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Mazda MX-5 Miata Driving Stories
allcarsrcool
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After Test-Driving the Miata and seeing how much fun it was, I thought maybe i wasnt the only one who has fun driving a miata and maybe the owners of other fun-to-drive convertibles would have many stories to tell as well.
This is a place to tell all of your fun top-down driving stories. Whether you were driving on a mountain road, or just having fun around town, tell your story because you will enjoy telling and others will really enjoy reading!
This is a place to tell all of your fun top-down driving stories. Whether you were driving on a mountain road, or just having fun around town, tell your story because you will enjoy telling and others will really enjoy reading!
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Folks, I did not suffer one injury as a result of this crash! Not even a bruise. My Miata on the other hand is totaled. Actually, the body doesn't look bad at all. Busted tail lights, popped trunk and hood, scrapes, but no frame damage. It's everything underneath that took the beating.
I love my Miata, originally bought it saying I was going to drive it on special occasions. Ended up giving my Saturn away because my Miata was the only car I wanted to drive. When it died, my Miata had 110,000 miles on it and was still going strong.
So if anyone is reading these posts while considering the purchase of a Miata, please take these facts into consideration; I walked away from an accident with 2 tractor trailer trucks, my 7 year old 110,000 mile Miata still looked as beautiful as the day I brought it home, it still got between 26-30 MPG on regular gas, I had put very little maintenance $$ into it, and what really surprised me the most, I received a pay out of over $9,000 for my car, which I'm using as a down payment on a new 6-speed Grand Touring Miata with retractable hard top.
My best buddy got divorced last year (it'll get better, I promise), so he flew up from Florida to spend some quality time.
We drove out to the beach in my Miata. About 3 hours each way. Took our time, the scenic routes. Stopped for some good local foods, etc.
Ate crabs at the beach, hung out a bit. Then drove back and had fun on the road trip back, too.
I sort of helped him get over his failed marriage, and on with his life.
Since then, he met a wonderful girl and is now engaged again. He'll be married in October and I'm really happy for him. He seems really happy and his fiance is very nice.
Nothing like a good road trip, and some male bonding, to help turn things around a bit. :shades:
Go to your closest track. I bet 30% of the cars there are Miatas.
About 2/3rds of Miata owners are male. Mostly married, middle aged.
Fiancees are always nice....the bitchy ones are called wives! :P
1-107k since April05 (less 6 months Traveling) No broken Engine/body parts!
2-Raced AutoX 7 states=100+runs + Houston Raceway 1/4mile 2 days straight!
3-Used/broke 9 sets of back tires, 3 rims, 2 windshields! All Drivers FAULT!
4-Daily redline driving! Daily Burnouts! No Tickets No Traffic Stops 107k miles!
5-Very Good racing car, Drifting Car, Trick Exhibition Driving (donuts & 8's)!
6-DURABLE & TOUGH! Clutch & Front Brake pads @ 99k miles=WOW!!
7-No warranty claims or repairs in 100,000 miles!
8-The best FUN CAR EVER OWNED (multi-millionaire person) since no STRESS!
9-This car replaced 3 motorcycles, 1 Mercedes & 1 truck! (Better Curves & safer).
10- 1st Mazdaspeed Miata Turbo (2004-2005) that broke 100,000 miles!
11- Very Easy to get cheap parts and Accessories all over the internet!
12-Very cheap Maintenance, service, on gas, parking & MAXIMUM FUN per Mile!
13-I should have driven this car since High School vs. Millions Wasted on Luxury!
14-I should have driven this car vs. MOTORCYCLES (avoid 3 crashes & death!)
15-Top off in 5 seconds, Top on in 15 seconds! Faster than starting your car!
16-Lowest cost per mile of most cars ever!
17-Lowest maintenance cost of most cars ever!
18-Cheapest, Most Reliable, Most Fun, Most Flexible Car I ever Owned!
