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Car Forum / Mazda / Mazda Miata / October 2004Another message from a possible buyer.
Hi again. I posted a message about a week ago titled "So I've got a little over a year to think this one over." I mentioned that in a little more than a year I will be able to buy a Miata. Thank you for the replies and information. I have spent a lot of time at Miata.net and also searching the archives of this board. Anyway, here's the news thus far: Fiancee and parents have no issues with me buying a small impractical sports roadster. (Yay!) (I still would have gotten one anyway....but it's nice to have their "blessing." I have no issues with a small impractical sports roadster. (of course not...what did you think I was, an idiot? :) I just want to drive it and have a load of fun in the process! Unfortunately, it is now certain that I won't be able to buy the car until summer of 2006....which is quite a ways from now; much over a year. I won't be able to spend more than about $4500 on it. For the past week I've been looking through Autotrader.com and Ebay trying to get a feel for the pricing on these cars. Lemme tell you, it's all over the place. It seems like there are TONS of NBs for sale, and hardly ANY NAs for sale. All I can afford, by looking at the average prices of these cars, will be a base model from years '90-'95 at newest, which is FINE but.... In a sudden paranoid thought I had today, I wondered "will there be any good ones left in two years?!" Two years is going to be a tortuous wait for my car...but I can't afford one until then. I have to pay for school first. Anyway, is this a legitimate concern? Will I be able to find a decent unabused car from my range by that time? It seems like too many people are turning them into spec racers and gutting the interiors etc. I just want it stock! Why the hell are there so many '00s '01s and '02s for sale and hardly any '90s to '95s? I won't be able to afford one of those NBs in my dreams (or fit in one). At this point, it seems like there are one or two decent NAs for sale in a huge list of expensive NBs and trashed/modified/turbo'd NAs. Will there be any good cars left from the '90 - '94 range?! I'm seriously freaking out about this right now. I've never wanted a car so much in my life! I pray that there are enough caring owners out there to baby their precious NA Miatas and then sell them in two years...but I'm terribly worried I won't be able to get a decent car for $4500 in two years. Somebody please tell me it's going to be OK! ~Anthony Although it may cost you a little more, start your shopping here and at Miata.net. Most, if not all, of the people here and there are miataphiles and although we may often have lots of miles (122K here), you'll find meticulous maintenance, parts like brakes and shocks replaced as needed, fluids (brakes, clutch, trans, diff) changed every couple of years and a record of such. My car (not for sale) is probably "better" than 90% of the ones being sold by dealers that are off lease from somone who was having a mid-life crisis. Yet, the book value on my car is probably about 3K and has at least another 100K in it. Someone on these groups will always have theirs for sale because of buying a different one, needing a more family oriented vehicle, etc.. and you can probably be assured your getting a car that's in as good a shape as possible. As I said, you may pay a few hundred dollars more for that maintenance history but it will be well worth it. As for more NBs than NAs, my opinion is that most true sports car afficianados from the old school acquired an NA as soon as circumstances allowed and have more of a tendency to hold onto them. The NBs, because they came ten years after the introduction of the car may have appealed more to the "hey, that might be fun crowd" and they don't really enjoy a true sports car and trade out of them fairly quickly. This is all hypothesis but my observation of owners seems to confirm his. In any case, don't worry, you'll find a nice example of an NA within your price range that has been lovingly taken care of and will pass to you with years of useful life yet. Actually, I don't think there are many Miata that have actually worn out. Tom 92 Red > Hi again. I posted a message about a week ago titled "So I've got a > little over a year to think this one over." I mentioned that in a [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > ~Anthony It seems to me that you are wasting a whole lot of time on this subject. 2 years from now you might be married and drive an SUV. Why don't you wait for 23 months and then think about buying a Miata. IMHO LarryHill > It seems to me that you are wasting a whole lot of time on this subject. 2 > years from now you might be married and drive an SUV. Hahaha.....no. Married, yes. SUV, NEVER! As I said earlier, my fiancee has the SUV, I hate driving it. She can haul all the big junk around and she knows it. ~Anthony > It seems to me that you are wasting a whole lot of time on this subject. 2 >> years from now you might be married and drive an SUV. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >~Anthony > Anthony, I'm just saying for you not to waste your time now because in 2 years you might have changed your mind about a Miata. 2 years is a long time.A lot can happen in 2 years..Larry Hill >> It seems to me that you are wasting a whole lot of time on this subject. 2 >>> years from now you might be married and drive an SUV. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >might have changed your mind about a Miata. 