After an experience with a shady seller (repainted the car himself, looked as if it had been wrecked as well, none of which was revealed to me until after I drove 3 hours to get a final look and buy it) I'm left without a car and on the hunt for a miata. I may be wrong but it seems to me that people are pretty proud of them. I've seen a bone stock 91 for 7k!

My price range is $3500 and under. Ideally I'd like to find an NA for 2k to 2.5k so I can afford a roll bar and a quick release for my steering wheel (momo from my subaru).

What did you guys pay for your miatas? Where'd you find them?

 

craigslist, payed 3500....1990, came with fresh paint and all stock except for sparco seats, bilstein/gc's, 15x8 axis old skools, hard dog roll bar, and an alpine head unit. Had about 180K

 

Cool thread, it would be better if it were a poll.

I dont have a Miata yet ( insert derogatory smiley here, I deserve it) but right now with the weather improving they very seldom go below about 3K. If you want a 1.8 car they tend to be 5K and up right now.

I find that prices are very local too. If I look at Santa Fe and Albequerque (about 8 hours south of me and a pretty easy drive) the same car is often about 2K cheaper. Finding an NB for under 7K is very hard around here.

 

$2800 for a red 1990 with 70k miles excelent body and interior, jackson racing intake and exhaust, back in 2004.

 

1500 for a 93 with 90k and a hardtop.

It was beaten and ugly.... but mechanically find beyond the 2 easy to fix CELs.

 

I paid $3900 for a 1992 with good, recent paint and a hardtop (but a torn up soft top). No modifications other than a terrible Tokico HP suspension (though the seller did include the original suspension as well). 94k miles when I bought it.

 

$3000 for a 92 sunburst with a matching hardtop w 118k that was owned by a Mazda technician. Unfortunately his son was the primary driver so it came with a nasty dent in the passenger side and lots of empty plastic baggies under the seats. I also found some curious glass artwork in the trunk that smelled like a skunk

 

$1600 for a 1991 brg with 131k miles and a hardtop with ugly *** paint and a cracked soft-top window.

$1300 for a beat 1995 that's a few different colors...but it has a torsen!!!


I'd like to find another BRG to daily.

 

$6000 for a 1993 in '02 I think, with a hardtop that had a plastic window already, VLSD, no other options beyond PS. It was in mint condition, 60k I think. Three or four years later and 40kish I bought it from my dad for $3000. Hard top is now a flat blue with chipping around the edges, I think the idiot that used roofing tar to seal the lexan window tried repainting it as well after it blew off. Latches are there for a reason, go figure.

I'm not sure where my dad found it originally, I believe the newspaper.

 

$800 for a running/driving '92 POS w/ 170k on the clock

 

2k w/ 90k on the clock. Silverstone stock 90 not a single flaw in it till i bought it.

I have been toying with the idea of taking my car to the previous owner now and seeing what kind of reaction i can get out of them.

 

$800, red, 170k broken side mirror, dents and scratches, and interior defects. However it had a very good top, and it was mechanically sound. This one passed away on a horrible acctident 11/15/09

$1070, white, 140k, top look like it had been in a gang shooting, flaki paint on the hood, lots of rice lightning ****, very good interior, and yes ************* it has a torsen diff.

 

Only $4500 for a beautiful, slow, completely stock 1990!
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/ctd/1698533547.html

See, good deals DO exist!

 

I can probably help you find one.. I spend a lot of time on craigslist. The only thing that limits you particularly is that you are in Montana. Establish how far you are willing to travel for a "steal".

 

$3900 for my 95 R package in awesome condition

$500 for my 96 R package in horrible condition. Needed lots of work done to it, but looks awesome now. I might be selling this one.

 

Here's a built motor + turbo for $6000. I see this as a steal.

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/1698854117.html

 

$6000ish for my 95 with 31k miles. This was winter of 2009. The price was worth it to me.

 

$14,000 3 years ago. I couldn't build this car for twice the money I paid.

http://stephenedmondson.com/miata/

 

No, but you could have had Robino's car instead.

 

~4500 I think... bought this time last year. 80k on the clock, came with hardtop, ran great and boosted a week after I bought it.