[DeTomaso] NPC Collective question
Bill Moore
Bill at incendium.com
Tue Feb 5 21:14:43 EST 2013
Mike/Wrench, but will she let you drive it ?
Cheers,
Bill
Calgary
-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sender: detomaso-bounces at poca.com
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 21:05:49
To: <spkorb at gmail.com>; <detomaso at poca.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC Collective question
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)...)
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