Too late to look now, I pickup in 5 hours 49 minutes, the bank draft is already drawn up.:bounce:
Mazda Miata
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At least they're Asian, The sausage won't get in the way. loluke:
That's the spirit!
I hope you enjoy your car and that you know I am just having some fun! (Now give me a big kiss! :couple_inlove
All is done.
She's still sitting at the dealership in the shop.
All polished up and ready to go and the skies burst open with torrential rain.
The sales guy is going to pick me up in the morning and I'll take her then.
She'll only be this new and clean once no matter you get her detailed in the future. I didn't want mess her up driving home.
She's still sitting at the dealership in the shop.
All polished up and ready to go and the skies burst open with torrential rain.
The sales guy is going to pick me up in the morning and I'll take her then.
She'll only be this new and clean once no matter you get her detailed in the future. I didn't want mess her up driving home.
The only homosexual Miata owner I knew was a friend of mine who lived most all his adult life in and around Church St.. He was the one that told me about the "Gay guy's car" image and would cackle "fag!" every time we saw one. Sure, this was in the early 90s and lotta time has passed since then, but the gay car stigma (if you really want to call it that) was not just a dismissal from the straight crowd, it was an inside joke and even a potential identifier during a time when lots of people were still in the closet and in denial.
Miata's a cool looking car though, so who gives a fuck what anyone else thinks?
It's funny but the original Miata was designed by a bunch of former British Leyland engineers and designers who had worked on MGs and Triumphs and the like. No one would ever call a guy who drove a TR250 or the like "girlie" . In fact, I've seen women driving Ferrari and Porsche and BMW, but I have never, ever seen a woman driving a TR6.
You can get an old Miata and there is a kit to install a 5.0 mustang drivetrain in the car. Now that is a great ride and incredibly fast.
You have to remember that the Triumphs and MG's and Austins and Jags - the British Classic cars from the 60's and 70's were cars from the 60's and 70's. No car was that reliable back then. I remember watching an episode of Leno's garage and he was talking about his early 70's Dodge Challenger it came with a 90 day factory warrantee. 90 days!!! Now cars come with 3 years, or 4 years (or more) from the factory.Always thought that the TR 6 looked cool because of the oversized wheels. That's common now though. I saw one recently and don't remember it being such a small car.
Miata seems to have succeeded in producing a fun and RELIABLE car. That has always been a problem with MGs and Triumphs hasn't it?
Also, the old classic stuff is usually pretty easy to fix yourself (if you have any mechanical aptitude I suppose. If you're one of the millennial crowd of males who can tell you everything about a smart phone until your eyes glaze over, but don't have the first clue on how to change a tire, it might be problematic.) Try changing a camshaft on a new Audi A4, or pulling a cylinder head from a BMW. Good luck with that. I could do both those operations with my eyes closed on a classic American or British car. I'd give serious pause and consideration to trying that on a new piece of iron from the Black Forrest.
Modern cars are more reliable, sure. They don't break down nearly as often as the old classics. But modern cars when they DO breakdown, (and they sure as fuck will break down), cost a SHIT LOAD of money to fix. A simple fix like a cam sensor will cost you a grand in heart beat. Electrical issues? Better run and hide because it's going to cost you multiple thousands and 5 visits to the dealer before they finally stumble on the problem. Fuck me, even brakes on the higher end Jap Scrap cost 800 an end now. That's nuts.
So take your pick, more repairs required with the old classics but cheap, or fewer repairs required with the new stuff, but eye watering prices per repair.
If you're looking for a just for fun car, I would never buy new. Buy a North American or European classic (the Japanese have never made and never will make a classic (well, marginally the Fairlady, but that's a stretch even)).
The classics from the 60's and 70's offer maximum fun factor, great styling, and most of all, if you get bored of them, you can sell them for probably more than you paid for them.
The classics from the 60's and 70's offer maximum fun factor, great styling, and most of all, if you get bored of them, you can sell them for probably more than you paid for them.
