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MattD1zzl3 posted:KGworks gauge clusters with Revlimiter gauges: Worth the couple hundred bucks? I'm considering it in the very near future. Bottom line from the charcoal canister is VTA. Unplug it and clip it someplace so it isn't flopping around.
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King of all Machines Operate posted:
Very nice, reminds me of my NA! 
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King of all Machines Operate posted:
Man, my jealousy for the California environment increases tenfold every time I see a car with this many miles look this good. nice pick, although I would personally try to get rid of that gold
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Feb 8, 2015 19:55
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Yeah the gold accents look cheesy but otherwise nice find. Also those giant aftermarket lip spoilers are overkill and make the front of NAs look funny.
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Anyone else get kinda tired of DDing a miata? I feel kinda old because of it but lately I've been feeling like going back to my focus hatchback. This time it'd be a manual instead of that awful dct they put in those. It was a comfortable and super useful car and I miss it a lot. My NC is a fun car and drives very athletically, but sometimes I wish I could just kinda...relax. I feel like I'm wasting such a nice car in a stop&go commute every day. I can't afford to have both, and don't really want to keep up on maintenance on three cars. The last time I tried to do a nice fun ride I was so put off by all the traffic and noise in Houston. It's like I can't go driving in the nice old spots anymore, the whole countryside is being paved over. I was just...over it. It takes a minimum of an hour drive from where I live to get to a nice driving road (FM1488) and it's such a short little thing anyway. I'd rather spend my time in the sun on my back porch with my wife and drink a beer instead of more goddamn driving in this poo poo city. I loved the idea of this car but the implementation has left me cold. I dunno, any goons fall out of love with their miatas?
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Feb 9, 2015 15:53
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Taco Box posted:Anyone else get kinda tired of DDing a miata? I'm feeling it right now, but that's mainly because I can't drop the top while it's cold out. Another month and I'll probably be loving every minute of it. An issue popped up on mine yesterday, it appears that my left rear brake caliper is sticking. Is this a common issue? Is there an easy to free it up, or do I just need to bite the bullet and order a replacement?
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Feb 9, 2015 16:43
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Taco Box posted:Anyone else get kinda tired of DDing a miata? I feel kinda old because of it but lately I've been feeling like going back to my focus hatchback. This time it'd be a manual instead of that awful dct they put in those. It was a comfortable and super useful car and I miss it a lot. My NC is a fun car and drives very athletically, but sometimes I wish I could just kinda...relax. I feel like I'm wasting such a nice car in a stop&go commute every day. I can't afford to have both, and don't really want to keep up on maintenance on three cars. I loved mine until I had an episode of claustrophobia in it. It didn't help that I never really fit in the first place.
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Feb 9, 2015 17:23
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I sometimes think about a car with more space or power, like a FoST or a 370Z. But then the weather gets nice, I drop the top and remember how much I love my NC. I am only 5'9" though, so the car feels perfect to my dimensions. I also mostly drive in stop and go traffic, so I get the idea of "wasting" the car in such pedestrian driving, but then I remember "it's just a drat Miata! gently caress it!" I think I could only trade my Miata for a Porsche, and that would definitely be a waste in my commute.
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Feb 9, 2015 18:46
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Taco Box posted:Anyone else get kinda tired of DDing a miata? If it wasn't for living in Florida and having the top down 90% of the time I probably would get tired of it, the convertible part of a Miata is a big factor for me. As far as driving it to it's potential, yeah it's tough living in urban sprawl trying to get a fun drive out of it, and sometimes I feel like it's a waste, but even in an urban environment it's still more fun to drive than most cars. That being said, lately I've been thinking about selling it to get a supermoto, but I doubt that will ever happen 
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Feb 9, 2015 18:52
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Your commute is what you make of it. I do 10 miles for mine and if I want to turn my brain off I just ride out the freeway. If I am feeling more up for it there are several alternate routes I can take that will let me have a little fun with it. Houston is a big as hell place and there are a ton of random little roads here and there that were laid down to bend with bayous and are mostly ignored by heavy traffic. What really got at me was how bad it used to flood in medium to heavy rain at my old place and constantly worrying about water coming up into the cab and the associated mold/rot problems.
