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Late Countachs are getting cheaper every day...
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 828689)
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: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1328020050 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. |
lol @
buy a mazdaspeed, they are sexy and you know it. |
Originally Posted by Stein
(Post 828712)
OK, I'll bite.
Just find a nice PRHT NC and drive it as-is without modding it. Or just get the 335D. They are basically the same car anyway. I can see why you are cross-shopping them. 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? |
Originally Posted by 18psi
(Post 828742)
Just buy a mobile home.
Comfy, and you won't be tempted to mod. Home theater system, stirling engine or turbine genset, solar array, hybrid-electric & biofuel drivetrain conversion with onboard reactor, you name it. :D 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. |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 828777)
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. :D |
Originally Posted by Faeflora
(Post 828759)
You know I am indeed seriously considering PRHT NC. Thing is though, I look at the engine and
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? I'll sell you my V8 NB in a couple of weeks after alignment and tuning. |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 828777)
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. :D |
Originally Posted by 18psi
(Post 828784)
You totally forgot the sex swing
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Originally Posted by samnavy
(Post 828717)
-Pinto
Ought to be a fun ride, and perfect for embarassing the ricers. |
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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I'll sell you my NA in a few weeks. For realz.
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I think my shitbox with the 10:1 VVT swap, 6 speed, 3.63, MS2, AST ride Is going to be pretty awesome for daily duty.
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will you be using premium on that or 87 craptane?
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Originally Posted by TurboTim
(Post 828804)
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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Originally Posted by soviet
(Post 828845)
I like how this went from "I want a nice, expensive, luxurious car" to "buy a beater miata". I have a 91 rusty body if you want it :P
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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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Originally Posted by soviet
(Post 828845)
I like how this went from "I want a nice, expensive, luxurious car" to "buy a beater miata". I have a 91 rusty body if you want it :P
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Forget no turbo for a daily, that's too slow. I don't think I can do another 100°F NJ summer in a 115hp car with the AC going.
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 828861)
"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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