Hopefully got your attention and you didn't spit whatever you were drinking.
Older guy by today standards. Been around cars, bikes and every weekend on my push lawn mower for a long time. I guess i'm on that category of the 45 (or older) who still thinks I'm cool (do we still say cool or should I say rad?)
Anyways, originally from NYC but for the past 12 years in Connecticut.
Have been lurking the Miata's various forum looking for overall information ever since I decided that I no longer wanted to kick my leg over my Yamaha R6; tired of wringing the wrist full lock running around clocking ludicrous speeds on a daily basis, seeking that adrenaline fix. I saw many of my close friends go down, and some never got back up. So, in April 2016 I finally sadly let go and sold my R6. Shortly after I picked up a silver 2002 SE in an effort to still have fun and slow my pace. But sheesh! I didn't want to slow down THAT much! So I have been checking the forums hoping for a cure for the common slug.
At the beginning i swore it was going to be a matter of somewhat restoring a pretty much stock car, to a reliable weekend cruiser, but that plan changed pretty quickly. Within roughly three weeks of owning this thing I reconsidered my plan and deemed I/H/E absolutely a must. Ok, scratch that too! I needs me more speed and wooshhhy cool sounds; I mean, there's this kid around my neighborhood with a boosted Teggy that seemingly purposely blows his BOV every time he sees my garage door open. errr... I promise you, I'm not trying to get back at him. Don't judge ME!!!!
What was I saying? Oh yeah... I've been through a lot; from American Muscle: 1986 Mustang I4, 1989 Mustang 5.0, 198X Mercury Cougar xr7 to Japanese goodies: 1984 Nissan 300ZX, 1988 Civic, 2002 Nissan Sentra SpecV (see my handle?)
grew up drooling over my uncle's Datsun 120 Y and my neighbor's 197X Mustang Mach 1; and I'm ready to take this Miata from 0 to 60 a little faster than my 2 year old grand son on his "Cars" themed bicycle.
Sooo... Hey!