hold off until Scott is back from vaca.

there is not enough hate in this thread

 

The mnet lunch crew is in full effect.

More than a few people are claiming that Mazda is gaming all of the testing that journalists have done simultaneously because there is no earthly way that the ND is faster than the NC. It has to be the gearbox specifically made for 0-60, or maybe a bespoke motor that's definitely making more than 155hp, or or or or

Everything is a conspiracy.

 

IMPOSSIBRU!!!!!!!!1111111111111111oneoneone

 

They drive stock Miatae, they don't know what torque is.

 

I'm like 1 square away from having a logical fallacy bingo. C'mon mnet, don't let me down now.

 

What threads on M.net should i be reading for maximum lulz?

 

Start with this one and try to figure out why it was closed: Motor Trend article - MX-5 Miata Forum

0 to 60 in 5.9 secs? Wow car and driver! - Page 2 - MX-5 Miata Forum
Aggregated performance figures from reviews. - Page 2 - MX-5 Miata Forum
What don't you like or prevents you from buying the ND? - Page 11 - MX-5 Miata Forum

 

Sweet jesus I can't even troll, they are just doing it to themselves at this point except they are completely oblivious.

 

They've accomplished something today to be truly marveled at.

 

This **** is hilarious. The only even remotely possible argument is that the ND is just underrated from the factory which seems entirely plausible. The gearing argument is my favorite since we know it has to shift to 3rd just like the NC to hit 60 based on the redline. I am not sure why people are even upset that the ND is faster than the NC. Its kind of blowing my mind and I was definitely one with the opinion that the ND was underpowered. All of the performance data I have seen put it ahead of the FRS/BRZ in every metric stock for stock.

 

But bro, the NC is the MUSCLE CAR of miata's. Nothing else can win

 

It's too fast now. Do not want.

 

I'd love to see an ND dyno. It doesn't seem possible for it to keep the previous 2L SkyActive ratings after head/manifold/exhaust/tuning changes. Almost like they had to put something out and real numbers weren't yet available.

Anybody know what that little tube from the intake pipe to the cowl is? My daughter's NC has that too.

 

Maybe for noise?

 

it's a "sound tube"

I'm not even joking lulz

 

You know, passive sound tubes actually don't seem all that unreasonable to me, because you're still listening to the actual engine noise. It's not really any different than picking a muffler based on the qualify of the sound.

It's the speaker-based engine noise simulators that I think are really stupid.

--Ian

 

Certainly not for cold air/cowl induction

Maybe it'll do the Pugeot thing where you can select different audio tracks from different cars/engine/exhaust combos to play through the sound system

 

Dang! I never would have guessed.

 

All mnet users seem to do is post a bunch of Monroney.

 

Huh, I never realized that there was a 1DIN hole behind that plastic cover.

And yeah, I'm aware that lots of Ford vehicles started coming with non-standard radios before the Japs got on board. That, to me, is not a strong selling point.

(Those same Fords also came with solid rear axles.)

So we've determined that, on the radio front, the ND is worse than an S2K, and roughly on par with a 10 year old Taurus.

Nice.