Better late than never.
 

I saw some OG here mention something about forum noobs actually writing these things up, and realized I hadn't. So what the hell.

I'm Adam, 29 years old, was living out in Chicago for the last three years and moved back to Baltimore (*sigh*) last August. I have been HPDEing/Tracking/Instructing since '02, but am going to take a break from instructing for awhile. Maybe indefinitely. I've always had a motion sickness issue when riding shotgun, and until recently could control that with medication. For that time I drove mostly an Integra and Civic with a few other rides thrown in. My brother's 240SX was an eye-opener to bigger power and RWD :)

I am also an avid karting fan and have been arrive-and-drive karting for about as long as I've been tracking. More recently I've become more interested in enduros because of the strategy involved, although I have a hard time turning down "all you can kart" days too.

As for the Miata side of things, I picked up a '92 C-package a few weeks ago. 180K on the clock, lowered terribly with no-name springs and Tokico Blues, but seemed fairly solid. Came with a hardtop and a bunch of recent maintenance for $2000. After getting it home I found a bunch of bondo'd rust in the rockers, but otherwise the car has been mostly what I expected.

I got to experience Splitime's Miata a bunch while out in Chicago and he got me hooked on trying that out. I am a cheapskate, but a decent DIYer. I can handle any maintenance, and can fab pretty much anything that doesn't involve welding.

Annnnnnd there we go.

Are you going to HPDE the miata?

Welcome. Are you going to turn that thing into a track slut?

Or a track stud?

If its a stud does that make me gay?

I initially was going to, but am rethinking that now. Given how cheap some of these caged/prepped cars are, I think down the line I'll just pick one of those up. Its nice having a comfy daily driver for the first time in 6 years, and I don't think I want to ruin that quite yet with a Kirkey, rollbar/cage, and stripped interior :)