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Feb 9, 2015 19:06
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ethanol posted:Man, my jealousy for the California environment increases tenfold every time I see a car with this many miles look this good. nice pick, although I would personally try to get rid of that gold Seriously, those shining, intact body panels are a thing of beauty. After 10 years of Wisconsin winters, my miata has almost no clearcoat left, the bumpers are faded, and no panel is free of rust.
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Feb 9, 2015 19:10
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Taco Box posted:It was a comfortable and super useful car and I miss it a lot. My NC is a fun car and drives very athletically, but sometimes I wish I could just kinda...relax. I feel like I'm wasting such a nice car in a stop&go commute every day. Well, I don't think the miata is uncomfortable, but it's certainly not useful. I mean, uncomfortable to me is when I drove the Lotus Elise before picking the miata. Holy poo poo. That was the definition of discomfort. Totally worth it though if you have 30k lying around for a track toy. When's the last time you drove another car? I had this happen all the time in my jeep, I would get super tired of it until I drove a 'normal' car, then I would hop back in the jeep and feel like I was driving something quite special. I haven't owned the miata quite long enough to get sick of it yet. GOD IS BED posted:I also mostly drive in stop and go traffic, so I get the idea of "wasting" the car in such pedestrian driving, but then I remember "it's just a drat Miata! gently caress it!" I think I could only trade my Miata for a Porsche, and that would definitely be a waste in my commute. Same, except instead of traffic, I have salt and snow. Just have to remember, this car was about the same price as a civic. Still, I wouldn't trade this car for anything right now except maybe, just maybe, a cheaper miata+a cheap pickup (both of which I could be much more punishing on) instead of one newer miata as my DD.
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Feb 9, 2015 19:14
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ethanol posted:
My wife's car is an automatic mini cooper (r56, non s) and I love that stupid little car. I can't wait till it shits the bed in a typical BMW fashion. Anyway, it reminds me that most cars are way loving underbraked. I can get so deep into corners with the NC that I have to say whoaaaa nelly when I drive other stuff. The mini also shows me how loving gutless the non-turbo ones are. I feel like I have to cane that poor car to get it to move at all. For just farting along in traffic that car's pretty swell and very comfortable. I just wish I'd had a focus with a manual... Nice torque with a stick shift is pretty good.
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Taco Box posted:Anyone else get kinda tired of DDing a miata? I owned an NA as my only car for 4+ years a while back. While I did not fall out of love with the car, I did fall out of love with it being my only car. It was easy to put up with the downsides when I was in college/fresh grad, but it started to wear thin as time and life went on. In the Northwest it's awesome to have a Miata from about June to October where you can have the top down 90%+ of the time in temperatures that rarely stray from 60-90F. There are some nice days scattered through the rest of the year, but a soft-top convertible is largely kind of a bummer from like November to May since you make a pretty big trade-off in noise and insulation to have the drop top. Incidentally, the same part of the year that it's awesome to have a Miata it's also awesome to have a motorcycle... It's also a pretty big limiting factor for going hiking, biking, skiing, etc. when it's your only vehicle. Sure, you can kinda-sorta do it as long as you aren't trying to go with anyone, and I did, but it's just generally a hassle. I don't need an SUV, especially as a DD, but I needed something with a little more utility. So I switched and got an E46 coupe. Not as sharp as a Miata (not much is), but still a fantastic driver's car and day-to-day comfort is so, so much better. The trunk is sizable, the rear seats fold down, and while you wouldn't want to do a 10 hour road trip in the back seat it can fit 4 normal sized non-hambeast adults reasonably comfortably for a couple hours. And despite having a 3L engine with 2 more cylinders and 100 more horsepower it gets about the same gas mileage as my NA did - better, in fact, doing all-highway. My E46 is an awesome DD, and I have my motorcycle as a pseudo-replacement for the Miata. For a while owning 2 cars was simply out of the question, but it's becoming a possibility now. I toss around the idea of getting a beater utility/outdoors vehicle like a Forester or 4Runner or something like that, then picking up another Miata or similar car. Maybe getting rid of the bike to do so. For the moment I'm waiting to see how the ND shapes up before making any