traded in the protege for a 99 miata

s0n1cm0nk3y · Postby **s0n1cm0nk3y** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:14

According to Chris, I should have made a post a while back to show off my new toy. I traded in my 03 protege for a 99 miata around early February. To be honest, at first I was questioning my purchase, but rwd is just too damn fun. This car will be my daily driver/SCCA/NASA car, so it will see far more mods then my protege. Also I lucked out, it has a factory torsen LSD and a full set of toyo proxes (I'm amazed by these tires). Sadly all I have at the moment is one dark shot I took by my apartment in Manitou, but I will grab some more tomorrow at PPIR

to remember, good bye old friend:

and hello new one

:

RedRoadster · Postby **RedRoadster** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:14

Nicely done. Enjoy!

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:14

Awesome man! You're gonna have so much fun with that car. It kills me that people still makes jokes about a man's masculinity driving this car. I just tell them "say what you want, but that is one hell of a track car, and the guy driving it looks like he's smiling too big to be concerned with what you think" haha.

There was one in Okinawa with big fender flares and WIDE tires on all 4 corners, it looked mean! Sounded mean too. There are some really cool looking ones now and knowing how good they are on the track makes it even better.

tsx_guy · Postby **tsx_guy** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:14

nice upgrade, sounds like it came with some sweet options.

AIM WO4 · Postby **AIM WO4** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:14

Where? lol

Ranger · Postby **Ranger** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:14

Nice purchase, congrats! Welcome to the world of RWD, you'll never go back :cool:

MSP SuperStreet · Postby **MSP SuperStreet** » Sun May 10, 2009 9:14

Congrats on your new Ride.
Glad to see that you decided to stay in the Mazda Family.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Mon May 11, 2009 9:14

about time.

Postby **Huzer** » Mon May 11, 2009 9:14

Cool, congrats on the Miata. I test drove a few a couple of years ago, and nearly picked one up as a 2nd car after the MG died.

s0n1cm0nk3y · Postby **s0n1cm0nk3y** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:14

Ranger wrote:Nice purchase, congrats! Welcome to the world of RWD, you'll never go back

agreed, i don't know what I was doing with fwd. Once school starts again and I have the left overs of my stafford loan, look forward to some forced induction love.

RedRoadster · Postby **RedRoadster** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:14

Details?

Ranger · Postby **Ranger** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:14

s0n1cm0nk3y wrote:agreed, i don't know what I was doing with fwd. Once school starts again and I have the left overs of my stafford loan, look forward to some forced induction love.

Personally I would do some suspension upgrades first, but that is just due to me hanging around the drifter guys too long. We like our cars loowww and most of them are sloowww. Haha. The miata obviously has fantastic handling in stock form, but any car that old is going to have tired suspension. It'd be so much more fun to drive with a set of konis and some lowering springs, or full blown adjustable coilovers. But yeah, if you do decide to go FI first, post details on what setup you're thinking about

elp · Postby **elp** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:14

Nice find.

You should break it in at HPR on the 23rd.

s0n1cm0nk3y · Postby **s0n1cm0nk3y** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:14

elp wrote:Nice find.

You should break it in at HPR on the 23rd.

what going on on the 23rd? would it be a NASA event or one of those porsche and "lesser vehicles" drives.

elp · Postby **elp** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:14

Peak to Peak Miata Club & ZCar Club day at HPR. See my post under upcoming events in the Denver region.

traded in the protege for a 99 miata

traded in the protege for a 99 miata

Who is online