The MX-5...and you., Dig into your inner auto enthusiast. Options

[SwissFerdi]

So, as we are all Celica owners, we all have the same baseline perspective to build on. What do you as 6GCers think about the Mazda MX-5? Would you consider trading your Celica for an MX-5 (specifically the NB - 2nd gen), and if you did, what would you consider to be the pros and cons of trading to an MX-5?

Thanks for the input.

[blu94gt]

Glad you liked the one you drove.

I used to have a 90 Miata and loved it, even my friends who knew nothing about cars loved to ride in it. I put Tokico springs and struts on it and that made a HUGE difference in how it handled. It was a great car, even though it was that old it only had 90k on it. The previous owner wouldn't admit it but the car had been tracked, you could see under it where there used to be a straight thru exhaust, and the car had a brand new top and frame on it because they had removed it when the car was new. It only gave me trouble once when the ECU went bad, but that's because the car had sat outside with no top on it and the ECU had gotten wet multiple times. I DD'd it, even in 6 inches of snow it got around like a champ. Very easy to work on, and there is a ton of aftermarket support out for them.

Got rid of it for the Celica and wish I hadn't. I'm actually looking at selling my Celica pretty soon and picking up another Miata and maybe an old 4x4 4runner or truck. There's a 93 Miata for sale in town here with 83k on it and a few mods such as a roll bar and de-powered steering, I may have to go test drive it this week.