2 years is a long time.A lot can >happen in 2 years..Larry Hill Why is a desire to purchase a Miata in 2 years time a waste of time ? Anthony has every right to post whatever he wants in this group. Only control freaks would oppose his efforts.  SignatureCol Col's law. Thinly sliced cabbage.. >Why is a desire to purchase a Miata in 2 years time a waste of time ? >Anthony >has every right to post whatever he wants in this group. Only control freaks >would oppose his efforts. Col, Who said he didn't have every right to post here? And I'm NOT a control freak by any means so why don't you just Butt out! Who knows what we will be wanting/thinking in 2 years. Larry Hill >>Why is a desire to purchase a Miata in 2 years time a waste of time ? >>Anthony [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Who knows what we will be wanting/thinking in 2 years. > Larry Hill Who knows what you will be thinking in 2 years Larry . :) SignatureCol Col's law. Thinly sliced cabbage.. > I'm just saying for you not to waste your time now because in 2 years you > might have changed your mind about a Miata. 2 years is a long time.A lot can > happen in 2 years. I don't think it's a waste of time to dream. It's a waste of time to worry about it, though. In two years, with the NC out, NB prices may well fall close to Anthony's range. He'll never get a low-milage Miata for $3500, but we all know that miles aren't terribly important on these cars. He might also get a big raise, inherit a fortune from an aunt he didn't know he had, or win the lottery. In 1997, I bought one of those lease returns, a 1994 with 54k on it. It had obviously been owned by a woman, her daily driver on a lengthy highway commute. Such miles are harmless, almost regardless of maintenance. Today, at 129k, the car still uses no oil, has the original clutch and top, and begs to play hard, like an eager puppy. SignatureLanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA '94C the alignment page: http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html >> I'm just saying for you not to waste your time now because in 2 years you >> might have changed your mind about a Miata. 2 years is a long time.A lot can [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >cars. He might also get a big raise, inherit a fortune from an aunt he >didn't know he had, or win the lottery. Well said. >In 1997, I bought one of those lease returns, a 1994 with 54k on it. It >had obviously been owned by a woman, Why obviously? > her daily driver on a lengthy >highway commute. Her RED daily drive on a lengthy highway commute. > Such miles are harmless, almost regardless of >maintenance. Today, at 129k, the car still uses no oil, has the original >clutch and top, and begs to play hard, like an eager puppy. Leon SignatureLeon van Dommelen :) Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .) rammm@dommelen.net http://www.dommelen.net/miata EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen) > >In 1997, I bought one of those lease returns, a 1994 with 54k on it. It > >had obviously been owned by a woman, > > Why obviously? Various papers (including registration) and a ladies watch found in the car when I got it home. In the interest of scientific accuracy, you may change "obviously" to "almost certainly, from the evidence" if you wish. SignatureLanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA '94C the alignment page: http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html > > It seems to me that you are wasting a whole lot of time on this subject. 2 > >> years from now you might be married and drive an SUV. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > might have changed your mind about a Miata. 2 years is a long time.A lot can > happen in 2 years..Larry Hill You're right. A lot can happen in two years. But tell me...when you wanted your first Miata, do you think that your, well, urge would have dissapated after two years? I know plenty can happen, but I honestly don't feel like I'm wasting my time now getting informed about these cars. I just wanted to know if there will be good cars around by then, which I'm pretty sure there will be but I'd thought I'd ask just in case.... :-) If my mind changes, then it does. Whatever. I can point the money I saved towards other endeavors or other cars. I never believe I'm wasting time as long as I'm learning SOMETHING. And money saved can be used for whatever I want. It's not like I would save the money SPECIFICALLY for a Miata....then I don't want one anymore so it's like "oops. Damn. Guess I can't use this $4,500 anymore." Haha...thanks for the advice anyway. But I'm pretty sure the Miata is "the one." I can wait patiently as long as there will be good cars left, which there should be. I guess I can get enough etertainment out of my VW for now.... :) ~Anthony >> > It seems to me that you are wasting a whole lot of time on this >> > subject. 2 [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > ~Anthony You may be dead in two years. Borrow some money and buy a Miata already... You only live once. > But tell me...when you wanted your first Miata, do you think that >> your, well, urge would have dissapated after two years? Heh heh I'm getting so old I can't remember my urge from 1 day to another. lol> I got the urge for a Miata in Aug and I bought a 2000 Special Edition in Sept. Who knows what I will get for my next,"URGE". You may be dead in two years. Borrow some money and buy a Miata already... >You only live once. I agree 100%, do it now while you got the urge. Larry Hill > You may be dead in two years. Borrow some money and buy a Miata already... > You only live once. Well, there's an optimistic view. :-P |
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