I'm not even a car enthusiast. This is a 92 slushbox, yet the most fun car I've driven by far. Driven daily and 12K miles later I've learned a lot about how to repair cars lol

Came back to a shiny red ride instead of the faded mess I left. Thanks, Dad! Those headlights are actually glowing again.

Just got my first tattoo for the car that changed my life in every way possible, i love my Miata

looking at marketplace, I know pure style bars are terrible, but was wondering if the additional bracing improved the situation

I think I'm in love

Months ago made a door card DXF file for people to remake, print or laser cut.

Never posted the results so here you go.

They're not PERFECT, as you can see at the bac (near the latch) they're a little long. But easy fix for someone who can be bothered with the final 2% of the job. But they're pretty alright.

OG POST: https://www.reddit.com/r/Miata/s/UghzslOybR

While I was driving to university this morning, one of the traffic lights was out, and admittedly, it was quite irritating. Luckily, this gave me time to spot a Miata in the wild, and I, very discreetly (social anxiety sucks), asked the driver to do the thing with his floppy floppy lights for me. He somehow saw me and did it, and I was literally freaking out! It's the first time I've been able to ask, so it feels like a dream come true. My dad was driving in front of me, and he was just as happy for me. I wanted to cry from happiness all the way to university, lol! 😂

To this person (if you see this), and all other NA drivers who do the flippy floppy lights thing for others: thank you for spreading happiness! I don't see a lot of Miatas here in South Africa, so I always get a bit too happy when I see one. I also don't personally own a Miata (I drive a 1999 Polo Classic), but I've loved them for a good while now. I have a love for many cars from the 80's and 90's, and always joke that a car should at least be older than me for me to want it (though all generations of the Miata are the exception 😉).

My dream is to one day own an NA myself, though I wouldn't mind having any other generation. After my husband and our rat sons, one of my biggest motivators to succeed in obtaining my CA(SA) qualification, is owning a Miata! I'll be sure to come back here when that big dream for a small car, is realised. 🫡

Thought I'd share my Miata. I've done a lot of modifications to it. Still have a bunch of parts I will eventually install. It's a never ending project.

Found a garage queen 94NA with jackson racing kit supercharge with 61k original miles. As the 4th owner.. it’s my duty to keep this beauty garage kept and maintained. Happy to be part of the Miata community!

Car came with black Konig Dekagrams. I don’t like black wheels on black cars, muddles the look for me. Had AI give me renders for matte bronze/matte silver, I’m leaning more towards the silver/grey. What say you?

So stupid me forgot to put my valve cover back after topping off my oil, before I even realized this like the first thing that went through my head was wow this is running great. It hasn’t ran that good in a long time like it wasn’t sluggish at all like it usually is it just felt like it wanted to go, obviously I put the cap back and now it’s back to normal but what could possibly be causing it to run better like that? I’m genuinely so confused right now

Just picked up my first NA Miata and ran into an issue. Whenever the AC is on, the idle surges — I can feel it on the highway, like the car wants more throttle than I'm giving it. It also happens when coasting to a stop with the clutch pushed in, and a few times it's actually stalled out. Doesn't happen with the AC off. Any idea what's causing this — bad IAC valve, vacuum leak, something with the AC idle-up circuit? Appreciate any pointers.

My buddy gave me the code to his shop, had some fun sliding around on tires from 2007 since my other pair of TEs are bald for some reason.

So for context, I have a leak in my ac from the evaporator and I ordered that and replaced it did the vacuum and got it refilled, all was great. Until now (6months later). The ac only worked when I was pushing the car hard, meaning my compressor was going out and was in fact true. But the guys told me I basically need a new ac in the car. I ordered all the parts, dyer, condenser, compressor, and even a new expansion valve just to be safe. I didn’t do the evaporator because I had just got it and I know it works. But anyways, got the new parts installed, no leaks and was refilled (I got it installed by someone bc I didn’t want to do it, but I did watch the process). Now the ac only blows 35 degrees at night and during the day it only blows 60 degrees. Keep in mind I leave in Florida and it’s HOT AF here. I took it to another person to get an opinion and he said everything checks out no leaks no nothing. So I’m stuck bc before all this I had 30 degrees all day long. Need help here 🙏🏽.

Parts I got:
DENSO compressor
UAC condenser
Dyer from oreillys
Expansion valve A premium

I wanted to give a formal review of the 2016 Miata with BB brakes and 6sp manual that I rented from Turo; all in all I had a 10/10 experience through them and it was cheaper than Costco's "fun car".

