Nothing like a car designed to be driven that nobody’s enjoyed on that level for the last 4 decades.

Why would I pay top dollar for a “museum quality” Miata, a car that was created to be driven? I’d drive the hell out of it, which obviates the need to have it in such good condition. Save $10K, get a decent driver, and have the fun you were intended to have.

I get that not every Miata needs to be a $500 shitcan. No, really, it doesn’t. Trust me, there are Miatas out there which aren’t being held together by duct tape.

A Miata of this vintage should have a lift kit, or toy dinosaurs glued to it. Is should be flat black and electric green.

I might do it for $10k, or $9999-but not both.

Sorry, the dude going through a red light is a worse asshole than a car with a train horn.

Please tell me which drugs you're on. I wanna make sure I never take any by accident.

It’s a Very Nice Shed nowadays tho’...

Your mom had a Ferrari?

Well congrats to Mazda, they finally sell enough cars to have to make a compliance car!

I know we all see these comments too often, but why, why, why isn’t Kinja fixed? What on Earth is happening? It’s insane. I can’t see responses if they are grey. I have to scroll through miles of posts to find mine to respond to people. Why not just switch to some third-party? Vuukle at PlanetF1 seems to work just…

Amen. I suspect a lot of auto-equipped classics may rise in value as EV conversions and kits become simpler, if not standardized.

Finally, a good use for an old Miata with one of these:

Let’s crowdfund one for Jason to put it in the Chang Li!

That sloped roof is beautiful but I’m praying doesn’t mean I have the same problem with it that I have with the 370Z, which is missing a half inch of headspace for me.

I’m sure people will just attach the chassis code to the name when they talk about it.

Uh, no. These cars were either not worth much for years or VERY limited in appeal for the very reasons he raises. It wasn’t “kids”, it was a lot of my own childhood neighborhood’s WW2 veterans and those who survived the war who made these cars unpopular if not “non grata” in the ensuing decades.

the thing is that this is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of how items like cars were made available in the nazi era. this was a country with a planned economy that was totally plugged into the party’s norms of patronage. if you found yourself with a 540K, it was because someone important owed it to you…

My Grandad came back from WW2 with a shit ton of “Loot” including a few German hand guns, some arm bands, some reichmarks, medals and so on. We still have all of it but it certainly gives me a creepy feeling when seeing the stuff

A lot of commenters on here are going to be like “well what did you expect form these people?” and there’s something there but think about it this way: if not one points out that it’s fucked up to venerate toys built by fascists to congratulate other fascists on how fascist they are, these people will just keep doing…