, I don't know anything about mazdas and from what I can tell, it looks a little slow.. what do you guys think?
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n8r posted:I've owned one, they are fun old cars, I guess my question is do you really want one? They are reliable but get quite terrible gas mileage, you'll be looking at 15ish mixed I imagine. I owned one that had 280k miles on the chassis, and it made it 220k on the first engine. Overall, it was still in very good condition. I could really care less about gas mileage. I'll probably regret that later, but I really just don't care. I'm not commuting anywhere. My only concern is that I won't have a garage. How well does it drive with that little engine?
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Jul 4, 2008 00:10
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After nearly buying an elise, I'm thinking I want to get a sports coupe I can actually drive everyday. I have a few general questions. 2006-2008 mazdaspeeds, are they worth it over the regular 5 speeds? Ideally, I'm spending between 10 to 15k on this. Do they make any third gen MX-5s without power steering? (The lotus didn't have power steering and it was awesome) Any common problems to check for in the year range I mentioned?
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Jul 1, 2014 02:21
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blk posted:As someone who wants to buy an Elise in the future, why'd you change your mind? Well, I was getting an excellent deal which turned into a bad deal. Upon looking for more elises, most of them run 28K or more in the condition I would want, and that's just too much for a car I would be too tempted to put miles on and ruin the investment. They are awesome though man, the best car I have ever driven. I hope to buy one later in life.
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Jul 1, 2014 02:33
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I bought a 2008 Sport with 31,000 miles on it  another goon makes a poor decision
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Jul 2, 2014 00:17
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televiper posted:Your only poor decision was considering an Elise I was so content in this car, the extra gear seemed extraneous to me with this engine. I dunno though.
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Jul 2, 2014 02:18
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My new 08 miata is amazing, but there is no sound coming out of the back speaker panels. Are there actually possibly shorted out speakers in there or was that an option? Anybody thrown together a cheap aux in port? Also can I supercharge this car
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Jul 3, 2014 20:21
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Phone posted:SIGN UP FOR AN AUTOCROSS YOU IDIOT DON'T BAD TOUCH YOUR CAR BAD ETHANOL BAD like how many tires am I going to ruin doing this... nevermind, I have to.. I have to one day in and I now think it should be illegal to not own a RWD roadster
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Jul 4, 2014 03:45
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Looks like I need an extra pair of tires and an extra miata as well
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Jul 4, 2014 06:09
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any quick recommendations on snow tires? My set that came with the car (only owned it since july) as I just found out, were stolen. I'm really not used to buying snow tires and/or snow tires for rear wheel drive sports cars which is why I ask. I've got an 08 sport and the poor thing is going to have to live through a vermont winter with me.
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Nov 30, 2014 17:33
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Altimax Arctic with studs, if you can swing it. Interesting. They were blizzaks that got stolen from a garage, and the owner has agreed to pay for anything up to another set of blizzaks. I'm seeing now the only comparable replacement is these: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Bridgestone&tireModel=Blizzak+WS80&partnum=055HR6WS80&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes $496 for a set, which is $100 more expensive than the Altimax Arctics, but no studs. does the extra money in this case signify the blizzaks are better tires?
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Nov 30, 2014 19:29
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I decided to go with the studless blizzaks but I need a set of wheels too. Unfortunately I can't find anything on tirerack that look appealing... any suggestions? http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/resu...=All&sort=Brand Here's an image of the car with its oem wheels and summer tires I think a matte black set might look nice in the winter time
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Dec 2, 2014 20:02
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Phone posted:RPF1s, baby. steelies seem so expensive and also ugly i might as well just buy cheap alloys
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Dec 2, 2014 21:27
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that looks amazing but I'm not sure if it would have the same effect on an 08. also if I actually put green painted steelies on the miata my dad might murder me when I show up for xmas Edit: just noticed I have to pay an extra $200 for the tire pressure sensors... at this point I think it might be better to swap the tires off the oem rims. ethanol fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Dec 2, 2014 |
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Dec 2, 2014 22:28
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Edmund Honda posted:Judging by the average high/low temps on wikipedia you're going to be running these winter tyres for probably 4-5 months out of the year? I personally bought cheaper heavy wheels because the winter isn't as long here, but if they're going to be on the car that much, it'd make sense to buy something that looks nice and doesn't compromise the handling.