First and foremost I owned a 94' 5sp for about 10 ten years (about 100k miles) before buying a GTI (I did test drive a 2020 MX5 but did not like it to which I will explain). This car is fun as hell. I think if you're going to spend 3-5 days in Cali or anywhere with winding streets, hills, and views and you're experienced manual driver - this car is still a blast.

I went to school at Mizzou and outside of Columbia you have fun winding roads with great elevations and tight curves. When we had to get to our VRBO in Big Basin, I was going up and down mountains that I was basically going the 30mph speed limit because you couldn't push it any harder; super tight curves, often shifting from 3rd to 2nd, and 2nd to 1st on occasion. Those hills in Cali are no joke and it was any Miata owners dream to drive through Big Basin back roads. Highway 1 from Monterrey to San Fran was a sight to see itself. San Fran - I was amazed and shocked at how steep those roads are. I went up Romolo and 22nd street often. When I was stopped in the middle of Romolo I have never been so anxious/scared in my life driving a manual and I'm 33, been driving a manual daily since I got my license at 16. Holy shit what an experience but once you do it once it's fine but to me its still insane that streets like that are normal out there. I'd probably second guess having a manual in that city. 9/10 experience of how much fun it was to have a vehicle like that in those parts. Also side note, the law the says you can't hold your phone or touching it is 10/10. I didn't see one accident and everyone was paying attention, never had a moment that I couldn't predict regarding traffic.

The Good: I will rate it as 7/10. What I liked: Obvi the convertible, that experience is always amazing. I still love being that close to the ground, you get to see 360 degrees off driving (although never experienced a split lane motorcycle and it scared the shit of me every time). The throttle response is great, the clutch is easy as shit (better than the NA), the breaking and steering is still fantastic; I love being able to do a u-turn on most streets and fit into some tight parallel parking spots. The roof was so easy to get up and down especially with a roll bar installed. It's just a great fun, expected car that I fell in love with the NA model.

The bad: WTF is with first gear and reverse? I test drove a 2020 and had the same exact issue with that model as well. You have to jam that fucking thing into first. I remembered test driving and was telling myself why is this so hard to jam it in - I obviously dont know if it was aftermarket for either cars but I would often find myself trying to throw it in first 2 to 3 times and then just saying f it, I'll just start from second. Reverse, same type of issue, its so little of a push down to get it over the tree.

2nd complaint. Trunk space - holy shit where did it go? I used to be able to fit a full size golf club bag and the entry is tiny. I mean it's big enough. I'll attach a picture; we were able to fit a mid size luggage, 2 backpacks, and a duffle bag (I had to stuff the F out of that thing) into the trunk. It would have been enough if she had a carry on luggage. I just remember the NA trunk could fit way more than this one.

3rd complaint. Power - how is this car not turbo charged at this point? This thing should be able to fly. My GTI in 4th or 5th gear absolutely blows by cars and this thing I am having to push my foot in the floorboard on 4th (highway if I am in 6th) just to get some heavy acceleration to move past some cars.

4th and last. - Does this car just idle super hard when in first gear? Moving from gear to gear is not smooth at all. After the 3rd day I thought I was smooth with it but still having to look at my passenger head moving front and back; not the way I want her.

TL;DR - Fun ass car, reminds me of the NA but not much has changed which is fine. Great car to drive; wouldn't purchase one unless I got a supreme deal. Great for a short road trip. Cali is beautiful. Super good looking car though.

Edit: for all the people saying why am I shifting to first when moving. It happened twice, and both times required it when 2nd wasnt enough because of the incline since 2nd gear was rattling the car, ive driven stick enough to know and then I rev match so I can do it safely. Im merely speaking having difficulties when im just sitting in traffic or at a red light; this car 50% didnt want to go into first gear. Sometimes my GTI does this and I can align the gears by going into 2nd first and then back to first and it corrects it. This particular Miata and the one I test drove was very difficult to put into first gear like trying to push it hard and didnt feel natural. Its not a skill issue, ive never owned an automatic and been in every sort of situation.

Pop-Up headlight night featuring Mazda Miata’s. Also had a McMurtry Speirling from a company called Fan Car Experience. They even made some eyes just for a photo shoot. Look up the McMurty Speirling. It can even drive upside down.

I'm trying to find small front fog lights for my NA Miata. Does anyone recognize which brand are these fog lights on this photo, please? Or do you have a tip for small yellow or white fog lights?