I need your address Scottmandue.

[fastfredracing]

I will be mailing you my man card. You earned yours back by dumping that auto Miata and purchasing a sensible family car. I will be picking up a Tiptronic Boxster this Thrusday
In my defense, I am buying it for her.
An older customer offered it to me for silly cheap rusty Honda money, he just did not want to deal with selling it. It is in nice shape, and I just serviced it a few months back . I opened up the oil filter, to look for debris.
Probably be a short timer for us. I have my eye on a 997 , but this should be a good temporary fix for us .
She drives a lot of miles in and out of town daily, her drive might as well be fun .
Ill post up some pics when I pick it up,. Let the hairdresser jokes begin !

[Jim Richards]

My condolences, Fred.

[fastfredracing]

Hard to believe what you can buy these cars for now. This thing is in really nice shape for what it is. 112k, everything works, and it is fun to drive . I could not have gotten her a decent camry for what we have in this .
Doing some checking today, and it seems as if the price on used motors has fallen significantly , making ownership not nearly as risky. If the ims failed, and I lunched the motor, I would still be in good shape .

It will be doing daily driver status for her except for the winter months .

[scottmandue]

Good score on your part!
A boxster or 996 could be in my distant future... but the money is tight right now and I still need a cheap appliance car to grind out the 200 miles a week commuting (and something that doesn't draw attention because I work in the hood).

So I have taken over the Hyundai... hate to say it but it is much easier to drive then Ye Old Miata... A/C blows cold... stereo kicks butt... cruise control... I don't feel every crack in the freeway. Best of all I have no interest in pouring over catalogs looking for hot rod parts to eat up all my fun money (like the Miata did).

Wife took over driving the new Mazda5, which if you look at it is a Mazda3 with a micro mini-van body dropped on it... rumor has it you can stuff a Mazdaspeed3 drive train into one... no, no, no!