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urakawa posted:Finally got my $600 1.8 swapped basket case Miata up and running. I've been following along with your Miata exploits, and I have no clue where you're finding these cars for those prices. Tell me your secrets!
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urakawa posted::stuff: Nice work man.
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urakawa posted:- 3/4 corners were 1.8 brakes, but the drivers side front was 1.6. I completed the 1.8 brake swap by buying the bracket on ebay. Good work dude. I have a ghetto spraypainted stock NA bumper in my basement, too bad you're far away. Jealous of the 99 cent spray cans. What prep did you do?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Good work dude. I have a ghetto spraypainted stock NA bumper in my basement, too bad you're far away. The whole car was already painted in gray primer, we literally just spray painted on top of that. I forgot to mention that I swapped the already black hood and trunk lid from that black Miata shell. And that's too bad with the stock front bumper. I have one from my red Miata but the mounting tabs need to be bent back in to shape urakawa fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Apr 8, 2016 |
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kimcicle posted:I've been following along with your Miata exploits, and I have no clue where you're finding these cars for those prices. Tell me your secrets! My first Miata I found through Copart for $650 out the door, but I wouldn't recommend going that route unless your state lets regular individuals buy from salvage auctions. Besides that, I joined all the local Miata / Miata parts for sale Facebook groups. For me it's Socal Miata Parts. Sometimes good deals are there. I ended up buying my bucket seat ($80) from a guy on there who was parting out his car, and then later he agreed to give me his shell and sold me some other bits (hood, doors, trunk lid, transmission) for cheap. For my Craigslist finds, I use this smartphone app called "Cpro Craigslist" On it I select all the counties in my state and use these filters: clean title, manual transmission, price from 100, and car make and model: Miata. Sort by lowest price or newest and you may find some gems if you are quick. I saw the $600 gray 1.8 Miata posted "an hour ago" so I was lucky. I guess the last tidbit is just old school junkyard finds. I got a set of eclipse air vents that way, and a OEM 2005 Honda Accord navigation DVD player for $45 (ebay was selling them for $200+). Unfortunately Miatas are hard to come by, my junkyard never has any.
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Girlfriend dropped the bomb on me that she wants me to sell the Miata last night. So that's going to lead to some fun arguments.
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Rhyno posted:Girlfriend dropped the bomb on me that she wants me to sell the Miata last night. So that's going to lead to some fun arguments. She means sell it... and get an ND?
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Rhyno posted:Girlfriend dropped the bomb on me that she wants me to sell the Miata last night. So that's going to lead to some fun arguments. Obviously she's jealous of the miata.
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Sell her instead
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Reinstall the passenger seat and take for a ride once and a while?
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With it being April and still snowing she pointed out that I still have other financial priorities then to have a car sit for 6 months of the year. She's not entirely wrong buy I ain't selling poo poo.
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Apr 9, 2016 16:44
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Buy winter tires instead. Problem solved.
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Move to a warmer climate. Problem solved. 
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Sell it and buy a motorcycle. Or just buy a motorcycle out of spite. Have two things sit for half the year.
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TheNothingNew posted:Buy a motorcycle out of spite. Have two things sit for half the year. This is the correct response.
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TheNothingNew posted:Sell it and buy a motorcycle. 3 if you count his penis.
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Atomizer posted:Move to a warmer climate. Problem solved. But not to Florida, the roads here suck. Tennessee or South Carolina have got to be the best states to own a Miata.
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Seattle is pretty good too! Right? Right? 
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GutBomb posted:3 if you count his penis.    leica posted:But not to Florida, the roads here suck. Tennessee or South Carolina have got to be the best states to own a Miata. I hear Austin is pretty nice?
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leica posted:But not to Florida, the roads here suck. Tennessee or South Carolina have got to be the best states to own a Miata. Can confirm.  Unless you have any pollen allergies, in which case you're hosed.
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Atomizer posted:
gently caress off we're full
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Charlotte has to be close to perfect for miatas. With seat warmers it's a 10 or 11 month car.
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Yeah I actually meant NORTH Carolina, but South probably isn't bad either i suppose.
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Bovril Delight posted:gently caress off we're full Wow rude.
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Nocheez posted:Charlotte has to be close to perfect for miatas. With seat warmers it's a 10 or 11 month car. Can confirm, top down at least once a week all year, often every day, here in Raleigh
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Nocheez posted:Charlotte has to be close to perfect for miatas. With seat warmers it's a 10 or 11 month car. As a triangle resident, I refuse to acknowledge that Charlotte is good for anything.
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FatCow posted:As a triangle resident, I refuse to acknowledge that Charlotte is good for anything. Beer? They have some good breweries.
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leica posted:But not to Florida, the roads here suck. Tennessee or South Carolina have got to be the best states to own a Miata.
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:Posting from California to challenge this. Sorry but your roads are too crowded to enjoy handling.
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Sc is good for cheap clean cars, but we have limited number of awesome roads till you get to the north west corner of the state. No emissions testing is a big plus.
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GEMorris posted:Sorry but your roads are too crowded to enjoy handling.
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:California is not Los Angeles    Yep looks perfect!
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My miata would run out of gas before reaching a corner.
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mobby_6kl posted:Yep looks perfect!  https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0496514,-122.6745301,3a,75y,244.91h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soBkOg-Ln-P13wy-lwi9qJw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656  https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0445243,-122.619732,3a,75y,80.44h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sg3FRZAzFNb7BnV1om9GbGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 //edit to not just be a troll: is this the place to talk about our favorite routes or have we got another thread for that?
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TIL that this is a thing. We don't have flying pigs operating speed traps in my major metropolitan area. 
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Yeah, you may not "get" Miatas. Pretty much any eastern state that gets a piece of the Appalachians can throw its name in. E: missed the central CA update.
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I'm pretty sure all the radar enforced by aircraft signs are just bullshitting or hold outs from an American age where flying a Cessna didn't cost an arm and a leg. I just can't see anybody justifying the cost of a plane and pilot these days just to nab speeders. I hope they put Stuka sirens on them just for comedic effect though
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ethanol posted:I'm pretty sure all the radar enforced by aircraft signs are just bullshitting or hold outs from an American age where flying a Cessna didn't cost an arm and a leg. I just can't see anybody justifying the cost of a plane and pilot these days just to nab speeders. I hope they put Stuka sirens on them just for comedic effect though Back in 01 I got spotted by a Cessna on i10. 86 in a 70. In a Windstar.
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Just got back from scouting a new fun route in northern VA, elevation, twisties, some straights and some cool down mainstreet stuff. Locked up the fronts once, so that's a good sign. MPRZ0349 by Bud, on Flickr Bud fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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