Tucking it under.
Tucking it under.
That others have said about the early models is true: suspension travel was seriously lacking. It's find if your roads are in good shape and you never hit a pot hole. Additionally, with lowering springs, I'd have to cross speed bumps diagonally to keep from scraping.
The favorite Miata I've driving so far was an NC. It drove a lot like my RX-8, for obvious reasons. A supercharged NC hard top would probably tick all of my boxes.
I've kept myself from driving an ND on purpose.
You guys hit all the high points. Stopped driving my NA very much due to almost getting hit every day on the way to work. Lack of ABS is kind of an issue in a city that has a lot of rain and also very terrible drivers. Mine is pretty rattley on bad roads with the hardtop, so much so that I thought it was dying on me. Nope, the roads were just bad and I forgot to put the second brake shim back on.
I also think installing a turbo or supercharger would make all the issues disappear behind your E36 M3 eating grin.
I've had a red '91 NA, red '07 NC Sport and currently a silver '06 NC Grand Touring. (I'd prefer the blue metallic, but that was not to be)
Many many, many miles. The '07 sacrificed itself to save me at highway speeds and if the passenger front a-arm didn't snap, I'm pretty sure I could have driven home another 4+ hours. Lots of body panel damage, but structurally still solid.
Difficulty wiping the smile off your face after arrival.
The NC is both quicker and faster than my Crown Vic Police Interceptor and easier on gas.
The NA "felt" fast, but wasn't. Not entirely a bad thing when I was younger & heavier footed.
The NA top leaked eventually. I cheaped out & used plain black bicycle tube patches (hey, they're waterproof and they flex) and they held up for a couple of years before I replaced the top.
Plastic rear windows in the early cars. Meh. Much prefer glass.
NA/NB top with zip out rear window (for shade above and air through the sides / out the back) is really nice for the days with too much direct sun for full top down.
NC wind blocker catches eventually break. But it does take quite a lot of ups & downs.
I don't remember the NA oil filter change being a pain. Maybe that's just memory loss.
NC - jack the car up from the driver's side and you can reach in behind the wheel to access it as well as tilting the engine so the drain plug is down.
Water in the passenger seat floor from clogged AC drains.
Brett_Murphy said:That others have said about the early models is true: suspension travel was seriously lacking. It's find if your roads are in good shape and you never hit a pot hole. Additionally, with lowering springs, I'd have to cross speed bumps diagonally to keep from scraping.
The favorite Miata I've driving so far was an NC. It drove a lot like my RX-8, for obvious reasons. A supercharged NC hard top would probably tick all of my boxes.
I've kept myself from driving an ND on purpose.
That's a really good idea as they are amazing
Greg Smith said:Water in the passenger seat floor from clogged AC drains.
Ive noticed a few ads stating they “cleaned out the drains”. Is this what they are referring to? And does this lead to rust? And is this still a common issue on say anything 2000-newer?
The drains in question are the drains for the soft top and/or the sills. The AC drain is usually noticed pretty quickly.
taking trips to ikea can suck, depending on what you buy. protip: borrow a truck or station wagon.
source: i've had a '90 since 2002. Love it.
stylngle2003 said:taking trips to ikea can suck, depending on what you buy. protip: borrow a truck or station wagon.
source: i've had a '90 since 2002. Love it.
See, I had the opposite experience with mine. My trip to IKEA went something like this: "Man honey, I'd love to buy you that 'assemble your own 38 shelf storage system', but it won't fit in the Miata." Best IKEA trip ever . . .
I wanna see AvE BOLTR a Miata
Greg Smith said:Water in the passenger seat floor from clogged AC drains.
My NA had the water in passenger floor issue when I first got it. I found a small drain on the bottom of the car near the floor pan and then duct taped a shop vac to it with a good seal. Ran the vac for a bit and sucked out a bunch of water. Seemed to do the trick and never had the problem again.
In reply to stylngle2003 :
Why? It's a convertible. Put it in the passenger's seat and you are all done. Carried a quarter deck worth of lumber in my NA.
In reply to bmw88rider :
Yeah. I've carried 6x6" treated post in my NA, and 2 loads of tongue & groove boards in the NC as well as 12' carpet rolls (just the cardboard rolls) for kids theatre sets. The roll hoops in the NC keep things from shifting around, and the wind blocker pops out easily enough.
The looks I get from others are no weirder than what i get for top down in the winter / snow (hey, the NC has an awesome heater and really good airflow to keep all but the tips of your ears / top of your head warm)
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