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Lol well when I had my Miata people said the same thing, but ehhh everyone has different tastes.
Absolutely. I feel the same way about the Tc though and I see lots of guys driving them. I held the same reservations about the Miata but I get it. The Miata stigma I had has been shaken off a bit though. Find myself seeing them more and more as a track car than anything now.
It's the convertible man...My mom has always driven them so my association is probably Freudian. Only convertible I've see that I'd like to own is probably the S2000 but I'll take a hardtop over a ragtop and never drop it. Best of both worlds.
Yeah I see what you mean. I don't like convertibles myself, I don't even use my sunroofs lol. When I had the Miata it was a 2006, I dropped the top like twice lol. If I could have found a hard top Miata I would have been all over it. The Celica was a car I wanted since I was 8 years old and it's actually fuel efficient I used to spend $45 a week on gas by driving the G to work, now I spend like $23 every two weeks.
Originally Posted by RMB5190
Absolutely. I feel the same way about the Tc though and I see lots of guys driving them. I held the same reservations about the Miata but I get it. The Miata stigma I had has been shaken off a bit though. Find myself seeing them more and more as a track car than anything now.
It's the convertible man...My mom has always driven them so my association is probably Freudian. Only convertible I've see that I'd like to own is probably the S2000 but I'll take a hardtop over a ragtop and never drop it. Best of both worlds.
God I love an Evo....damn what they used to say about a refresh, that car looks meaner than hell and holds up to this day.
Definitely need to drive one before I die.
I've always like them myself as well. Always preferred the Evo over the STI. Although the STI finally started to look good after their design refresh like 5 years ago.
Also, I've been a Miata guy for a LONG time now. I have my '95 turbo project car, and I still have my '90 race car even though I haven't raced SCCA since '06. Still holding out hope that it'll be a dedicated track car someday. But to elude to an earlier conversation, the soft top on my street Miata hardly EVER comes down.
Another S2000 owner here! MY00 VIN#246 It is mostly stock---I lowered it on Espilir springs and put a K&N intake on. Everything else is just bolt on stuff that can be removed to put her back to stock. 137K miles will likely keep her out of high dollar value in the future, but I'm a believer that cars are meant to be driven, not stored away waiting for prices to skyrocket.
.. 137K miles will likely keep her out of high dollar value in the future, but I'm a believer that cars are meant to be driven, not stored away waiting for prices to skyrocket...
amen to that..
my next ride with be an ap2... silverstone
I've always like them myself as well. Always preferred the Evo over the STI. Although the STI finally started to look good after their design refresh like 5 years ago.
Also, I've been a Miata guy for a LONG time now. I have my '95 turbo project car, and I still have my '90 race car even though I haven't raced SCCA since '06. Still holding out hope that it'll be a dedicated track car someday. But to elude to an earlier conversation, the soft top on my street Miata hardly EVER comes down.
Same. The Gen 8-9 I really liked but the X just had that look to it. From the Hawkeye facelift on I don't mind the Subby but they're just so over done in my area. Every flat brim has the exact same set-up....just not one original thing about them.
I'm looking at Mazdas now myself. Thought about an RX-8 for about a 1/2 second before reading up on them and they just don't live up to the RX-7. Never meant to be the successor though and I think they catch a bad rap for it. Very cheap to pick up and near me. There's a rotary specialist less than 3 miles from me but the 8 just aren't tuner cars at the end of the day unless you go built or swap the RENESIS in them for an LSx. There just seems like other builds to pursue over it. Think I'd pick up a SRT4 or a Cobalt SS before attempting it but I really like the RX8 aesthetically. Good looking car IMO.
Looking at a disposable car and confusing it for an Evo is a great example of the design flaws in both. One is a POS that looks fast, and the other is a pocket rocket that looks like a POS. I've never ever looked at a Mitsubishi Lancer (or Evolution) and thought, "Hell yeah". The car has zero appeal to me.
Sorry for the rant. But with all this Evo-love... meh.
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If you think the exterior is bad, the interiors rival that of a rental 2000 Impala's....It's a rally car with tons of racing potential; but that's all your money is buying. Color me crazy but I like the look. I appreciate the attempt at DCT in a sub $40k car also. It's wild to think that a platform from 10 years ago is still a force to be reckoned with today and at the time, it competed with cars 2 and 3x its value at Nurburgring.
What it was able to do, is what I'm most enamored with. Reminds me a lot like Pontiac with the G8 GXP. M5 quality and performance at half the cost.
Fair points, RMB5190. I'm looking at it from the perspective of what I value in a car and how that car suits my life and my needs. People who rally race are looking at it with googly eyes.
