I'm not really sure why i like them either, and other than the miata and the S2k i despise convertibles (I'd actually like them both a bit more if they ever did come in hard top, and with that logic you can also probably guess what the first thing i'm going to buy for my miata is when i get the money for it...). Ironically they are both two of my favorite cars (along with the FD RX-7 and Elise). I love small light weight cars with little to no frills. It's why the FR-S still has a special place in my heart.
And I can see where your coming from about the bathtub thing. I actually prefer the looks of the NBs all things equal. I do love pop up headlights though and when NAs are slightly lowered (like half an inch, not fucking slammed! i hate that look!) they clean up nice in my eyes. My dream car would be an NB with pop up headlights! It'd be like a mini FD!
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Originally Posted by Turbowned
Well, that didn't end up the way I thought it would! I was gonna tell you not to pay so much for that MR2, but then you went and spent way more on the Miata. Well, I hope you can at least break even when it's time to sell the Miata and get the FR-S. Both cars are great fun! I saw a supercharged '91 Miata with 40k miles for $4,000 locally but I really don't fit in Miatas; I barely fit in the MR2!
I woulda sold you my MR2 for $6,000! I've got about 3x as much into it, sadly  |
I can probably sell it for pretty close to what i bought it for here with the right timing and audience. Never having seen salt up here counts for a lot and there are quite a lot of older well to do people here in the finger lakes which is why i kinda believed the guy when he said he could have probably sold it for 7500 in the spring (not that i would have ever been crazy enough to pay that kind of cash for it but i'm not that kind of demographic) so if i keep it as clean as it is now it should keep a good portion of it's value at the very least. I honestly don't know how long i will keep it so who knows. I might just keep it for a long time and by the time I'm looking for another car the FR-S will be fairly long in the tooth.
At the very least i know i'm getting quite the service out of this. I talked with him on the phone today to tell him i got my insurance info ready to send to him and he said he'd wash and wax it one more time for me before i took it and wrapped it up for the winter.