Well, I've re-thought it...I think It comes down to the fact that you all, with a seemingly endless knowledge base of automobiles, rather intimidate me. Thus, whenever I disagree just a little bit, I feel like an idiot and must, immediately, and retroactively, defend my point so perhaps I can hit upon something and feel justified.
Would I look at an MX-5 if one came conveniently available and I was in the market? sure. Would it be my first choice? Probably not. I mean...I'm always on the lookout for an AE86, not because of Initial-D, but because of my Nova. (I'd even call it Duck...or an AW11 Oliver, since my Nova was Percy. Yes, I know. I shouldn't like children's books at 25.) But I know finding one that's unmolested isn't going to be easy. For that matter, I don't mind the FWD car I have now...I'm realizing I don't really NEED a RWD car to have fun. actually, I realized that driving the tinny little 89hp boxcar that had no sway bars and barely any power assist.
The one thing that bugs me about the Miata is the stigma - not of hairdressers...but, well, I'm in my 20s, but I'm out of shape and balding. If I buy a Miata...well...I'll look like a middle aged man who couldn't afford/His wife wouldn't let him get a Corvette. That doesn't work for me. and yet, that's what most Miata drivers I see around here look like. They're Mid-life-crisis mobiles, sadly. That wouldn't reflect well on me...even if I put some nice Works on, dropped it on Ohlins dampers, and threw a loud exhaust on it. In fact, I'd look even more daft. I'd rather have a car in which I can't be seen. Where people look at the car, and not at the growing lack of hair on my head...and I don't want to lose my hat collection in the wind, either.
Still, I'm not hugely averse to the idea of getting one...but It'd have to come with a hardtop. Preferably welded on.
