Member of the Month

X_MEMESWERVE_XX
March, 2025

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Mazda Miata

profile picture
AntifreezeSteeze
Posts: 1643 - Karma: 53
Getting one for my first car from my Dad's friend. Silver 93' miata with 60,000 miles, 5 speed stick, soft and hard top for $1,500. Anyone have one? I know they're shit in snow but I'm in Jersey and I'm not really worried. I'm guessing for my first car its a great deal since its in pristine condition(owners a car enthusiast and needs to get rid of it) Feedback would be sweet.
15 years ago
7 10
profile picture
BlackcountryBill
Posts: 955 - Karma: 577
How many people in this thread have driven one?
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32
i have
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
AntifreezeSteeze
Posts: 1643 - Karma: 53
Alright lets put things into perspective. $1,500. 60,000 miles, 5 speed manual. Now I dare you to go out and buy a car in mint condition as if its right out of the dealership, has a soft top convertible for when it gets warmer out and also comes with a hard top for the colder months of the year. I then ask you to be able to autocross that car and see how well it does, chances are for $1,500 it will feel like shit, handle like shit, and look like shit. Lets also look at my budget, and most of you very well know that when you're a teen your not going out to buy a brand new Porsche unless your parents are willing to buy a car that you can't handle. It's my first car and I'm sure any of you would be happy with anything for your first car. 
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32
i could get a honda civic that will out handle one of them all day, and convertables are gay too! buy it then sell it and make some cash off it
15 years ago
0 1
profile picture
Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
I have. They're nice cars too. That doesn't change the fact that they're stereotypically classified as a "chick car".

OP is getting a hell of a deal...especially for a first car. Better not crash it....
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
AntifreezeSteeze
Posts: 1643 - Karma: 53
Convertibles are sick on those hot sticky days. I'll be driving it for about two years and see whether I'll upgrade or keep it, either way I'm happy. The hard tops alone go from $700-$1000 so I will definitely profit if I sell it which is good to know.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
BlackcountryBill
Posts: 955 - Karma: 577
When you said you'd driven one, were you sat on your dad's lap?

There is not a chance in hell of a FWD hatch with McPh struts and probably a torsion rear axle outhandling a '5.

My friend's Meganne R26.R has my car through the bends, but only by a little, and that is THE fastest FWD production car on track
15 years ago
1 0
profile picture
comeatmebro
Posts: 10720 - Karma: 66
hahahaha are you fucking 12? that's the biggest load of shit i've ever heard.
15 years ago
1 0
profile picture
vincepru
Posts: 5474 - Karma: 17
hahah you are the most ignorant person to post in this thread... thank you for a good laugh. dumbass.
15 years ago
1 0
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32
my friends civic makes 500 wheelhorse on low booost,  and for the recored my dad dont got one
15 years ago
0 1
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32
want a cookie haha shitbag
15 years ago
0 1
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgPI61sL39Y&feature=related

im pretty sure that will beat your moms buick you drive hahah

15 years ago
0 1
profile picture
Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 904
they aren't much more expensive than the bimmers or the benz that you see everyday.  not any more expensive than a Zo6 or a range.  I would drive that thing every where.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
pomme-de-terre
Posts: 3915 - Karma: 703
you are going to have a stupid amount of fun just ripping that car all over the place. seriously, i drove my aunts and i just had the hugest grin on my face the whole time.

15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
you're forgetting the 20,000 mark up above mrsp
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 258
and the ridiculous servicing costs. like RIDICULOUS.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Canadianfreeride
Posts: 281 - Karma: 227
Girls car unless you:

Slam on decent coils
Wide as hell low offset wheels
Over fenders
Hardtop all the time
Eventually a motor swap (115 hp new does not cut it)

15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 904
i'm not..
but i admit that i live in a very wealthy area..  dmv lol. 
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
fuck the hard top, take out the vert top completley, and run it as a full tiem vert, with a cage, soooo badass!
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
comeatmebro
Posts: 10720 - Karma: 66
okay you're obviously an idiot dude. no shit, any car will be fast if you put a fuck load of money into it. his car was $1,500, i would love to see a civic for $1,500 out perform that miata. you obviously have brain damage you fucktard.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32
haha, ok i could find a civic right now for 1500 that will out perform a miata , there slow as fuck u dumbass, if u think a miata is fast then what is  a buick the fucking fastest you shitbag
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
invader7
Posts: 5756 - Karma: 47

your so fuckin stupid its rediculous. they shouldnt let people like you use the internet. and get off hondas dick. 

and a little eye candy(from a forum not mine.)

Click for larger image

15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32

sweet read the thread nvr said you cant make them fast dumbass

Click for larger image

15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Dirty.Harry.
Posts: 1779 - Karma: 351
Miatas are female cars.

Yes, I drove one for a valet parking job at a party.
No it wasn't that impressive.
 Buy something different.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
the only 2 hondas i would ever consider fast from the factory are teh s2k, and a nsx, mazda speeds 3/6/miata are rockets and considered some of the best cars in their class.

now shut the fuck up, this isnt a thread about how honda is better for your fudgepackin self, but about how this dudes gettin a legit miata for his first car for a banger price.  now go away for good.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32
and the rsx, not to mention the new si's are decent any ways ,u pay wat 20 g for a mazda brand new, put that into a honda, it will it eat alive, ok i dnt just like hondas u fuck, and ya dude is getting a good deal, but id rather have somthing else, and for the record mazdas arnt rockets a stock evo will walk the all day long or an sti so take ur rocket dildo and shove it up ur ass haha
15 years ago
0 1
profile picture
LMPJibbin
Posts: 1607 - Karma: 17
i concur
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32

my friend had an rx7 with a 5.0

15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
B4NE1
Posts: 876 - Karma: 16
Indeed or Preludes mine to be exact
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
wiscorider
Posts: 308 - Karma: 32

h22 :) wats dne to urs?

