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  Oct. 28, 2010 8:27 p.m. Javelin SuperDork

  I hate my Miata. Somebody please shoot me. That is all.

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  Oct. 28, 2010 8:48 p.m. Ranger50 Reader

  Buy a different Miata.

  "Never trust an intelligent man with no money to play fair."

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  Oct. 28, 2010 8:48 p.m. RoosterSauce New Reader

  This thread is wrong and you should feel bad.

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  Oct. 28, 2010 8:49 p.m. triumph5 HalfDork

  Your asking a question many on this group don't want to hear

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  Oct. 28, 2010 8:52 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork

  Sacrilege!!

  At least for some of these guys. Pass it on and buy another AMC.

  A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

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  Oct. 28, 2010 9:08 p.m. Junkyard_Dog Dork

  Ranger50 wrote: Buy a different Miata.

  Or two.

  Then again you've managed to destroy/hate two of the most popular cars on here. Perhaps an automatic Camry is your answer.

  I love going to the Pull-a-Part because the dollar admission is cheaper than most car shows and you almost always see cooler cars.

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  Oct. 28, 2010 9:09 p.m. jeffp New Reader

  In reply to Javelin: Hmm..I predict it could be "stolen....and found with hardtop missing....Halloween pranksters"

  Leave the keys in the center console please. Go ahead and check with your insurance agent prior to Sunday. Thanks.

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  Oct. 28, 2010 9:20 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director

  If the answer is not Miata, then the question is wrong.

  Yes, we now have signatures.

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  Oct. 28, 2010 9:26 p.m. patgizz SuperDork

  e30?

  When I grow up, I want to be just like Colt McCoy

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  Oct. 28, 2010 9:34 p.m. mndsm Dork

  How could the answer NOT be Miata? That's like saying bacon isn't delicious, it's a blatant lie.

  Go fast or go broke.

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  Oct. 28, 2010 9:44 p.m. dj New Reader

  mndsm wrote: How could the answer NOT be Miata? That's like saying bacon isn't delicious, it's a blatant lie.

  Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherberkeleyer.

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  Oct. 28, 2010 10:00 p.m. triumph5 HalfDork

  David S. Wallens wrote: If the answer is not Miata, then the question is wrong.

  So how many more Miata articles are you planning on running?

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  Oct. 28, 2010 10:49 p.m. Capt Slow HalfDork

  If your that unhappy I will give you $50 and I would take it off your hands...

  '96 Miata | '06 Mazdaspeed6 | '01 ford focus | '82 Mazda RX-7

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  Oct. 28, 2010 11:31 p.m. ReverendDexter Dork

  I'm surprised no one had asked yet, but what exactly is it about your miata that invokes hate?

  --There is no turd more polished than the Ford Mustang--

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  Oct. 28, 2010 11:34 p.m. nderwater HalfDork

  If the answer is not Miata, it can only be because you asked what car can out run Chuck Norris.

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  Oct. 28, 2010 11:52 p.m. mndsm Dork

  nderwater wrote: If the answer is not Miata, it can only be because you asked what car can out run Chuck Norris.

  That's a trick question. Everyone knows that one does not run from Chuck Norris- only that Chuck Norris likes to "play with his food"

  Go fast or go broke.

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  Oct. 29, 2010 12:32 a.m. Derick Freese HalfDork

  Capt Slow wrote: If your that unhappy I will give you $50 and I would take it off your hands...

  I'll give you $75.

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  Oct. 29, 2010 3:28 a.m. Rufledt Reader

  Derick Freese wrote:

  Capt Slow wrote: If your that unhappy I will give you $50 and I would take it off your hands...

  I'll give you $75.

  $76! I can imagine a world where maita may not be the answer, but that world involves zombies, or perhaps the need for some serious off roading... you can get an AWD E30 right?

  "A dog oversteers, which is more fun than an understeering hyeena, so you want a mazda mx5 because it's rear wheel drive."

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  Oct. 29, 2010 3:52 a.m. Derick Freese HalfDork

  In reply to Rufledt:

  $250

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  Oct. 29, 2010 4:28 a.m. thatsnowinnebago Dork

  http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

  I'm gonna butta yo bread

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  Oct. 29, 2010 8:02 a.m. mistanfo SuperDork

  $251.

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  Oct. 29, 2010 8:23 a.m. Javelin SuperDork

  Good! Keep bidding

  I should rephrase though. Maybe it's just not my Miata that's the answer. This thing hasn't exactly been reliable and it's starting to grate on me. Since buying it:

  • Clutch kit (x2!!!) including slave, line, and fork on #2
  • Water Pump + Coolant
  • Radiator + Coolant, again
  • Timing Belt +accessories
  • CAS
  • Front hub/balancer/pulley assembly plus crank bolt and key
  • Oil consumption

  It's had to be towed home on a flat bad from 3 miles from home. It cost me a day of work and a week of getting rides from the wife when the balancer broke. And now the power steering pump bolt broke and shot forward (the long one that it pivots on).

  I just get the feeling that the nickel and diming won't ever stop.

  Anybody want to trade?

  Michael Pinto - 73 AMC Javelin / GoKart / 93 Miata STS / 01 Grand Prix GT

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  Oct. 29, 2010 8:24 a.m. Javelin SuperDork

  Junkyard_Dog wrote:

  Ranger50 wrote: Buy a different Miata.

  Or two.

  Then again you've managed to destroy/hate two of the most popular cars on here. Perhaps an automatic Camry is your answer.

  Considering I pretty much caused the P71 love, I don't think it qualifies. Plus I sold it to another GRM'er and I still love them.

  Michael Pinto - 73 AMC Javelin / GoKart / 93 Miata STS / 01 Grand Prix GT

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  Oct. 29, 2010 8:43 a.m. BoxheadTim Dork

  Sounds like you've got a mountain of deferred maintenance hiding in this car. IME they normally don't nickel and dime you unless the previous owner didn't keep up with the simple maintenance.

  I think sir might need a working backup vehicle...

  Sanity is vastly overrated.

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  Oct. 29, 2010 8:46 a.m. EvanB Dork

  I think it might just be that Miata.

  I bought a 91 for $1400 and drove it for 5 years, only needing to replace the brakes, slave cylinder, and freshen the suspension.

  Formerly jdmae92

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