Should I buy another miata?
01-31-2012, 11:27 AM
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I went a few years without modding my daily Miata. I recently got a great deal on shocks for it and since the engine lived a life of sadness with the previous owner, it's going to receive a VVT swap. It's really convenient to have two Miatas in for maintenance and trouble-shooting, I have boxes of wheel bearings, sensors, bolts, clippies...and most go between cars just fine. I haven't owned a car that cost more than one paycheck in 6-years.
My daily is special:
No one would ever steal it, and this is somewhat liberating. I can park it outside in Houston and I know it will be there when I get back. If it hails, I don't care.
My daily is special:
No one would ever steal it, and this is somewhat liberating. I can park it outside in Houston and I know it will be there when I get back. If it hails, I don't care.
Having a DD miata is great. FailFlora will just have to get some snow tires for it and he will be fine in the winter.
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01-31-2012, 11:33 AM
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WTF IS ALL THAT CRAP
The only car I kinda know is the miata and the NC may as well be a different car :(
Who wants to sell me a NB?
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01-31-2012, 11:54 AM
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If I had a class A motorhome, I would be modifying the ever-loving hell out of it.
Home theater system, stirling engine or turbine genset, solar array, hybrid-electric & biofuel drivetrain conversion with onboard reactor, you name it.
I went back and re-read the original post.
There's actually a very simple (and cheap) solution here. Lincoln Town Car / Mercury Grand Marquis.
I'm dead serious. Avoid the ones with airbag suspension (it's flakey as hell and expensive to fix), but apart from that, they are reliable cars and pleasant to drive.
Home theater system, stirling engine or turbine genset, solar array, hybrid-electric & biofuel drivetrain conversion with onboard reactor, you name it.
I went back and re-read the original post.
I really want something that is very pleasant to spend time in while I shlep around the DC beltway in stop and go traffic etc.
I'm dead serious. Avoid the ones with airbag suspension (it's flakey as hell and expensive to fix), but apart from that, they are reliable cars and pleasant to drive.
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01-31-2012, 12:45 PM
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Buy some worn out NA/NB and swap in my entire drivetrain. 2560 with p/s & a/c and 3.90 torsen is perfect for a daily driver. You're 'local' enough to be able to pick it up in person and save on the shipping.
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01-31-2012, 02:39 PM
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Forget the turbo for the daily, that's too much money. I'm doing a 10:1 VVT swap, MS2+VVTuner, 6-speed, 3.63, and I already have the ASTs. I don't think I can do another 100*f Texas summer in an 85hp car with the AC going.
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01-31-2012, 02:40 PM
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"Reasonableness". I look at these people with $600/month car payments, consider my $600 track weekend a few times per year, and realize that I am living my life properly.
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