How's it going,
My names David, I was lucky enough to pick up a low mileage 96 M.
Local to Dallas. I live in Allen. I have a speed 3 as my daily but needed a second car due to school and work schedules conflicting with my wife's. I was looking to buy a light rwd import and narrowed it down to a miata, fc, or the generic 240. Couldn't find a 240 I liked, the fc I was looking at needed a transmission swap so I began to seriously look at miatas. I met with a guy last friday at the shops at legacy and instantly fell in love with his miata.
I can't believe I didn't get one of these sooner. The crisp steering, rapid response, low body roll and firm suspension are definitely impressive.
I bought it as soon as my wife gave me permission.
It's a 96 M edition with 80k on the clock. The engine runs exceptional, the shocks and clutch feel as though they have a decent amount of life left, the only thing that concerns me is the slight nervous feeling on the highway around 65 or so. I think the alignment needs to be checked and I might have the tires balanced if it doesn't go away.
As far as mods go. For the time being I'll probably stick with suspension. First thing is a roll-bar. I can't decide between the boss frog maxx, or the hard dog hc. I'd like to see some in person sometime, and maybe sit in a miata with one. I'm 6'5', 235 so I'm not exactly compact but the car feels like an extension more than a container. After the rb will be a few underbody braces, I like the FM butterfly but haven't looked into it too far. After that sways and coils. Eventually I'd like to go FMII turbo but that's a few years off.
I'm a longer standing member at dfwmazdas.com and regularly go out to Thursday night meets in irving and the monday night RKC's at BJ's. You might have seen the cosmic blue speed 3 with pink fogs driving around if you've gone out to the last couple.
The car had been local to Dallas with most services done at town north so maybe some of you have seen it driving around?
I look forward to coming out to some of the meets and meeting everyone.
A few pictures,
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...6/IMG_1974.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j209/ggreen216/6.jpg
Faster but less agile. The pink looks better in person, or at least that's what I tell people. The speed dyno'd 272/290 a few months back before I put on a new exhaust and midpipe, should be a bit closer to 300 now but I don't know exactly where it's at.
Oh I've noticed a few small scratches in the paint I won't be able to buff out, as well as one or two minor door dings. Are there any shops local to Dallas that would be able to repaint the same color? About how much would that cost? Just something I'd like to know for the future.
-mk
oh, and I apologize for buying the car if you were looking at it. The guy I bought it from turned down a lot of offers (2 as we were signing over the title :)).
Definitely had timing on my side.
