Of course there are some that say the miata is ugly, corners like a boat etc but the ones that know what it can do chime in and say it's a great car.
Linkie
It starts out with the OP trying to predict the demise of the Miata.![]()
It's amazing all the nice things other Solstice owners had to say about our car!
Randy (who'd rather be)
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
2005 Saab 9³ Arc 2.0L Turbo
Of course there are some that say the miata is ugly, corners like a boat etc but the ones that know what it can do chime in and say it's a great car.
90 MX5 281k miles! - euro spec, Porsche Riviera Blue w/black hardtop, 97 motor swap, vintage Borbet rims, GC, FM shock hats/frame rails/rear sub-brace, AGX, sway bar, stb, Fidanza/ACT combo, EBC Yellows
92 COMMA SM - new paint coming soon...
I think the NC looks like a bucket of smashed buttholes, but I'll defend it to my last breath from Solstice drivers![]()
09 Lexus RX350
.... no Miata
Well, I love the NC. Fix the 4x4 stance and it is a winner in my book.
In that case I'll rephrase my statement...
Compared to an NA it looks like I described. However, if it was the first Miata I'd seen, I'd be all over it like stink on doody![]()
Okay I'll admit it's kinda pretty once it's lowered. I don't know what I'm saying. You can put me on ignore![]()
09 Lexus RX350
.... no Miata
But seriously, though.
I think that the Solstice is a good looking car. I wished that the engineers would figure out a way to make the trunk a little more user friendly.
I also liked the firs generations of the MR2 and Fiero when they both came out. I thought they did an excelent job of copying and making a much more reliable Fiat X-1/9. I wished that I had only had the since to put my money on the Toyota MR2 rather than the Fiat. I would probably still have it in my collection, whereas the Fiat lived up to it's name(Fix it again Tony).
Last edited by Radio-Active; 04-07-2007 at 08:53 PM.
05 MX-5 Mazdaspeed #1024 Titanium Gray Mica
I've seen mostly chicks driving Solstices... and all of a sudden I've started seeing Skys, driven by people convinced they got a good deal at a happy Saturn dealer...![]()
IMHO, the cars look pretty sharp, but everything I've read about them would lead straight to a Mazda dealer if I were in the market for a new 2-seater. The trunk is small, the gearbox in the base model has gimpy ratios, you can't see out with the top up, etc etc etc...
The Sol-sky strikes me as more of a show car that made it to production, rather than something that can actually be used every day.
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
Really? I know I do a ton of driving going to all the hockey rinks across the metromess, but I see at least 5 a week! As oppossed to maybe 1 or 2 NC's a week.
Yeah, a show car that Grassroots Motorsports said they'd pick hands down over the NC if they wanted to win SCCA showroom stock!![]()
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But yeah, as a daily driver the trunk sucks hardcore! You can actually fit quite a lot in the Miata trunk, especially the newer ones.
90 MX5 281k miles! - euro spec, Porsche Riviera Blue w/black hardtop, 97 motor swap, vintage Borbet rims, GC, FM shock hats/frame rails/rear sub-brace, AGX, sway bar, stb, Fidanza/ACT combo, EBC Yellows
92 COMMA SM - new paint coming soon...
Yeah, we all know you like the GM Twins better.![]()
I've seen more NCs than Sol/Skys.
I'd also take a Mazda over any GM product any day regardless of any automobile journalist's opinion.
Let's see how much of a following the GM Sisters have in 20 years. We'll also see how many 200k mile ones are driving around in 10 years. The Miata is bullet proof and a classic.
Think GM will sell anywhere near a half million units before they drop it?
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'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
LOL! Urban Dictionary describes it quite well.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=goatse
If anyone still has no idea what this is about... then this should give you a fair representation w/o the gory detail...
Plus, it would make an awesome Halloween decoration...![]()
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds