So, roughly a month ago I sold my first car. It was a Sonic Blue 2002 Ford Focus SVT with 116k miles on it. I loved that car, it was stupidly fun to drive and looked great (in my opinion); it was perfect. Except when it wasn't, which was all the time. Evidently a previous owner had fooled around in the engine bay and had neglected to do anything important to the car, resulting in everything failing. I did have it fixed and everything was fine, but only after a mountain of repair costs that left me not wanting to own it anymore. A few weeks passed following the repairs and the Focus departed from my life with a tear or two shed, and then the hunt for a new car was on.
Even before I bought the Focus, way, waay before I could even own a car or drive, I knew I wanted a Miata. I had never driven in one, let alone sit in one before, or interact with one in any way whatsoever, but I craved one. I could never find one, though, and months of scouring classifieds had left me defeated once, so I hadn't had much hope the second time around. Sure enough, I couldnt find anything, anything, in my price range. I began thinking about other cars that I could settle for when I started chatting with a guy at my school (I'm in high school) named Brandon (who recently posted up his new z31). Somehow we discovered that we both shared an interest in cars, and that we were both on the hunt for something new. Brandon's suggestion to buy Miatas together soon after reinvigorated me, and after he introduced me to the MM forum and showed me how he had found a nice miata by posting a thread on it, I decided to give it a go. Incedentally, Brandon's Miata fell through, but he referred me to the guy he was talking to, who happened to post a reply on my thread a few hours later. He said he had a crazy nice base model NA6 Miata he picked up from the original owner, and directed me to a thread about it. I was sold. A few days later, I drove to Sterling and met Taylor, who was more than enthusiastic to show me his NA6 and tell me everything about it. We came to a deal and a few days after that, I picked it up and drove it two hours home. I laughed the whole time.
A week has passed since I bought the Miata, and I couldn't be happier. It needs a some things to be in tip top shape; the paint isn't perfect and there's a dent in the front right fender, and its been stalling on me. But, I'm making progress. Brandon and I put on a new soft top today, and I've got a Hard Dog M2 rollbar waiting to be put on. I don't know what else I want to do as far as modifications to it, but it's going to be my daily, so probably little things here and there. We'll see. In the meantime though, I'm going to enjoy blasting around my town and its surrounding backroads.
Also, huge thanks to Brandon and Taylor, who have been helping me a ton with the Miata. Brandon, thanks for being a great car buddy and an all round good friend, and Taylor, thanks for all the support and hospitality. I really appreciate it.![[Image: 9dc4716532cc324b3fda09a3b16daeba.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180308/9dc4716532cc324b3fda09a3b16daeba.jpg)
Even before I bought the Focus, way, waay before I could even own a car or drive, I knew I wanted a Miata. I had never driven in one, let alone sit in one before, or interact with one in any way whatsoever, but I craved one. I could never find one, though, and months of scouring classifieds had left me defeated once, so I hadn't had much hope the second time around. Sure enough, I couldnt find anything, anything, in my price range. I began thinking about other cars that I could settle for when I started chatting with a guy at my school (I'm in high school) named Brandon (who recently posted up his new z31). Somehow we discovered that we both shared an interest in cars, and that we were both on the hunt for something new. Brandon's suggestion to buy Miatas together soon after reinvigorated me, and after he introduced me to the MM forum and showed me how he had found a nice miata by posting a thread on it, I decided to give it a go. Incedentally, Brandon's Miata fell through, but he referred me to the guy he was talking to, who happened to post a reply on my thread a few hours later. He said he had a crazy nice base model NA6 Miata he picked up from the original owner, and directed me to a thread about it. I was sold. A few days later, I drove to Sterling and met Taylor, who was more than enthusiastic to show me his NA6 and tell me everything about it. We came to a deal and a few days after that, I picked it up and drove it two hours home. I laughed the whole time.
A week has passed since I bought the Miata, and I couldn't be happier. It needs a some things to be in tip top shape; the paint isn't perfect and there's a dent in the front right fender, and its been stalling on me. But, I'm making progress. Brandon and I put on a new soft top today, and I've got a Hard Dog M2 rollbar waiting to be put on. I don't know what else I want to do as far as modifications to it, but it's going to be my daily, so probably little things here and there. We'll see. In the meantime though, I'm going to enjoy blasting around my town and its surrounding backroads.
Also, huge thanks to Brandon and Taylor, who have been helping me a ton with the Miata. Brandon, thanks for being a great car buddy and an all round good friend, and Taylor, thanks for all the support and hospitality. I really appreciate it.
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