[berettafan]

Have spent a bit of time on miata.net which, as far as i can tell, is the closest thing to Pelican for those cars. I gotta say, we have it awful good over here. Not even remotely impressed with the brain trust on that site. I'm sure there are some great folks but as a percentage of active posters i'd have to guess miata.net has about 10% of what Pelican has.

Tried to read up on wet spark plug boots (pretty sure i have a leaky cover gasket) and i end up in a thread where the best way to prep your cam cover for red paint is being discussed.

Tried to buy some el cheapo parts which would involve me pulling them with the owner and i got an invitation to stay overnight. seriously.

I guess the fact that the cars are so cheap and have a cross appeal to ricers means that you are always going to have a low percentage of honestly knowledgable and helpful people involved in any particular discussion. Surely is quite different over here.

On a separate note after putting a few miles on the car i wish i had bought one long ago. might not even own the 911 if i had. it is just that good of a car. definitely will be looking into S2000's some day to see if they are similarly sweet (and less gay).

At a minimum this car has reinforced the idea i have that if Elise used values ever approximate the value of my '70 i might be doing some test rides.