My name is Alex, I'm 22 years old and I've been wrenching on cars since I was 15. I've owned a lot of variety of cars but never a Miata. I worked on a Miata when I was 17 in highschool auto tech and the test drive after the repair is hard to describe without me involentarily breathing heavily ;) . Recently my 4 runner blew the headgasket and I really have no desire to work on it, the 16-19mpg was killing me. But still not as bad as my 14-16 with my current suburban (I hate this suv). I want something that gets good mpg, I was looking for a 1st generation crx which I enjoyed owning before but I can't find any. I found a ugly miata locally for less than 1,000 so I started searching for forums and I came across this one... and then saw a Miata I really wanted f/s here!
I've owned over 35 cars ... a few worth mentioning
fwd...
85 crx si
86 crx si
87 crx si
89 crx si
89 celica gt convertable
rwd...
84 corolla sr5 (AE86)
85 corolla gt-s ( )
86 corolla gt-s ( )
87 corolla sr5 ( )
82 corolla sr5
83 corolla sr5 griffith convertable
81 starlet
83 starlet
85 celica gt
83 celica gt
65 bug
69 bug
71 super beetle
72 super beetle
80 arrow
74 2002
88 rx7 gxl
I've owned a rx7 and a b2200... just about the only mazda's I've owned. The B2200 was a mess, I got it that way.. sold it quickly. The RX7 was a mess when I got it but it was a lot of fun, the coolant seals gave out not long after I got it, I then sold it. I've done a little drifting but never anything else, I would not mind autocrossing but I would love to get some massive brakes on a Miata and take one to a real track. I go up to Dallas often to Mineral Wells for drifting.