moves... Guinness fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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I also used to DD an E46 coupe. A 325ci with a 5 speed manual. I didn't do my homework and bought someone else's problem that was neglected. It was an awesome car to drive and a horrible car to own. 2/10, wouldn't do again. I totally agree with actual life activities being a hassle. I installed a hitch on the miata to take my bike places with me and we've gone running using my car a few times. As you say, it's a hassle. Visiting friends in San Antonio is also a hassle too since it's such a loud car and it get such lovely milage. I guess I'm just a different person than I was in my 20's. I'm 40 pounds lighter and like all the activities that made me that way
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I also own an E46 (330i sport package mt). My only gripe with it is that its too quiet and every little squeak or rattle drives me insane. My first miata sounds like a vacuum under part throttle and a jet engine under full throttle. I couldn't deal with it as a daily, but I never fell out with it. My other two Miatas are broken. Here's one before it was broken. 
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destructo posted:I also own an E46 (330i sport package mt). My only gripe with it is that its too quiet and every little squeak or rattle drives me insane. My first miata sounds like a vacuum under part throttle and a jet engine under full throttle. I couldn't deal with it as a daily, but I never fell out with it. PRETTY. More pictures?
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Feb 9, 2015 22:37
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I have an e46 as well (M3) and I split my driving and autocrossing between it and my miata pretty evenly. I probably DD the miata a bit more because I like keeping the M3 clean. I like them both but if I had to give one up it'd be the miata.
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destructo posted:I also own an E46 (330i sport package mt). My only gripe with it is that its too quiet and every little squeak or rattle drives me insane. My first miata sounds like a vacuum under part throttle and a jet engine under full throttle. I couldn't deal with it as a daily, but I never fell out with it. this miata is so masculine it should be called a miato I'll stop now
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Feb 9, 2015 22:42
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Apparently when goons "outgrow" Miatas they buy E46s.
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I have an e46 wagon and want a miata, regression and senility go hand in hand right?
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Guinness posted:Apparently when goons "outgrow" Miatas they buy E46s. I graduated from an MR2 to an E46. Kinda similar. e: and the last car I looked at before I plunked down for the E46 was a Miata.
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Taco Box posted:Anyone else get kinda tired of DDing a miata? I feel kinda old because of it but lately I've been feeling like going back to my focus hatchback. This time it'd be a manual instead of that awful dct they put in those. It was a comfortable and super useful car and I miss it a lot. My NC is a fun car and drives very athletically, but sometimes I wish I could just kinda...relax. I feel like I'm wasting such a nice car in a stop&go commute every day. I can't afford to have both, and don't really want to keep up on maintenance on three cars. Although I have a different vehicle for the Winter now, back when I used to drive a Miata year-round and even now when I drive mine the rest of the year I've always thought that they're never tiring/boring to drive except in lovely weather or traffic. When you can drop the top, and just flog it, it's a great car to drive, every time. When it's cold and/or rainy and/or rush hour, yeah, it's kind of tiring, but that's not the car's fault. Guinness posted:Incidentally, the same part of the year that it's awesome to have a Miata it's also awesome to have a motorcycle... This, a thousand times! The only thing I've found to be more liberating than driving a Miata is riding a motorcycle (although I've never flown an aircraft, so that's probably in the same league.  ) I can't really justify 3 vehicles, though, 2 of which would be reserved for the exact same perfect-weather days within half the year.Guinness posted:And despite having a 3L engine with 2 more cylinders and 100 more horsepower it gets about the same gas mileage as my NA did - better, in fact, doing all-highway. Taco Box posted:it's such a loud car and it get such lovely milage. Why does the Miata get such poor fuel mileage? It's such a tiny, light car with a small engine, but my NA got ~26 mpg year-round and my MSM gets ~24-25 mpg. Is it just the way I drive it? (That is, WOT and shifting at the redline.  )
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I get around 30 mpg in my NB, a little worse if I'm flogging it the whole tank.
