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...

 

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.

 

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..

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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?

 

Couple of us in western NY.

 

Fixed that for ya.

 

westchester county here

 

Not legally.

 

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

 

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

 

you should come to the dyno day.

 

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

 

he took the insurance off for the "winter"

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

You can always throw it in a storage unit.