Nice price or crack pipe?

Here's a little gem that's sat waiting for 24 years in the cornfields of Indiana.


http://jalopnik.com/for-9-000-who-do...ata-1214498796

If you want to keep it as a collectible, it's not a bad deal, I suppose. Comes with a hard top. Go in with an $8k cash offer and see what you can get.

If you want to actually drive the car, buy one with normal miles for a normal price.

Seems odd. Look at the wear on the seats and particularly the steering wheel. That doesn't look like aging or sun fading...

I'd wager that it is a disconnected-speedo car, with more than 240 miles. If its truly what he says, then the seller is failing at marketing it well.

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Originally Posted by miataspeedracer

Seems odd. Look at the wear on the seats and particularly the steering wheel. That doesn't look like aging or sun fading...

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What he said. Seats and steering wheel look like they've seen far more than 240 miles, unless the previous owner just liked to sit in it and make "vroom vroom" noises.

Now that you mention it, it also lacks the "Mazda" sticker on the front bumper skin - which screams of a respray.

Crack. Pipe. Something's definitely not right about that car.

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Originally Posted by mk2tmr2

Now that you mention it, it also lacks the "Mazda" sticker on the front bumper skin - which screams of a respray.

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bingo

It's parked in front of a body shop. What are the odds?

I thought Tom McGrath died. Perhaps he faked his death and moved to Indiana to start fucking other Miata owners?



(What? Too soon?)