What did you find in your miata when you bought it?

[Kjman55]

I recently bought a damaged NA6 to build up as a supersprint car, and found a dead gold fish and $10.50 in change under the seats....just wondering what anyone else has found?

[Lebowskiguy]

I just bought a 2006 GT and found the original window sticker in the glove box. Thought that was pretty cool. I'm going to throw it in a frame and hang it in my garage.

[Blueiii]

Australian coins...

[ozzie84]

The previous persons license under the carpet

[revlimiter]

In the 97 trunk tunnel: the ash tray (cup holder was installed), and the big-gulp cup adapter. They were jammed in there and not rattling. Can't remember exactly when I found those.
In the 97 trunk: a bra and the boot cover. I saw those before buying the car, but it merited inclusion.

In the 95: Nothing. It was so clean that it was shocking. The absence of anything is noticeable. I expected something. A coin? An insurance card? Nothing. It was completely clean. When I removed the dash, I found more nothing. Not even hair.

and just for grins

89 Honda Civic beater: It was pretty clean inside when I bought it. Vacuumed and swept. There was an insurance card, but nothing else. A few months passed and I put something in the passenger seat back pocket. When I pulled it out later, I found most of a 64 piece Crayola set (individually) and a torn apart and colored coloring book. That gave me a good laugh.

[Andy]

In our miata there was about 2 inches of sand in the trunk carpet and the same in the interior carpet. I found a few petrified leaves that looked really cool. We were convinced the guy was trying to smuggle south beach. It was that much sand.

[kung fu jesus]

Found a factory service manual still in the plastic wrapping behind the passenger seat.

[Blueiii]

How 'bout something REALLY weird?

Years ago, I bought a Talon from a guy who lived a bit over an hour away. I was planning on building a "race car" (quotes used to differentiate from the fact that I actually use my miata for racing) and removed the rear seat.

Underneath the seat there was a photo of a kid (not who I bought the car from) getting his Eagle Scout award... with my dad pinning it on him! Turns out he was a previous owner of the car, and actually knew more about what was done to it than the owner I bought it from.

[Grumpy]

An unsmoked cigarette in the passenger side seat rail and a military ribbon bar in the glove box

[drv2fst]

The boot cover still in the original plastic bag.

[Agent☣Orange]

That's pretty freaky!


How 'bout something REALLY weird?

Years ago, I bought a Talon from a guy who lived a bit over an hour away. I was planning on building a "race car" (quotes used to differentiate from the fact that I actually use my miata for racing) and removed the rear seat.

Underneath the seat there was a photo of a kid (not who I bought the car from) getting his Eagle Scout award... with my dad pinning it on him! Turns out he was a previous owner of the car, and actually knew more about what was done to it than the owner I bought it from.

[The Driver]

Close to $4 in change, and the business card of the first owner (I'm the fourth owner).


The business card of the first owner goes: Robert D. Stevens, *
Indiana National Guard
Colonel
State Counterdrug Coordinator


* Not his real name ;)

Roughly a month ago, Skip Cannon, some friends and I installed the frame rails to my car, so the carpet had to be removed. We found almost $4 in spare change AGAIN, underneath the carpet!

That's $8 worth of a rebate on my car!!!

[atank]

http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm351/atank_1/horse_zpscbf2285e.jpg (http://s316.photobucket.com/user/atank_1/media/horse_zpscbf2285e.jpg.html)

[atank]

http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm351/atank_1/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00949_zps751b1a6f.jpg (http://s316.photobucket.com/user/atank_1/media/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00949_zps751b1a6f.jpg.html)
http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm351/atank_1/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00950_zpsb5f1c047.jpg (http://s316.photobucket.com/user/atank_1/media/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00950_zpsb5f1c047.jpg.html)
http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm351/atank_1/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00951_zps4ffee033.jpg (http://s316.photobucket.com/user/atank_1/media/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00951_zps4ffee033.jpg.html)
http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm351/atank_1/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00952_zps6b511887.jpg (http://s316.photobucket.com/user/atank_1/media/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00952_zps6b511887.jpg.html)
http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm351/atank_1/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00955_zpsdcb065eb.jpg (http://s316.photobucket.com/user/atank_1/media/94Laguna%20Parts/DSC00955_zpsdcb065eb.jpg.html)

[Ihatecars]

I found a dvd copy of Night at the Museum.
Just a few coins, a pen, and a few other mundane items also. Nothing really that gross or crazy apart from the dvd.
The old man I bought my car from didn't drive it often enough to allow it to accumulate hidden junk I guess.

[Demon I Am]

enough cat piss to make me throw the entire carpet out

[Martin]

I found a nearly pristine 93LE interior!! Oh, wait, we are talking about unexpected stuff. :fp:

Dwight (the PO) did a good job keeping this car clean and free of clutter, and I don’t remember finding anything odd in it.





P.S. Why hasn't this tread been moved out of the MOTM section?

[tsingson]

Nude pictures of the guys girlfriend. I know it was the girlfriend because she was with him when I bought the car. Also, found a couple of CDs and crap ton of Black Ice Air Freshners. Dude was a smoker.

[DazedandConfused]

Surprised noone posted pictures of the drug smuggling case and humungo buttplug that was found in a miata while it was in the shop.

[The Driver]

P.S. Why hasn't this tread been moved out of the MOTM section?

Mmmmm, "watcha talking about, Willis"?


:fp:

[Martin]

That's better - thanks, TD.

