You know who just about everyone doesn't like? The guy who claims to know everything, and tells everyone who knows any less that they know nothing at all.

AFAIK, all the NB miatas came with the same plastic headlight assemblies. If someone has a glass one, I'm betting it's aftermarket.

Try designing a glass headlamp enclosure that fits with an enormous front crumple zone, and meets pedestrian safety requirements.

not a design flaw - a safety requirement. Or, the result of one. The same thing is to blame for the loss of pop-up headlamps.

I'm surprised I haven't seen the Subaru head gasket mentioned. How many years and how many cars, and they never bothered to redesign a headgasket that fails every 100,000 miles or sooner?

Are they still sideways in the new miatas?

Just ahead of their time. With some minor tweaks, you could release that car today and nobody would think twice about it.

Wait, what? I feel like you misread my post completely. Like, really, really misread. Completely.

I'm sorry, but both of you guys are overthinking this. Drifting isn't a real thing - people who take it seriously are just as silly as people who take video games seriously. It's an activity wherein you slide your car sideways. That's fun.

God almighty, dude. I'm not calling the guy a jihadist, just pointing out that maybe he needs to rethink his nation-based reasoning, and maybe replace it with some damned reality.

damn NP on the miata. the hardtop alone was probably worth the price, if it wasn't ruined somehow.

I'm sure the guy you bought it from feels the same way. In a while, I'm betting the guy you sold it to will feel the same as he sells it. Some cars are dead, we just can't let them go.

Good to see racism isn't limited to americans with european last names.

In a lot of cases, I agree with you...but I think MB might actually still be producing parts, on a need-to-restore basis.

How exactly is a 2+2 coupe with a small-displacement engine, rwd, a sporty disposition, and a $25k price tag NOT competition with a 2-seater convertible with a small-displacement engine, rwd, and a sporty disposition? Really the only difference is whether you want to be able to put the roof down.

Clearly the words of a person who has never owned a miata.

Either/all:

Don't know the answer to your question, but theoretically, you don't get to negotiate with a Scion.

Everything is more expensive in Alaska. Except salmon. Salmon's cheap.

Are there any production cars in america that come without A/C or power windows? It wasn't too long ago that you could still find some in the northern states, but now...?