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Dec 3, 2014 00:28
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speaking of ignorant miata owners, one thing I regret is not getting a touring model for the LSD. would it be possible/feasible to swap the open diff for an LSD on a 5 speed nc? it's a bit harder to google this than I thought, coming from a wrangler where everybody and their mother is talking about their diff swap
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High Protein posted:Hi, I'm looking at maybe picking up a Miata for when my motorcycle isn't practical. Now I saw this one, and I wonder what yall's hunch is: tastefully modified or riced shitheap? The price is right and it comes with a hardtop. Nice side profile, and a unique looking car, but I wouldn't buy that, it looks ridiculous, and personally I think you're crazy to not mind the mods. It's easy to say that now but in six months when you notice all the weird ways the mods are affecting your quality of life, you'll regret not buying a stock miata, also for the clarity of mind that the mods are not there and not going to be a problem. Just get a stock miata, dude, or at least don't get one that looks like it belongs in the fast in furious 1. I just see that push button start and think whyyyy, (if that is a push button start) and it will probably break ethanol fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Dec 22, 2014 |
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Dec 22, 2014 17:14
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I've been driving my miata around in the vermont snow with blizzaks and holy poo poo it may be a world better than the summers but a little extra throttle and I face down death and/or become a drifting champion. It still feels perfectly safe though since regaining grip is as easy as letting off the gas and the car snaps in. I love this car but I may be dead soon
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Jan 5, 2015 09:52
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what does that little red button do?
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Feb 6, 2015 00:49
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King of all Machines Operate posted:
Man, my jealousy for the California environment increases tenfold every time I see a car with this many miles look this good. nice pick, although I would personally try to get rid of that gold
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Feb 8, 2015 19:55
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Taco Box posted:It was a comfortable and super useful car and I miss it a lot. My NC is a fun car and drives very athletically, but sometimes I wish I could just kinda...relax. I feel like I'm wasting such a nice car in a stop&go commute every day. Well, I don't think the miata is uncomfortable, but it's certainly not useful. I mean, uncomfortable to me is when I drove the Lotus Elise before picking the miata. Holy poo poo. That was the definition of discomfort. Totally worth it though if you have 30k lying around for a track toy. When's the last time you drove another car? I had this happen all the time in my jeep, I would get super tired of it until I drove a 'normal' car, then I would hop back in the jeep and feel like I was driving something quite special. I haven't owned the miata quite long enough to get sick of it yet. GOD IS BED posted:I also mostly drive in stop and go traffic, so I get the idea of "wasting" the car in such pedestrian driving, but then I remember "it's just a drat Miata! gently caress it!" I think I could only trade my Miata for a Porsche, and that would definitely be a waste in my commute. Same, except instead of traffic, I have salt and snow. Just have to remember, this car was about the same price as a civic. Still, I wouldn't trade this car for anything right now except maybe, just maybe, a cheaper miata+a cheap pickup (both of which I could be much more punishing on) instead of one newer miata as my DD.
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destructo posted:I also own an E46 (330i sport package mt). My only gripe with it is that its too quiet and every little squeak or rattle drives me insane. My first miata sounds like a vacuum under part throttle and a jet engine under full throttle. I couldn't deal with it as a daily, but I never fell out with it. this miata is so masculine it should be called a miato I'll stop now
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Feb 9, 2015 22:42
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There's one other nc owner in my town I've met with a silver miata, whenever I see him, he's always hypermiling. On the flipside, literally every-time I've seen that miata, it is spotless and its silver color looks absolutely amazing. It's winter mind you, and I can't even make it back from the car wash without getting a fresh salt stain in vermont. I dunno how on earth he does it.
