My Miata doors won't open unless you unlock them, but it's all manual - so no worries about that failing.

It was the rare Sentra that came optioned from the factory with a front bench seat and column-shifter.

If you ever see a cop try to smash-out a window on COPS or whatever, you'll see it takes about a dozen attempts, so, yeah - it's difficult. I love my roll-down windows on my Miata because an electrical failure will never mean that I won't be able to get out of my car.

Alright, which one of you Jalops got hired to the head of VW's skunkworks?

My Chihuahua loves going for rides in my Miata. I don't know who loves the car more: me or him.

Step 1: Buy M4
Step 2: NA conversion (losing weight in the process)
Step 3: New cams and independent throttle bodies
Step 4: Dat sound
Step 5: Dat traditional M-car formula
Step 6: Dat 3,250 lbs. "kerb" weight
Step 7: ?????
Step 8: Profit

This excites me, not because Qoros will be able to sell this sedan in Western markets, but because it means China may eventually develop its own national automobile style. As an example, consider Korean manufacturers that got their start by making mostly derivative vehicles. Today, Hyundai and Kia have styles that I'd…

3rd Gear: a lot of the cost of a back-up camera isn't from the camera itself, but from the screen you would have to install in cars which otherwise wouldn't have it. This would mean that every car, even the cheapest trim levels of the cheapest models, would need a screen - raising the price of the cheapest cars.…

That hopelessly complicated system would just fail after about 20 years of use. The Buick was always great - until it thought it was a Citroen.

Does this make Iowa Illinois' "New Jersey?"

You'll get better mileage with the Roadmaster, and parts will be A LOT easier to come by. By "better mileage," I mean 11 mpg instead of 7.

My '92 Roadmaster just had "Dynaride." Pretty sure it was the same stuff: self-leveling bags of air in the back just waiting to break and run until they run-down your battery.

Or, you could buy a Miata when you're young, aren't married, don't have kids, and don't look like you're having a mid-life crisis! That's what I did!

So, that means I'll be driving a Miata when I'm in my 70s? Sweet!

Damn city slickers!

I just knew this was going to be the top comment.

Looks even better from the outside

Finding a clean one can be difficult. I got my '95 with 35k (now 40k) this Spring, but it cost me a little more than what you might expect to pay for an 18-year-old car. They really don't feel that slow at all. I've been in faster cars that feel much slower. Plus, they do change direction fairly quickly. In the…

I've just heard some guys on the Miata.net forum say that a lot of the parts don't really work on other cars. However, the engine was used in a few other cars, as you say.