WTB: Car that shall not be named

[navin]

I've zinged the civic's motor to ~10k I think - it was at the Mercedes club event we went to a long time back...

If only the tach' didnt black out at 8k then I could have seen where it really landed.

[Evan]

I just can't see relegating myself to a Miata for daily use. Especially as a college student.

I remember my college days, my car was always full of shit. Books, papers, dead hookers. Where are you going to keep dead hookers in a Miata?

Ive spent $200 at the grocery store and fit it all in a miata....with a passenger. Youre not going to make too many trips to Home Depot but for everyday stuff its more than enough.
If you regularly drive around with your entire car completely filled up with crap, then thats an organizational problem, not a car problem.

hell, who needs to drive much in college to begin with? Parking sucks on campus and biking is faster anyway.

[Maengelito]

Edit: oh and yeah...I agree with you that its not a good idea to HPDE a daily driver. No matter what it is, I had 2 problems with my car on track, a broken valve cover (shops fault) and blowing up my motor (10,000rpms). Either of which will happen on any vehicle no matter if its the most reliable car in the world. Lets see what your valves do at 10,000rpm on a miata. It "might" have been fine if I didnt have aftermarket cams with stock valvetrain, but the car still wouldnt have liked it.

meh, its probably a good idea to have a 2nd car but that didn't stop very many of us.

and I went from 5 to 2 instead of 5 to 4 before south bend last year and zinged the motor pretty good. Granted I caught it and didnt fully drop the clutch but still went well into the red on the tach. The motor is still fine and I try to drive it as much as I can when the weather is nice.

[Nis01]

No problem fitting most everything you need for trips in a miata. I did have to be a bit resourceful by using the rollbar as a cooler rack for the latest trip down to the beach. :lol:

I think that 10AE is the same one I linked just posted on a different site, its in Roanoke and if you could talk the price down... not a bad pickup. There was a local 10AE going for 6k with similar mileage, just without the rollbar.

[D_Eclipse9916]

Edit: oh and yeah...I agree with you that its not a good idea to HPDE a daily driver. No matter what it is, I had 2 problems with my car on track, a broken valve cover (shops fault) and blowing up my motor (10,000rpms). Either of which will happen on any vehicle no matter if its the most reliable car in the world. Lets see what your valves do at 10,000rpm on a miata. It "might" have been fine if I didnt have aftermarket cams with stock valvetrain, but the car still wouldnt have liked it.

meh, its probably a good idea to have a 2nd car but that didn't stop very many of us.

and I went from 5 to 2 instead of 5 to 4 before south bend last year and zinged the motor pretty good. Granted I caught it and didnt fully drop the clutch but still went well into the red on the tach. The motor is still fine and I try to drive it as much as I can when the weather is nice.

I was making a point to be careful, although most of us dont take wind to our own cautions AKA me. Now I dont need stories of your cars surviving those, my situation was a bit different, I was using No-Lift-To-Shift and hi-lift cams that are on the outer boundary of what stock valvetrain is made for. Stock Miatas and civics can probably get away with it every now and then, but somtimes not. I was just making a point.

This may make for another justification NOT to modify a car, its way less forgiving.

[DLingenfelter]

Absolutely no red!

So you're looking for a slow one? Everyone knows only the red ones are fast! :wink:
But in all seriousness NB's are a good choice for a confortable daily, my dad has one and it has virtually no rattles.

As for how practical a Miata is I drive mine every day to school, work, grocery shopping with the wife, autocrossing, etc. Anyone who can't drive a Miata in the winter or any rwd car is a pussy, seriously I've had that car in snow that was scuffing the floorboards and in VA that's about as deep as it gets anymore, you just need snow tires.

Mileage isn't too much of a big deal if owners kept up on past maintainance, my brother just picked up a 91 with 233k and it runs fine, but make sure the timing belt has been changed. Also if the car comes with mods, any shocks that aren't Koni's pretty much suck (especially KYB, I have those...ughh) Ground Control coilovers are always 10x better than most of the springs out there too (high spring rates work for miatas, Flyin Miata springs are also good).
Stock up on some replacement calipers if you're going the HPDE route, if anything's going to go it'll be them (not my experiance but that of a friend) and shift easy and intelligently, no prize for being fastest in HPDE anyways

[Ryan T]

no prize for being fastest in HPDE anyways

[cheezy quote]Goodspeed isn't in it for the money, he's in it for the respect. To some that is more important.[/cheezy quote]

[Kaan]

no prize for being fastest in HPDE anyways

dear person i dont know... MM always wins at HPDE... just ask mikey!

[D_Eclipse9916]

no prize for being fastest in HPDE anyways

dear person i dont know... MM always wins at HPDE... just ask mikey!

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[Mike]

no prize for being fastest in HPDE anyways

dear person i dont know... MM always wins at HPDE... just ask mikey!

that was rj. nobody [in their right mind] tries to win with 140hp.

[ViPER1313]

no prize for being fastest in HPDE anyways

dear person i dont know... MM always wins at HPDE... just ask mikey!

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Shiny macco paint and lower miles > frame damage???? That thing was smacked hard in the front.

[fiveoh2go]

no prize for being fastest in HPDE anyways

dear person i dont know... MM always wins at HPDE... just ask mikey!

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RUN AWAY FROM THIS! Look at the hood to fender gaps.

[D_Eclipse9916]

hahah damn, I didnt even look at the pictures...me=fail

[Nis01]

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/c...48149.html

Has Bose, power features, and looks like a windblocker so it 'might' be a PEP car and have a Torsen LSD, probably would have to run VIN to find out for sure. Pretty good price if the car is in decent shape.

[Steve85]

There is a dark green 2000 for sale at Tri-State Nissan in Winchester. Looks good from the road, might be worth a call.

[Nis01]

2000 with reasonable miles and a few extras.

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/c...43511.html

[Jake]

2000 with reasonable miles and a few extras.

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/c...43511.html

Goodspeed... this could be a clean example. I'd ask for more (and larger) pictures. Good price for the miles, but I'd ask about TB/WP as they are probably due (if not changed already). Also, check condition of the top. That's a $500+ expense if it's in bad shape. The miles wouldn't indicate the top shape, it's the physical age and how it was cared for.

[Goodspeed]

Already sent an email to that guy just for fun. I've asked for better pics...car is clean title but was involved in a sandwich-style front and rear collison at a stop light, hence the low asking price.

[fiveoh2go]

Already sent an email to that guy just for fun. I've asked for better pics...car is clean title but was involved in a sandwich-style front and rear collison at a stop light, hence the low asking price.

I hesitate to say this because I hate it when I'm selling something, but you need to low ball the shit out of this dude. Use the cars accident history as leverage and steal it if you're serious about buying. You'll have more cash for mods or just put it back in your pocket.

Do unto others as others have done unto you.

[fiveoh2go]

Any serious bites on the Supra?