I want a new MX-5, before mine falls completely apart.



I'm learning why my dad doesn't maintain his old cars. It's a pain. My this needs attention, my that needs fixing, my the other is about to fail. Some of this is caused by the supercharger and related attachments, some of this is caused by my driving, but some of this is just flat out old age.



The new MX-5s are flat out better cars than my old NA, anyway. It's a bit more than 100 pounds fatter than mine (without retractable hardtop), but stiffer, and the weight is better balanced in the body. Both cars have a 50/50 weight distribution, but the weight is better placed in the NC than it was in the NA. The top on the NC works much better - it's a Z-fold, so it doesn't need the boot, and I can actually put it up and down from inside the car (barely), which I can't do with the NA top (yes, I'm a weakling). There are storage nooks and crannies all over the car, it has speed sensitive volume, etc. It's better from both a performance and comfort/usability standpoint. And the aftermarket performance parts in development for it are shaping up very, very nicely so far. Half the development team is a 5 minute drive from my workplace!



I want to build up a large down payment before I get one, though, and there's a lot of talking to do with the mechanics. So I don't really want to put too much into the current Miata if I'm going to end up getting rid of it... But there's so much more it could do. Still, it will never match what a new MX-5 could do with the same mods. I fell in love with that car when I drove it (just like I did with my '94).