All I ever hear the insecure air cooled codgers say about Miata or Boxster is the tired cliche of hairdresser car.
I see more Boxsters at DE events than air cooled garage queens that only get driven to cars & coffee nonsense.
Miata is a great value and at 2200 lbs. has similar power to weight ratio as a 911 SC or BMW E30
Head over to the Miata forum.
Its a great DIY community without the snobbery of expensive cars
https://forum.miata.net/vb/
There are tons of great auto body paint channels on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/user/customspraymods/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid
https://www.youtube.com/user/jimmo4life/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid
https://www.youtube.com/user/nexson/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid
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