[DeTomaso] NPC Collective question

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/5/13 17 49 26, spkorb at gmail.com writes:


> 
> Or a used Miata with a supercharger.  Sure it's not worth a lot but
> when they've depreciated they stay at the same level and they are dead
> nuts reliable so they don't depreciate *more*.  With your kid working
> so hard, a MIata is great if you don't want to do a lot of wrenching.
> 

>>>And you don't need a supercharger either.   Despite not having a ton of 
power, they are also light, and thus they can carry a TON of cornering 
speed.   A nicely prepared Miata will run about the same lap times as much more 
powerful cars, because the bigger cars pull away on the straights but have to 
slow down so much more in the corners.   

Miatas are plentiful and dirt cheap, and the aftermarket is just incredible 
for them.   Parts are cheap as chips too.   You can buy a decent one (I 
happen to prefer the NA models, 1990-97, with the later models being the best 
of the bunch) for well under $5K, or a really tricked out car for not much 
more.   And then you can modify it to your heart's content, for next to 
nothing, and have a blast with it.

BTW, Miatas with the convertible top are widely dismissed as 'chick cars', 
but a Miata with a permanently affixed bolt-on hard top and a roll bar, 
Sparco racing seats, five-point harnesses, and 15x7 wheels with Spec Miata tires 
(Toyo RA1) is definitely semi-studly.   If it's wailing around a 35 mph 
freeway onramp at 75 mph, it is definitely studly!

Mike (and yes, Lori's 1997 Miata has a permanently affixed bolt-on hard top 
and a roll bar, Sparco racing seats, five-point harnesses, and 15x7 wheels 
with Spec Miata tires (Toyo RA1)...)