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Feb 12, 2015 20:35
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Dumb question but do you NC guys ever get a squeaky belt only in the cold? Can I just spray this sucker with prestone?
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Feb 13, 2015 17:52
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Nocheez posted:Every car I've ever had do this needed either the belt to be adjusted (usually was loose) or replaced. How old are your belts? Don't actually know, I'd assume they're as old as the car (36,000 miles)
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Feb 13, 2015 18:57
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Nocheez posted:How old is it, and what kind of climate does it see? 2008 that came from florida to Connecticut in 2011 and I'm the rear end in a top hat who brought it to vermont eight months ago
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Feb 13, 2015 19:29
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He just ran into you? So is the city going to pay for that? doesn't look too bad. Can't believe your terrible luck though
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Feb 20, 2015 19:34
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I'm in love with the nd. I'm already cooking up stupid ways to get the new miata in 2018 or 2020 after my current miata hits ten years old and I'm one of those poors who normally buys used so this includes reshaping my life to afford one
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Mar 13, 2015 15:59
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I think I just broke my mx-5 windshield by using the defroster? Cheap glass?
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Apr 8, 2015 16:10
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You could be like me and find your summer tires were under that 6 foot pile of snow that just melted
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Apr 23, 2015 15:44
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Konrad posted:Are Elise seats well regarded or does one need to get Sparcos or something similar? I've never been in sparcos but the elise I sat in was like sitting on two sheets of plywood
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Apr 24, 2015 18:42
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I sat in these. which you can see are extremely thin but sitting down in them my friend and I laughed about how there really was no padding on them. Now the lotus was amazing of course, but driving around and hitting bumps on streets, being honest, it was awful for daily driving, and I mean truly awful. Granted however that lotus had a way stiffer suspension than my NC but those seats just did squat to help. I'd wager the reason you see more elise seats than elises is because so many elise drivers replace them with something better ethanol fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Apr 24, 2015 |
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Apr 24, 2015 19:02
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Bovril Delight posted:Probably not too surprising. The Club (or whatever it was) had it stock but not on the GT unless you ticked the suspension package option. Some cars, like the Genesis coupe, do a similar thing. It would suck though to miss out on creature comforts because you want a LSD. I don't understand how you can consider making a sports car in 2016 without a LSD unless you've got TCS doing the job instead. I guess it's purely to save money on the miata buyers who don't know what an LSD is
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Apr 26, 2015 16:50
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Twerk from Home posted:Aren't there lots of sports cars that don't have LSDs? GTI, Elise, Focus ST? I guess the advantages of such an LSD are questionable at best on the track when you're talking about low torque sports cars. Lotus for example doesn't put slip control in the light lower powered elise because it doesn't need one....step it up to the more powerful exige and lotus puts in TCS. but in terms of the cheap daily driving rwd cars I would definitely be happier with some sort of slip control on my next one for road conditions
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Apr 26, 2015 18:13
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IOwnCalculus posted:You'll get traction control on anything remotely modern in the US market at least, it's been a federal requirement for a few years now. Ah I guess I just missed that law with my 08.
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Apr 26, 2015 18:29
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A MIRACLE posted:Someone convince me not to sell my miata. I want to trade up to a small truck + motorcycle If you can't afford all three, you don't deserve a motorcycle
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Apr 29, 2015 16:49
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I got back home just in time to see my neighbor using a crane to drop half his god drat burned out roof thirty feet away from my driveway. A good portion of it hit his dumpster lid and basically exploded into shrapnel I'm afraid to look at the other side of my miata. god bless the USA
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Apr 30, 2015 16:38
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maybe he's building a miata piece by piece and he got a discount on that trunk because it has a giant gently caress off spoiler stuck on it
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May 2, 2015 01:26
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I really have pop up headlight envy right now
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So the LSD goes on the club only? Is it still Sport < GT < Club?
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