Originally Posted by MrDinkleman
I used to daily an NB Miata and I used to daily my FRS. Same commute, 70miles round trip, about 90% freeways.
Commuting in a ragtop is a very noisy PITA. You get very little protection from wind noise, engine noise, and tire noise. Add to that, convertibles are a PITA because I was constantly worried about thieves or vandals damaging the top. In the summer, they're hot and in the winter they're cold. While I liked my Miata for its size, agility, RWD, and M/T, I did not like the top dropability. I bought a hardtop but even then I had to worry about it getting stolen.
As others have said, I never notice the torque dip because I don't race others. I just like it for its size, agility, RWD, and M/T without the nuisance of a drop top.
But let me add, I agree with victorscp, for a daily commute of 80miles, I think you should forego both and just get a commuter hatchback. Boring, I know but I always felt/feel terrible that I wasted a Miata and an FRS on a 90% freeway, 70mile daily commute.
In between the Miata and FRS I had a M/T Yaris hatch. I loved it. Slow and ill-handling, but VERY roomy (seated 4 adults comfortably), good gas mileage (36MPG average over 140k trouble-free miles), entertaining enough (thanks to M/T) and GREAT cupholders (its best feature). I'd still have it if it hadn't been totaled in a rear-ender...
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