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24mpg average here, drive it hard. 
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I just test drove a Miata and holy poo poo the day my S2000 kicks the bucket I will be banging at the doors of the Mazda dealership to give them my money. Roadsters. 
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 Thanks dudes, but I can't take the credit for that one. If you GIS "scrat miata" you'll find all the pictures you could want. I am friends with the original builder of the car who sold it to me after a series of tragic incidents (Track Dog Racing managed to blow up a naturally aspirated built motor in less than a thousand miles). It's getting a VVT ITB swap sometime this summer. Maybe in running shape at best late this year.
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Also, I've been DDing a miata for about 10 years. When I was in college it worked great and suited my needs, but it's becoming less workable as I age. When I started lifting weights I had to remove the door handle to make room for my growing legs, and now it's still a squeeze because the steering wheel is too big. Additionally, I herniated a disc this year and because I'm 6'4", the seating in the Miata forces me to sit in a position that is now pure agony. I'm convinced that the car is slowing down my rehab. I think if you're young, healthy, and your proportions fit the car it is a fine DD. Don't, however, get it as a DD if everything's not perfect because there's nothing worse than commuting in a car that is hurting you.
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Sup fellow hairless gorilla. At 6'4" and 270lbs I get stared at whenever I enter or exit the vehicle. I keep telling myself I'm just going to toss the driver's seat, bolt the seatbelt to the floor, and use a boat cushion for my rear end. We actually tested this on a lark one day and the seating position was perfection.
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I drove my Miata for like half an hour yesterday and today my hip is loving killing me again. It's possible the car actually is the source of my pain.
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At 5'10" the car is roomy and comfortable. My replacement Japanese owners manual arrived today!  I'm actually surprised how patronizing it is. It's mostly a list of stuff you shouldn't do. Like, don't park near fires!*  For any kind of maintenance stuff they just tell you to take it to the dealer. Hey manual, what if I wanna work on the car by myself?  "You'll get hurt!" Well yah, but that's kinda half the fun, isn't it? *Unfortunately it actually says don't park with your rear to inflammable objects, as your exhaust may set them on fire.
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Feb 10, 2015 13:29
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I thought it said don't drive your miata to klan rallies.
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Rhyno posted:I drove my Miata for like half an hour yesterday and today my hip is loving killing me again. It's possible the car actually is the source of my pain. Uh oh you better sell it. I'll give you 2k for it since it's an Indiana car now.
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Atomizer posted:Why does the Miata get such poor fuel mileage? It's such a tiny, light car with a small engine, but my NA got ~26 mpg year-round and my MSM gets ~24-25 mpg. Is it just the way I drive it? (That is, WOT and shifting at the redline. I would love an answer to this. My NA was getting 24 mpg in the summer (now 21 mpg with winter tires). Driving like an rear end or conservatively doesn't seem to make much difference. I don't get it. Previous car was a Civic of the same vintage, and it got 34 mpg no matter how I beat on it.
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The BP is a lovely motor and it's in open loop fueling past 4k. The gearing doesn't do any favors, either.
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The BP Kia I had did 30mpg in town all day long, mostly to do with gearing sure, but the BP is hardly a lovely motor.
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I got really great mileage out of the 93 Escort GT I had back in the day, high 20's at least. leica posted:Uh oh you better sell it. I'll give you 2k for it since it's an Indiana car now. You can have the car for $2K if you pay for my hip replacement.
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Feb 11, 2015 06:56
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Don't you have Obamacare to get a new Obamahip?
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leica posted:Don't you have Obamacare to get a new Obamahip? Tell you what, you give me one your hips and we'll call it even.
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