19-Miata owners are Polite and not "BULLY BRAGGER HOT HEAD OWNERS"
20-Gold Digger Women don't go after your car, your money or give you STRESS!
21-Car can do bikes, small trailer, cargo carrier, motorcycle trailer & small PWC!
22-Over 1 Million Miata cars on the road in the world!
23-Rated most desired Convertible UNDER $30,000 all over the Internet!
24-??? anything else? Just post it as items 24 to 30, etc. etc. etc.
Good to hear from you John.
Just one correction - somehow I do think you managed to avoid death on your motorcycles.
We took a two week driving trip to Utah with the kids. The Miata was in the garage the whole time which was opened by the neighbors to feed the cat. When we got back I took the Miata out early the next morning to get a Sunday paper. Car ran fine. Later I started it up to take my son to Church. The engine was skipping badly so I turned around and came home and took another car. After we returned I decided to check under the hood to see if I could tell what was wrong. I noticed pieces of dog food lined up neatly along the cylinder head which seemed odd. Then I saw a pair of beady eyes near the brake master cylinder that clearly told me that I had intruded on someone's personal space. A rat had moved into the engine compartment and was storing dog food for the coming winter. He scampered away and I went to the autoparts store for new spark plug wires. The engine started right up and ran smoothly. I then took the car to the self-serve car wash to clean out the engine compartment. Apparently I did not get all of the dog food because the car had a distinct odor of burnt toast when the engine reached operating temperature. This went away in a few weeks after the dog food in the exhaust manifold burned away. My mechanic says he hears such stories all the time. We have since disposed of the intruder and I shiver when I think of my trip to the store to get the newspaper with the rat holding on in the engine compartment for dear life. I was relieved that he did not crawl into the heating vents and appear at my feet while I was driving! Who knew that the Miata was so attractive as a home for the winter?
Fortunately they've stayed away from my 93 Crystal White C package.
...O H ---M Y--G O S HHH I I TTT !
I was to the bottom of the canyon and comming into a 90 degree turn ( at about 65 mph) before the short distance to the 3 way stop sign intersection. I say 3 way intersection because the fourth side of that section would have been a staight through for me but at this section my direction, drop off giving way to "the bay". Maybe it was fate that I did not have time to think..only to go into autopilot and apply my knowledge and driving skills. I was not scared even entering into the turn as fast as I was going, I knew the car was built for this kind of road, UNTIL..remember..I had that bald tire? well as I enter the turn I cut the wheel as needed (never hitting my brakes) but the shoulder of the road on the right was gravel. My back tire hit just a small part of the edge and that bald tire sent me (as you can imagine)in a TIGHT tailspin. First the car's back end spun all the around to my right so fast, that when the spin was complete, and my mind was telling itself "your alright," the car then shifted into a spin of the oposite direction as I had spun the wheel to accomedate for not braking through the spinout, That is when I would be forced to change my pants because I was in a spin straight toward the edge of the bridge and into the bay. The only thing I do know is that is was surreal, and the man that was already at that intersection (would have been to the right of me had I approached normaly) will forever have a story to tell his buddies about us tourist! I am a small Cali blond girl with my top down ( car top..now..now) and just gave the driving performance only seen by a stunt driver. I ended up face to face with him and my drivers side back tire came to a rest dangling on the edge of that bridge. As the back of my head hit the seat when my body came to a rest, I was quickly looking around my surroundings ( moreso to make sure of no cops..i guess) when I made eye contact with this guy that just witnessed what happened. Just as quick as it all happened, I instinctivly grab to the keys in the ignition to restart the car, as it had died when I came to the rest and I had not been pressing in the clutch, Y E S, it started right up, I threw her clutch into first, smiled at the guy who's mouth was floored, spun the car around in the proper diection and I was gone as fast as I appeared. THANK YOU MAZDA for building a superb handling car! TRUE STORY :shades: And yes.. I threw those pants away