Is the Miata special yet, or is it still doomed to always be an economy car that happens to be lightweight and RWD?

I want to go get a soda but I also need to shit but I also want to lay down

>>28457352 (OP)
Lightweight cheap rwd is an increasing rarity in 2025.

Appreciate mx5.

still THE GOAT for grassroots motorsports. nothing is easier to work on or more reliable with more factory and aftermarket support.

>>28457352 (OP)
Anything rwd, manual, and serviceable is special now
Scratch that, anything serviceable, period, is special now
The shittiest buick from '02 will be worth new corolla money soon, it's fuckin' bleak

>>28457352 (OP)
>Is the Miata special yet
The miata was always special you fag. Name another affordable lightweight RWD sports car that has been consistently available for the past 30+ years and isn't a poorly made piece of shit like a TVR or some other british junk, or an unreliable italian turd.

>>28457352 (OP)
I never knew it was an economy car. It's packaged pretty poorly and offers pretty poor comfort, space, and MPG for what it is as an "economy car", then.
I also saw hundreds of new Corollas everywhere today in a few hours driving but not a single Miata, new or old. They're rare '''sports cars''' even when new in my experience.
Unrelated but I did see a brand new 4-door Jeep flying a pride flag today, brown/black colors and all. Seriously wish I got a pic of that.

You'll certainly find a clean NA/NB for the next 10-20 years. More than they used to be sure but still attainable for most.

Understand that a lot of "rare" cars are only going for about 40k. That's not much.

>>28457416
Tell me about corollas, is a ‘24 SE hybrid a good buy?

Should I buy an s2k?

>>28457571
I would personally buy an ND over an S2000, but the heart wants what the heart wants.

>>28457352 (OP)
>Is the Miata special yet
It's always been special. The goat affordable lightweight sports.

>it’s so toss-able
>a true drivers car
>my miot
>its always the answer
>smiles per gallon!

It was always special, it was just so good at what it tried to do, it blew up in popularity, so coolness died down. Which was good, it kept prices low for 10-20 years.
It's like if a bunch of women bought BRZs, you suddenly wouldn't want one.
Very rarely do you have a car with a success story like the NA.
And you probably won't ever see anything like it again. Cars are appliances now and it shows.

Economy car is selling it short, they were quite a bit more than your average CRX or whatever of the same vintage. Still affordable but hardly cheap.

>>28457352 (OP)
Lightweight and RWD makes it a fucking unicorn

Miatas are brilliant but I like clown cars.

>>28458229
Legends are one of the few cars superior to the MX5.
>>28457768
>seeeeeeethe
kek, never gets old

>>28457416
My 30 year old engine getting 30mpg at 4k rpms highway is pretty great imo.

How is the miata an economy car?

>>28458374
how, I think the absolute best I've ever gotten out of mine on a longer trip is like 26

>>28458436
>4cylinderlet for economy
>smol for economy
>economy car interior
>economy car suspension
>economy car looks

>>28458452
Wouldn't really agree.
>economy motor
It's perfectly fine and rev happy, much more so than your average economy car in 1990.
boost it and make 200hp in a 2200 pound car
>econ car interior
i somewhat understand this sentiment, but it's still wonderfully designed.
>economy car suspension
people knock porsches for using mcpherson struts and now people knock miatas for double wishbones? this is wild.
>economy car looks
rear end perhaps but the front end is delightful.

I suppose by traditional metrics you could consider it an economy car, but it's really not.

>>28457352 (OP)
I've never driven one as I'm 6'6'', but my understanding was that it sucked, and is no longer cheap.

>>28458490
There was nothing like buying one of these things for a couple grand back in the day man.
So cheap and so fun. I dunno if they're still fun at 10k or whatever tho

>>28458496
Try 15 for one that's only been smashed once It's niche was cheap light rwd, and it hasn't been cheap for 20 years.

