3k Miles . Not mine, but know there's always a hunt for Speedsters that check these types of boxes. Do your own research on vehicle, dealer, price, etc.
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I don't even have any idea whether $65,000 is reasonable any longer in this crazy market.
@WNGD posted:I don't even have any idea whether $65,000 is reasonable any longer in this crazy market.
The proposition is getting pretty skewed. A brand new Club MX5 is $27k, with a warranty and a dealer network. No weird-Al insurance, titling, or service work required.
A nicely appointed C8 'vette comes delivered to your door with a V8 and enough power to bury any replica in a shallow grave for about the same money.
u can get any # of used porsches for $65K
Just saying ... Miata's scarce this COVID year. Not many deals out there below MSRP. Sport (basic model) is $26k and Club starts at $30k ($5k more for BBS wheels/Brembo pkg). Add another $1k destination fee too. Now 181 hp (since 2019). 2022 not out til Feb-Mar - no anticipated changes save for maybe interior and exterior colors.
65 plus tax I got heated & vented seats all wheel drive 911 turbo 21’ wheels kick butt stereo can drive all year round even in Ohio! Did I mention two extra doors!
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@Stan Galat posted:The proposition is getting pretty skewed. A brand new Club MX5 is $27k, with a warranty and a dealer network. No weird-Al insurance, titling, or service work required.
A nicely appointed C8 'vette comes delivered to your door with a V8 and enough power to bury any replica in a shallow grave for about the same money.
Hey Stan, as you know, this hobby more and more can't be justified on a cost-vs-the-alternatives basis. Particularly is you're going to compare relative reliability, safety, power etc.
You either love what these represent and the memories you have or the appreciative looks/thumbs up you get, or you can do without the associated hassles/drawbacks.
But there's zero chance you get the same SEG out of a Miata 
, maybe the C8 in a different kind of way, doubtful you're a Speedster buyer in that case anyways, with a few exceptions.
@Former Member posted:65 plus tax I got heated & vented seats all wheel drive 911 turbo 21’ wheels kick butt stereo can drive all year round even in Ohio! Did I mention two extra doors!
But no thumbs up at the light or questions at the Cars and Coffee 
Better in the snow though!
@WNGD posted:But no thumbs up at the light or questions at the Cars and Coffee
Better in the snow though!
Im a Por man(literally)17 C2S..love the car but my ONLY dealer is a nightmare for getting anything done in service..its like they dont want to talk to U unless U want to buy a new car..start looking for an independent repair shop..
@WNGD posted:Hey Stan, as you know, this hobby more and more can't be justified on a cost-vs-the-alternatives basis. Particularly is you're going to compare relative reliability, safety, power etc.
You either love what these represent and the memories you have or the appreciative looks/thumbs up you get, or you can do without the associated hassles/drawbacks.
But there's zero chance you get the same SEG out of a Miata
Amen.
I've always said (and it's even more true now) - if something else will scratch the itch, than by all means: buy that something else.
If not... then welcome to the madness.
A new turnkey Spyder is 60k. Mine cost me half that, and includes heated seats, Webasto cabin heater AND defrost, bluetooth radio/amp/speakers, cable shifter, custom made front sway bar, suspension tuned by me, a killer Raby motor with custom EFI, and soon to be rack and pinion steering. It even includes an 80% fitted emergency top.
Even figuring 40k into it(probably fair) plus my 18k Cayman S Covid special, and I'm WAY ahead of the game. And I have choices! Plus my wife has an old Impreza and we have a Dodge 4x4 truck, so we still go in the snow.
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Yeah, let's not talk about practical, sensible alternatives. Please!
Every once in a while I think about the NA Miata I had. And then I quickly try to think about something else.
Bought it used, two years old, with 30K miles. Kept it for 15 years.
Here's what I poured into it in that time:
- gas
- oil
- one set of spark plug wires
- one clutch slave cylinder ($50)
The, ahem, AC was still blowing cold when I let it go. And why would it not? It was only 17 years old at that point.
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@barncobob posted:u can get any # of used porsches for $65K
The flip side of that data point is the two late 60’s 911 S’ I saw on eBay for the Buy It Now prices of $196K and $210K. Or this:
The gal I lived with in the 90’s was a LCSW She had a client who was the CEO of a pretty well known company. We went on vacation one time and none of the rental car companies at the airport had a car he liked, so he had a taxi drive him to a Jaguar dealer and he put an F-type convertible on his Amex
That’s the kind of people that buy $65-$75K Speedster replicas. And quarter million dollar 911s.
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Thats listed at around $10-12K OVER brand new MSRP, however I cannot even say thats crazy because several have sold for that recently, so even I don't know anymore...