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  1. 04-13-2012, 08:52 AM #1
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    What stuff do you wish your Miata didn't have?

    I wish my Miata didn't have the following: Airbags, leather seats and power windows.


    What do you wish your Miata didn't have?
    96 Montego, replacing a 95M... I miss: My running peeps in Tampa, running barefoot @ Clearwater Beach and First Choice BBQ, in Brandon. In So Cal I miss: The Malibu Canyons, CA 33 and In & Out Burgers ! I'm from Tampa, if I was from Tampa Bay, I'd be a fish!
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    The rattles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KAL View Post
    The rattles.
    fact.
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    Rattles, rust, and damaged rear quarter.
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    Oil leaks.
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    Oil leaks.
    Oil burning.
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    Hydra.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremy Clarkson
    One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that if you drive into London at 6am, half of the cars on the roads are Porsches and Astons. Whereas if you go in at ten to nine, they’re all Renaults. Simple solution, then. You want a nice car? Get up earlier and do more work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by concealer404 View Post
    Hydra.
    Wait, you don't like the Hydra? Please, do tell!
    96 Montego, replacing a 95M... I miss: My running peeps in Tampa, running barefoot @ Clearwater Beach and First Choice BBQ, in Brandon. In So Cal I miss: The Malibu Canyons, CA 33 and In & Out Burgers ! I'm from Tampa, if I was from Tampa Bay, I'd be a fish!
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Driver View Post
    Wait, you don't like the Hydra? Please, do tell!
    No real local support. Alternator output control SUCKS. Idle control SUCKS. Paying $275 for a replacement wideband sensor SUCKS.

    Two of those 4 things are supposed to be fixed with 2.7, but also: Paying out the ass for software upgrades SUCKS.

    Fact: I would NOT have bought this car if i had bothered to do more research about Hydra and how people like it beyond being told by a reputable vendor that "Oh no big deal it'll run and drive better than stock you'll never have to mess with it." Head over to Miataturbo.net and you'll find that the general consensus is that Hydra is a joke. An expensive joke. Don't get me wrong, it's ridiculously powerful, but it's overcomplicated, quirky, and your only real support is via a phone call halfway across the country.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremy Clarkson
    One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that if you drive into London at 6am, half of the cars on the roads are Porsches and Astons. Whereas if you go in at ten to nine, they’re all Renaults. Simple solution, then. You want a nice car? Get up earlier and do more work.
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    +1 on rattles. I have one. Only one. I usually have zero. But my back driver's suspension area is rattling. I've been trying to fix it for 2 months now and can't.

    Bikini top season is coming. Then I won't be able to hear it.
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  11. 04-13-2012, 11:18 AM #11
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    The noises. Both of my miatas have them. The msm has a humm when I turn left and a rattling in the exhaust somewhere and one in the fmic. The na makes so many noises that some mornings in the winter I want to push it off a cliff.
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  12. 04-16-2012, 03:30 PM #12
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    I wish Miatas didn't have the trendy internet hype that's been surrounding them lately, causing them to fall into the wrong hands.

    That and oil leaks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tekel View Post
    The noises. Both of my miatas have them. The msm has a humm when I turn left and a rattling in the exhaust somewhere and one in the fmic. The na makes so many noises that some mornings in the winter I want to push it off a cliff.
    Have you checked the rubber bands that keep the exhaust in place?
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    I wish Miatas didn't have the trendy internet hype that's been surrounding them lately, causing them to fall into the wrong hands.

    That and oil leaks.
    There are only a few places where the Miata will leak. The CAS o-ring, the crank seal and the main seal. Get them replaced = no more leaks!
    96 Montego, replacing a 95M... I miss: My running peeps in Tampa, running barefoot @ Clearwater Beach and First Choice BBQ, in Brandon. In So Cal I miss: The Malibu Canyons, CA 33 and In & Out Burgers ! I'm from Tampa, if I was from Tampa Bay, I'd be a fish!
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  14. 04-17-2012, 12:16 PM #14
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  15. 04-17-2012, 12:19 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Driver View Post
    Have you checked the rubber bands that keep the exhaust in place?


    There are only a few places where the Miata will leak. The CAS o-ring, the crank seal and the main seal. Get them replaced = no more leaks!
    Forgetting the cam seals and valve cover gasket.
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