Got a new ride today!

[Okrazie1]

I traded in my '01 Miata today and bought a '06 MX-5 (for those who don't know, it's no longer called a Miata). It is the Sport model with the suspension package. To get the particular car I wanted, I had to go to a dealer in Maryland, which was almost 200 miles form my house. Sorry for the quality of the pic, but it was dark when I got home. I'll take some more tomorrow, weather permitting.

 

[BeauJ]

Nice. My neighbor just got a new miata, but he won't let me drive it

 

[xmodster3o3]

I thought it was still called a miata, now its just the mx-5 miata.
On there website it's still miata. That is nice though I have always liked miata's.

 

[Okrazie1]

I thought it was still called a miata, now its just the mx-5 miata.
On there website it's still miata. That is nice though I have always liked miata's.

Actually, up until 2006, the official name of the car was the MX-5 Miata. You're right that the website is still calling it the Miata, as is almost everyone else . Officially, it is now called the MX-5, and I think that Mazda is going to try to wean the public off the Miata name slowly.

Guess I'll have to get a picture tomorrow so I can change my avatar.

 

[Texplorer]

Vert???

 

[Okrazie1]

Vert???

Yep. Black top is up, and hard to see in the pic. A few specs:

2.0L 4 cylinder
6 speed manual transmission
170 HP
140 lb-ft torque
4.10 rear with limited slip
Curb weight 2498 lbs
205/45-17 tires

 

[FROADER]

Yep. Black top is up, and hard to see in the pic. A few specs:

2.0L 4 cylinder
6 speed manual transmission
170 HP
140 lb-ft torque
4.10 rear with limited slip
Curb weight 2498 lbs
205/45-17 tires

Bold lines = SWEET/Going to be fun to drive!!
Nice car, I liked your silver one too.

 

[jimbo74]

it has 75 more hp than my truck and is heavier, but i have around the same amount of torque and a bigger displacement engine... hmmmmmm

yeah since its inception back in 90, the miata has always been an mx-5 miata.... it still a miata, and still mx-5, they are just calling it officially the mx-5 for marketing purposes... liek the old rx-7.... it never had an actual "word" name otehr than an rx7

 

[Okrazie1]

Here's a couple more pictures....

 

[justin146]

are those projectors HID?

 

[410Fortune]

Man I bet that 200 mile dive home was FUN!

Nice purchase, those suckers drive like go carts!

 

[Okrazie1]

are those projectors HID?

No, they're not HID. HID is available as an option on the Grand Touring. Mine is the Sport, which is the level below the GT.

Man I bet that 200 mile drive home was FUN!

Yep, every bit of the 4200 miles I driven it so far have been a blast. I went to Huntington, WV last month to visit a friend, and got to play around in the mountains some. Makes me wish where I live wasn't so flat!

 

[MONMIX]

Miatas are very, very fun cars

 

[Ford_Racing_Guy]

damn thats a sweet ride.

 

[F14CRAZY]

Needs a Five Oh Cammer

 

[ions]

Ouch...

I think the worse car accident I've ever seen (in person) was in a miata, ofcourse it tryed to take on a 58 buick head on . Looks like a nice car and fun I bet just be careful.

 

[Vernichtung]

I really like the Miatas and the sporty Mazdas in general. My only problem was that a two-seater didn't match my lifestyle, so I went looking for the older MX-3 2+2 with the 5-speed 1.8 L v-6. Fun ride. Never stopped eyeing those Miatas though - and you have a pretty one. Nice combo having a sport ride and a capable SUV.

 

[Okrazie1]

Wow, the thread is alive again! I've done a bit to the car since I bought it. Most of the work I've done is suspension related (springs, sways, front shock tower brace), but I've also changed out the stereo, the exhaust, and made a few cosmetic changes. Here's a pic of the car lowered after the installation of the Mazdaspeed springs:

 

[seeyalater]

miatas are so much fun, my ex girlfriends mom had one, maunal, i had tons of fun in that thing.

 

[Paraphoe]

I don't know if I could drive something that small. I'm sure it's fun as hell, though. Good luck with it.