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]

^very nice, sounds like a nice car if you can get it for that

I just got back from looking at that 93, and I'll tell you what it wasn't nearly as nice as the ad portrayed. Yes, it did have that maintenance done, but nearly everything else was wrong. Interior worn, dash had weird bubbles, scrapes and dents all over the place like they ran into everything they drove by. Car pulled hard to the left and the wheels were visibly toed-out. Transmission was very sloppy, not the tight-precise shifter a Miata normally has, plus it made a lot of grinding on deceleration. Also was DRIPPING gear oil as it sat idling.

On the plus side, the roll bar was a very nice leather wrapped Racing Beat, and the de-powered steering rack was awesome, I would definitely recommend looking up how to de-power it, made the car feel like a go-kart.

Basically, I'll keep looking. Few others on craigslist around here:
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/1934652383.html
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/1933829834.html
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/1908612816.html

I'm not a huge fan of red, but those could be winners. Wish they had less miles but meh, better if they're in good shape than just having low miles.

Also this one, has BBS's and looks decent:
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/ctd/1922775107.html