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Originally Posted by donoman
I would buy at the new Miata if it was (1) a hardtop coupe or (2) came with a power retractable hardtop. I had a 1994 Miata R that leaked. What a pain in the ass. Those tops are not cheap.
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WAT?
The tops are very cheap and easy to install. Sure, if you want a cloth top with heated back glass it starts getting expensive, but a stock style top for an NA is uber cheap.
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Originally Posted by Atropine
The Miata clearly communicates with the less advanced driver nicely and lets them know where they are. The Twins do that as well (with stock tires). BUT if you add super sticky tires...you can become overwhelmed.
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Except that's not what he said. He said: "It feels like it has way more tire grip, but when the tires lose their grip, they lose it very fast, so this car needs to stay hooked up."
For someone like him this is OK, but it would probably bite some people in the ass.
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Originally Posted by tahdizzle
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Like riding a fat chick, it's fun until your friends find out. Dear god that thing is ugly and consistently makes the list for ugliest cars ever made for a reason...
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Originally Posted by glamcem
I owned both Miata and BRZ, Miatas are great cars but the problem is the lack of the community and the aftermarket support, and it's a lot harder to work on the cramped engine bay, but those shouldn't be an issue if you plan to keep it stock ..too bad they only offer the Mazda 3 engine that only revs up to 6800 RPM, the outgoing NC Miata has a special engine that can rev up to 7400 rpm, Mazda had an opportunity to come up with a killer car but they simply killed it by offering only 155 hp, if they bring the MazdaSpeed version of this that would be a real game changer though
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Wait, what? Miata is the Civic of the convertible world. There's a massive community and aftermarket for them and if you think the engine bay is cramped you need to try working on the car with your hands not your feet...
Though I'm sure you were being sarcastic, right?
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Originally Posted by strat61caster
lmao did you read the reviews? It has a different head and lighter flywheel than the 3 and by offering "only 155 hp" they kept the clubsport trim level with bilsteins and an LSD to $28k while knocking nearly 1 second off the NC's (pre-'09) 0-60 time.
The only potential downside to the ND is we don't know how Skyactiv takes modifications, logic would suggest that the high compression and focus on fuel economy and emissions with a relatively new direct injection setup would make it a bad tuning platform.
But the exact same thing was said about the FA20 and it seems to be taking a bolt on supercharger with a whopping 80+ hp increase without skipping a beat and there are hundreds running around with 300+ whp vs. the stock ~170 at best.
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Well, as the NC's ECU was able to be reflashed and took to mods well, I don't see this being an issue here either.
Not to mention there's supposed to be an Alfa version of the car with a turbocharger (who knows if they're using the same engine at all though).