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.

[SwissFerdi]

^ Holy crap that thing is clean. See, something like that is what I need to find. Good for you guy, good for you.

And regarding the gay stigma...my girlfriend told me she won't ride in it with me if I get one. She'll have to get over that.

GotToyota now has a 90 NA...I'll see if I can get him to chip in...I think he will def sway you in the right direction. Just from my brief exp. driving it, wow is all I can say. The car is incredibly tight on the stock suspension with 14in wheels, so light and so ergonomically (sp?) simple. The shifter is s@x. Sure it has 90 whp (now...) but it weighs nothing, even with power windows. Read the review in the newest issue of modified on the top ten track cars...guess who got #1?

The car is a true roadster and just a drivers car. The great thing with NA's is you can find them (easily) with sub 100k orig miles for easily under 4k even after TTL.

And oh ya, mpg. Even with messing around pushing the new car I believe he got 32mpg.

50/50 balance, rwd, I challenge anyone who claims "girl" status to go drive one...hard. Plus you already drive a celica which is apparently "girly" to any V-8 fox body loving drag racer with 7 teeth (not that their is anything wrong with having 7 teeth...respect).

Just don't hellaflush it. Lower it, get some respectable wheels, and save for the tiny turbo and engine rebuild after you put 50-100k carefree miles on it, are through your higher education, and have the time and resources to garage it, pull the motor, and make it a track whore to fall in love with it again.

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I agree with everything you said. If I tried, I probably couldn't mis-shift...that's how precise the shifter felt to me. The clutch felt great as well. Steering was less amazing, but I think that's due to me being used to less body roll. It did feel accurate and precise, it just seemed like there was a slight sag to it. Could be an aging steering rack as well though. Slapping on a turbo sounds very much appealing, but that would be for later on down the road. First focus will be maintenance, and then tires and suspension after the car is well serviced. I/H/E will be later on down the road.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Sep 1, 2010 - 1:55 AM