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I've had mine for over a year, have around 25,000 miles on it. Glad I got it! Great gas mileage, great interior (for the price), great performance, been very reliable. All problems fixed under warranty... I'm satisfied with everything but the re-sale value right now! (Yes, I paid MSRP... )...

The miata is a blast to drive... my DD is a '91 and has been for 3 years. My wife drove it for 6 months also, and used it to shop for the 15 person assisted living home she managed as well. She's 5'11" and it was her favorite car she's had. So... you can get groceries, be 5'11", buy a...

jsahyoun: It's not just the police's job to to teach civic responsibility. That's everyone's responsibility... we should tell people when they are doing stuff that could be deadly to both themselves and to some innocent person. Grandma's and soccer moms have no idea how to react when a...

The velocity vector is what matters, in any impact. NASCAR guys hit concrete walls while going 180, 190 mph. What matters is the velocity component perpendicular to the surface that you are hitting (i.e. how much of it is "head on"). For example, Dale Earnhardt hit many walls while going at...

Good point, turbo3wagon...

Is Dr Sounds the guy who posted pics of his MSP a couple of weeks after the accident while he was standing in the engine bay or something? That looked pretty nasty... My wife ran into the back of someone :-( but no injuries on either side, thank goodness.

The engine sounds like it could be sweet... but American manufacturers have never "gotten" sport compacts, and lost touch with sports cars a long time ago as well (exception: Z06). It took a German operated company to make a successful "american" sport compact (SRT-4)... the Mazda 3, to my eyes...

Glad it was helpful

A VERY rough estimate is that 3 drinks (a shot (1.25 oz) of whisky, 4 oz of wine, or 12 oz of beer) in a 160 lbs person will give you a BAC (blood alcohol content) of >0.1 (according to Spitz and Fisher in "The Medicolegal Investigation of Death", 3rd edition, p 564). Honestly, anything more...

Greetings! Is your car still for sale??

One interesting point that has been missed... the only thing slowing the car down is the friction between the tires and pavement. Your brakes are more than powerful enough to "lockup" your wheels to the point that ABS can activate... So if you are trying to get "maximum stoppage" then it...

Thanks for everybody's replies -- they are appreciated!

sychofreak: Most excellent! I never see any of the other MSP's around here, and thought it was too cool! We hung around for a little while to see if you were coming out of the theater, bu we eventually gave up. I used to live in NC, although not at Lejeune! I grew up in Winston-salem, which...

Thanks for all the replies, y'all. In regards to the last post, man, I hope a 4th gen RX-7 is coming! That would certainly get my $$$. About the Mini: A girl's car? Have y'all driven one? They are ridiculously fun to drive. Also, I'm not sure what soursce y'all are using, but the S did...

Question for RX-8 owners: I'm looking to get another new car. I've had all mazdas and like the RX-8 (I still want another RX-7, to be truthful), but I also think the new 200 hp MINI would be a blast, and it is a lot cheaper. Also, the STi and EVO seem to deliver more on paper, although the...

Not a fan of ANY HUMMER (that is a vehicle anyways) unless I was stuck out in Iraq or someplace like that... sorry, that monstrosity should not be on the street...

I just moved from Portsmouth a couple of months ago... that's one less spicy MSP in the "757"... I believe I bought the first one sold in Hampton roads, one year ago today... I don't think I saw another one on the road the whole time I lived there, either. Where were you guys? ;-)

PKay: that is a sweet looking Rex in your sig...

Sparco3319: I actually live in Seymour, about 10 miles outside of Maryville, but my wife and/or I are in Maryville a couple of times a week

Yeah, it did have tinted windows, but I didn't notice the mirrors...