Greetings -- finally owner of a '99 sport

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03-17-2011, 10:26 AM
xmatt

Greetings -- finally owner of a '99 sport

I initially joined up here to post a listing for my S2000, ahead of buying my Cayman S. Then I had something of an incident in my beater and so I figured why not get the car I've wanted for years -- an NB Miata. As it turned out, a friend was selling his '99 sport, in great shape other than some engine trouble, and he offered it to me for a song. I just had it trucked in and it's sitting in the loving hands of Track Dog Racing right now.

Looking forward to getting it into some autocrosses with you guys. My first pic:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7873883/miata.jpg
03-17-2011, 10:40 AM
sammm

Welcome aboard and congrats on the NB! See you at an AX soon.
03-17-2011, 01:36 PM
cone-cerned

Welcome, have fun with your Miata.
03-17-2011, 01:37 PM
Bigsrturbo

Welcome see u at autox soon!!!!
03-17-2011, 01:59 PM
joe.MIATA

Would you mind describing the 'song?'....

...and Welcome.
03-17-2011, 02:06 PM
cleave

Welcome. See you at an autocross soon.
03-17-2011, 02:31 PM
Sharpie

Welcome. What state did it come from?
03-17-2011, 02:47 PM
xmatt

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe.MIATA

Would you mind describing the 'song?'....

I really shouldn't -- it was a friend offering me an exceptionally good deal.
03-17-2011, 02:50 PM
xmatt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharpie

Welcome. What state did it come from?

Virginia, but originally a California car (unfortunately). I used DAS to get it down here, about $850 door-to-door.
03-17-2011, 03:04 PM
altiain

Welcome and congrats! Had an emerald mica '99 Sport, which I still regret selling. See you at an autocross soon!
03-17-2011, 08:18 PM
OZMDD

Saw it at TDR today, nice looking NB. Welcome!
03-17-2011, 08:21 PM
luis

welcome!
03-17-2011, 08:49 PM
onething

Welcome back.
03-17-2011, 09:33 PM
Miatamoto

What's up Matt. Congrats on the new car!

Looks nice.
03-18-2011, 10:43 AM
CosmosMpower

Cool, should make for a nice beater. Autocross the Cayman though, much more fun :)
03-18-2011, 12:26 PM
xmatt

Quote:

Originally Posted by CosmosMpower

Cool, should make for a nice beater. Autocross the Cayman though, much more fun :)

Heh, yeah, I mean I'm still definitely intending to do track days with the Cayman. Autocrosses... I dunno, we'll see. I kind of feel like the Cayman is fantastic "out of the box" on a fast track, but it takes some specific setup to really kick butt in autocross (tends to push, etc.) and not sure I want to bother if I've got the Miata for that.

I definitely owe you at least one car swap lap with the CS at an autocross though. :)
03-19-2011, 09:26 AM
Piff

Good color choice.