(Ha! "thread" not "tread")

[AntiochOG]

I didn't find anything in my DD Miata. It was super clean. Project Free on the other hand, was disgusting. In addition to what is pictured here there was also a live mouse.

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q489/ProjectFreeMiata/IMG_1170.jpg (http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/ProjectFreeMiata/media/IMG_1170.jpg.html)

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q489/ProjectFreeMiata/IMG_1164.jpg (http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/ProjectFreeMiata/media/IMG_1164.jpg.html)

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q489/ProjectFreeMiata/IMG_1156.jpg (http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/ProjectFreeMiata/media/IMG_1156.jpg.html)

[MR JM1NA]

I found where my broken Cup Holders where :(

[wannafbody]

Some people are pigs

[Mountain Green]

Lots of fabric softner sheets. PO felt it kept the mice away....NOT. Large mouse nest near the gas tank
above the rear right shock tower. An unbrella and an adapter for the Cassette player to attach to an Ipod.

[Pyr0monk3y]

2 bucks in change and a really nice pocket knife.

[BoBo]

Hat, coins, and rag.

[bwwaaaa]

Lots of dirt on the parcel shelf. Like under the carpet, and built up fairly substantially. It was awful to clean up.

And then there's the stuff you don't see, which I suspect is causing the smell... No matter how much I clean, it won't go away. New top? Still smells. Shampoo carpets? Still smells. I think the only reasonable thing left to do is strip the entirely interior and call it a day :D

[jhuckstead]

I found a spoiler in the trunk and a decent little flashlight wedged behind the driver seat... oh yeah, and a ridiculous amount of hair under the driver seat... no money tho... :|

[riefdaddy]

Lots of change, two CDs, license plate, gold cross, Jolly Ranchers, a Clif bar, tampons(unused), ash tray and cup holder in trunk, two new condoms, a rag under the passenger seat that was hard and crusty, a pair of soiled panties, one flip flop, suntan oil, a member pin for a defunct Miata club, and a little ball the size of a ping pong ball that vibrated if you twisted it... yeah, I wore gloves when I cleaned up my car.

[Martin]

riefdaddy wins this thread

[The Driver]

Lots of change, two CDs, license plate, gold cross, Jolly Ranchers, a Clif bar, tampons(unused), ash tray and cup holder in trunk, two new condoms, a rag under the passenger seat that was hard and crusty, a pair of soiled panties, one flip flop, suntan oil, a member pin for a defunct Miata club, and a little ball the size of a ping pong ball that vibrated if you twisted it... yeah, I wore gloves when I cleaned up my car.

So was the previous owner cute? She sure knew how to party...

[riefdaddy]

Actually she was in her mid-50's and married.

[Martin]

ew

[gapmiatas]

The 91 I bought had been sitting outside for two years under a cover. I found a dead squirrel in the trunk.

The car smelled so bad that I had to leave it outside instead of in the garage.

[The Driver]

ew

Dude, don't H8. 50 YO women are not my target market, but I met one on this past Tuesday run that could EASILY get a partime job @ HOOTERS/Twin Peaks...

[Martin]

Dude, don't H8. 50 YO women are not my target market, but I met one on this past Tuesday run that could EASILY get a partime job @ HOOTERS/Twin Peaks...
Well, yeah. I work with a couple 50+ ladies that are still very pretty :)

[93miatale]

BMW Z3 has a compartment behind the subwoofer where you can hide stuff. I found condoms, gay porn and photos. Miata I found a brand new never used jack still with the plastic surround. Brand new cup holder/big gulp holder thingy in the box behind the spare. My car was owned by a mazda dealer owner so it was very clean. My Porsche I found 100$ bill under the dash and a spare key and fob in a tiny box above the gas pedal.

[Gene Rodriguez]

does this count? found it on the steering column metal cover

http://i.imgur.com/EBfHh05.jpg

[targetdrone]

I found a fair amount of dog food and weed. Bad dog!

[Slipstreem]

In the trunk of Hakumei I found... Driver's side powered mirror, armrests, a bunch of plastic interior? pieces, X style lug wrench, broken tail light, weather stripping, door lock assemblies, center caps for daisies, and some sort of tonneau cover.

Other cars because I'll never forget. In my 86 300ZX I found a foot long machete. And in my 92 Talon I found a used condom...

[Demon I Am]

Madison was sterilized before I picked her up. They even cleaned under the spare tire area. The only extra I found was a new in package set of Mazda wheel locks with key

[kung fu jesus]

I found an old parking ticket, a 12v socket to AC converter and some golf balls in the Miata.

The wagon had a rattle I couldn't trace. Found it in the arm rest compartment of the back seat...a stash of small kids' toys bouncing around in it.

[smy0003]

I found this when I was cleaning out the boot under my the spare for my first track event in my NB8B.
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10154126_10203445393238094_5828898264847924619_n.j pg?oh=cd2ebd1f1ea422318c5f83c20b58061e&oe=56CD539B

[Agent☣Orange]

I don't buy Miatas all that often but I do rent a lot of cars where I stuff call-girl classifieds from rest stops in the glove box with the skankiest ho's highlighted.

[kung fu jesus]

I like the cut of your jib, sir.

[Agent☣Orange]

I like the cut of your jib, sir.

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa375/YellowYata/Humor/IMG_8169_zps5fbd4fa8.gif

[NCGreasemonkey]

The guy I got my 'Noir' from was a coworker at another shop. He cleaned her up nicely. But I did find a CD case stuck beside the console on the passenger side. The CD inside didn't match the cover. I tossed it in and hear banjo music. I DROVE FASTER!!! :shocked:

True story.