Is it fair to say that the Mazda Miata has a seriously screwed up reputation? Absolutely. Mazda looked back to the heyday of British roadsters and managed to engineer some reliability back into it. The platform is solid. You can do a lot to them. So, yeah, everybody will call it a chick’s car. Everybody will think that you’ve made a career change that involves a cosmetology license. They will ask you where you want to go to get a frappé, whatever the hell that is. (Isn’t that a coffee milkshake?) But most of the time, they will not take you seriously, and that’s just flat-out wrong.
Why point and joke at a small little roadster that is a nice bridge between Lotus-like light and a typical sports car? How can you make fun of a car that has such a solid sports car racing pedigree, one that you can daily-drive without describing your car as “tempermental”. Unless you’re six-foot-five or larger, a Miata can do plenty and at a relatively affordable price. Autocrossing, touring the backroads of Tennessee, all great ideas. Another great idea: find the nearest road course and go flying around it. It’s a lot of fun, we know.
We can’t wait to see what happens here.
Who cares what he does
All of those years of using gasoline to clean and lubricate engine parts, while not wearing gloves, has finally caught up to Uncle Tony. I think he is starting to lose it!!!
Congratulations ! Autocross is a lot of fun and you can’t go wrong with a Miata or a Civic. Just keep it stock and put some Re71R’s on it and go have a good time.