>>28458477
4cylinderlets are economy engines
"Sports cars" shouldn't have economy car interiors
They come on hilariously HUGE, beancounter-neutered, old-man-appeasing, MONSTER TRUCK suspensions
And they're UGLY as FUCK
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0lnIukFvYIY
And they sound like shit too kek

>>28458535
man you really try waaaaaaaay too hard
going after miatas is pure cuck shit,
all respect for wheelgap spic lost, and you didn't have much because monster trucks are fuckin based

the wheelgap jew FEARS the samurai

>>28458538
Kek miatas are the car that spawned USG. That and the brz/86
And for the record, civics are the car that created the pikachus

>>28458543
the wheelgap jew truly FEARS the samurai

>>28458540
If you watched the video in >>28458535
you'd know that Leh Keen actually makes offroad 911s lol. Why are miatas built for offroading on gods fr fr lmaooo

TENNO HEIKA BANZAI

>>28458546
>>28458549
LOL @ those wheel gaps godsDAMN

>>28458548
imagine this 911 cuck literally ripping off Jackal's Buick Century lmao

>>28458551
silence wheelgap cuck
this is the emperor's thread. you will speak only when commanded. if you reply to this post at all you are automatically gay

>>28458518
Nah, minty ones on BaT are 15k and maybe even less. 10k is the sweet spot for a pristine non-LE NA.

>>28458560
Nah yagayson

>>28458589
wheelgapspic officially BUCKBROKEN
by MIATAGODS

>>28457352 (OP)
it never has been special and it never will be outside of reddit. they are cool little roadsters. that is it. that is all they were designed to be, and that is all they ever will be.

>>28458711
>everything I don't like is reddit
go back

>>28458717
i said they were cool. i don't dislike them, but i would never own one. i responded OP's (faggot) central topic directly. you can't deny the fact that mx5's miatas have a disproportionate amount of circlejerkers and e-fans (not owners) stemming from reddit.

>>28458595
Nah yagayson

>>28458726
>redditors like it so it is.... Le Bad!
go back

>>28458451
From LA to Bay Area lol. Just didn't change speeds much, drove at night, I use 91 though. Had full trunk and a passenger. I calculated it as 31mpg but I'm pretty sure in regular daily highway use it's under 30mpg. Isn't much different than a corolla of similar years. had a 2004 shitbox corolla get worse, and a 92 wrangler get lol13-15mpg.

>>28458726
Is the American homeless chariot special yet?

>>28457352 (OP)
Roadsters aren't economy cars. What retard logic is this?

>miata fastback kit
I will now buy your meme car

>>28459871
Yeah, that looks good. Almost good enough for me to own one, but I can't be bothered to buy some overpriced kit for an overpriced jap car

>>28459881
That's because it's not a kit, it's one of the 179 official NB coupes they made for the Japanese market.

>>28460052
Correct

>>28457768
> "I made you into a wojak and called you a tranny, whats your argument now?"

>have fun on the mountain pass
>retards are still seething about the miata

>>28458727
wheelgapspic absolutely fucking anally annihilated by miatagods
>can only sputter the same word about how his son is gay
absolute cinema

>>28461658
Nah yagayson

>>28458766
brownoid reading comprehension

>>28462639
reddit reply

>>28462643
lol do you even own a miata

>>28462648
yes an nb1 that I'm VVT swapping at the moment

>>28460052
Why's it on stilts?

>>28459871
Why is it on smol stilts?

>>28462714
because it's not meant for brown ricers

>>28462709
pic with /o/ timestamp

>>28462726
I'm not at my shop right now but here's the engine

>>28462722
>non-brown ricers ONLY put lift kits on their cars!!!

>>28462746
it's not modified

>>28462726
UUUU

>>28458549
god i wish that were me

>>28462766
Why's it on stilts then?

>>28464548
Why is water wet? Why is your mother a whore? Some of the great mysteries of the universe I suppose.

>>28457553
you have 4 choices in trim with the corolla: woman car, woman car hybrid, super woman car, and super woman car hybrid.

>>28464549
If it's not modified why does it have a lift kit on it?

>>28464548
to piss you off specifically