Kaisen is right. You got us running around in circles. I owned a 99 Miata and had 50k miles on it when I sold it. However from being in our local Miata club, it seems like you can get super high mileage out of the engines before they die. Cheaper to run than a Boxster but think that it is too small in the event of an accident. Manual transmissions in Miatas are super smooth and are a delight.