15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Miatas are slow as balls in a straight-line, but they shine in autocross where having gobs of power don't really make much of a difference.

Just remember that it is NOT a "fast" car in a straight line and be careful in it on public roads.

Get to an autocross through your local SCCA chapter and learn to drive, and have a blast killing cones.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
true, although the rsx=si, and yes an evo will walk one, but if you took the balls out of your eyes, youd see i said they will beat anything in their CLASS. an awd sedan=/= fwd hatch.  and id say a turbo 263hp is pretty fucking quick.


and of course you can take teh 20k and put it into a shitty shell, but for the price new ms3 vs new si, ill take the ms3 with its turbo.  not to diss teh si, its a sick car, any stock car with a lsd is pretty sick imo, and its pretty quick too.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Dirty.Harry.
Posts: 1779 - Karma: 351
Hondas are also very commonly ricers.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
yea, but teh ones that are built correctly, and arent shabby as shit, i got mad respect for.  its hard as fuck to buuild a fast honda/acura and get respect when your whole community is pretty much rice.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
BlackcountryBill
Posts: 955 - Karma: 577
First, in the UK Miata's are called MX-5s, hence me calling them '5s, just to clear it up.

Right, so that '5 would be around 300bhp in road trim, 350 in race. I've no idea about the power of the civic, lets call it 500bhp, it makes no odds.

On a proper racetrack, ie: for touring cars, not a high speed track for F1/Indy/Muscle cars, I can almost guarantee the Miata will get round the track faster and the driver will have a bigger smile on his face than the guy in the civic.  The amount of grip these cars have is incomprehensible unless you ave driven one in anger.

Even on the road, the '5 is a silly amount more fun than ANY FWD car I have driven.

There is something about driving a RWD car designed to be an all out sportscar that is so better than driving a hatch with a big engine that was designed to drive your mother to her friend's house.

I DO know what I'm talking about, I DO race real cars.  My current  race car is a FWD Polo, 200bhp NA with suspension made to my spec, I could go on....  So don't start telling me I can't drive or don' know what I'm talking about.

Grow up, learn to drive a car round corners rather than planting it on a straight, accept that BHP is not equivalent to the size of your cock.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
^ well put, we also get mx-5 miatas in the states, i believe those are the uprated version over the plain miata.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
0123456789
Posts: 9226 - Karma: 148
yep, just checked there is only a mx5 version now
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
NW_Rider
Posts: 2580 - Karma: 314
I love how your dissin on people driving "their Mom's Buick" and then you post a video of your friends car. Classic, and comparing MX-5's to STI's? really? Your just spewing off bullshit in no specific direction. And even with all that power in your friends civic, I bet it would get smoked in some autoX by a lightly modded miata.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
BlackcountryBill
Posts: 955 - Karma: 577
Cheers G, It's pretty late here in the UK and I'm pretty drunk, had an high horse moment!

Makes sense they changed the name, I *think* it's only the mk3s, which aren't proper '5s anyway, they had to raise them 30mm to meed crash regs and fucked up the handling!
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
comeatmebro
Posts: 10720 - Karma: 66
fucking right man. not to mention the 24k speed 3 and the 32k sti or evo are in totally different price ranges. from a roll a speed 3 with intake and exhaust will walk an sti or evo, i've seen it done multiple times. but that's getting off topic of the thread.

the miatas are sick in autocross and handle amazing, if you seriously put down some money and make this car fast it'll be amazing. then you can shut up the faggots saying it's a girls car.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
BlackcountryBill
Posts: 955 - Karma: 577
You don't need to spend much money, a simple geometry alignment by a proper garage is enough to transform '5s into incredible cars.  A totally standard '5s will blow away almost everything you will come across down a decent road, one with corners that is.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Too tall, it tis quite uncomfortable to sit in one for me.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Dirty.Harry.
Posts: 1779 - Karma: 351
Ookok...I've seen one or two nicely built hondas, but there are SO MANY ricers around here because stupid trashy kids buy a civic or prelude,  throw a fart can and $5 body kit on and think they can floor it everywhere.

So I guess I don't want to hate on nicely (and well) built cars (and Hondas), they're just kinda not the norm up here.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
ISkiSwitch
Posts: 3157 - Karma: 22
1.5K? 60K miles? pretty mint condition? but it. Regardless of if it's a girls car or not. It's known for being a fun little car. Beat the crap out of it and learn to drive until you can buy a decent car.

Unless you're really planning on keeping it for more than a year and upgrade it, or taking it to a ski hill alot. Then you probably should look into something else.

/thread.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
AntifreezeSteeze
Posts: 1643 - Karma: 53
First of all how is it even possible to beat the shit out of a car in a year? haha I'm set on buying it no matter what people say. I'll be making upgrades to improve handling like suspension, brakes, and most likely another set of wheels with winter tires. Then I'll do some minor mods like cold air intake, a catback exhaust, and a ecu chip.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 258
i'm glad all of the trolling morons in this thread haven't had any effect on you.
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
General_Ripper
Posts: 3327 - Karma: 189
Click for larger image
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
enick
Posts: 2468 - Karma: 26
yep
im really craving some penis right now
15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
ShredTheGnarnia
Posts: 2544 - Karma: 79

dear igorsteeze,

fuck you, please go play in traffic, i cant even respond because you made too many ridiculous, ignorant, dumb comments to even single out one and tell you why you are a retard

15 years ago
0 0
profile picture
Nicholas.
Posts: 10905 - Karma: 60
yeah ive driven one. a pretty nice one too. still a chick car.
15 years ago
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4); Currently it's 2:33AM