TonyV

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Hey so I moving back to siNY after almost 8yrs in Miami...

I know Saml01 is closeby to me (already setup to grab beers), and I know Paul is in NJ (would love to see those 2 crazy beasts) but not sure how far...

So anyone else up there??
How's the Miata community, even better performance community up there?

I met a bunch of local guys down here in Miami from this forum, and then grew into like 10-15 of us...very cool people
We've done crazzy tech days, drank some beers, and done a couple nice meet/cruise days. I wouldn't say we're a "club" of any sorts, just a bunch of Miata fanatics that help each other out an dchill once in a while...

Anything like that up in that area?? Mind you I moved away from NY pre-miata...so wasn't aware of any thing related...

disturbedfan121

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i live 20 min closer to SI than paul

mike riv is in woodbridge, olderguy is in wayne. if you're moving back up here just join

miatamob.org its all us NY/NJ locals.

TonyV

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niiiiiice, gonna check that out

woodbridge is like 15min from where I'll be on SI....,not sure where wayne is but NJ is all driveable distance..

paul

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I'm within an hour of SI. Bryan(disturbedfan) may think he's 20's mins closer but his turbo Miata is off the road.

disturbedfan121

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i am 20min closer, but yes my turbo miata is off the road, and because of that you have 2 running ones ~

Saml01

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What happened to your car Bryan?

I am in Brooklyn, thats 20 min from anywhere in SI. There's a guy, USJDMtuner, on miatamob and he's in SI, exit 13 I think it was.

TonyV

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cool, plenty of local peeps then...

my car is down at the moment, gotta hunt down a coolant leak and haven't had a chance to work on it.

I just thought of something, here in FL there's no emissions...so I run no cat, removed my charcoal canister, and was going to remove whatever else I can...
What's the chances of me being able to get this car on the road up there as-is?

icantthink4155

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Couple of us in western NY.

rleete

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Fixed that for ya.

johndoe

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westchester county here

olderguy

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Not legally.

johndoe

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the new york metro area has emissions standards pretty similar to California just without the CARB stuff.

TonyV

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greaaaaat, guess i gotta find a "friend" that can give me a pass..
also, gotta see what to do about storage...as of now only spot I have is stree parking...not too happy bout that.

on the + side found some time today and looks like the car is running well again...need to take it for a decent drive to make sure

johndoe

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you should come to the dyno day.

TonyV

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yea I posted in that thread, unfortunately I wont be there till after Thanksgiving...
and the guys down here have one planned for early dec...which I will miss as well since i'll be up there....so that's 0 for 2

Next one tho for sure

paul

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he took the insurance off for the "winter"

Saml01

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Good luck with that, 5 years ago I could have taken you to a handful of people that would do it. Today, yea right. In the SI/Brooklyn area the only ones who did it were either A. Russians or B. Italians that know you through Russians. You being a Yankee and with the serious crackdown of emissions fraud in NY, I highly doubt you are going to find a "friend".

If you have a check engine light, you are not going to pass. Simple.

I dont have a charcoal canister but I kept all the electronic stuff for it, and I kept my EGR. I also have a CAT.

I passed emissions last month, no problem.

But... I had my car scanned with the rear o2 monitor in INC(incomplete) status. Interestingly enough, I have never seen the rear o2 monitor come in as OK on my OBD scanner. So maybe the emissions computer doesnt check it.

TonyV

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I'm OTB Italian man, so all good!

I guess I'll just figure it out once I'm up there... I might be leaving the car here for the winter and pick it up in March or so. I don't have any place to keep it except the street, and I really don't wanna do that... Unless I find somewhere indoors to stash it, I might have to part ways for a little while

icantthink4155

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Mine wont be seeing any snow, its been parked for a month already. I miss it.

Saml01

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You can always throw it in a storage unit.