Ever think about selling your Miata?

[Cxmoney]

I don't know what it is, but sometimes I just feel like selling my car and moving on to something different. I feel like there is very little left to do to my car without spending several thousand dollars on a V8 swap. before I bought a bike my Miata was my daily driver, day in and day out. now I ride my bike 90% of the time. before I got my bike, I would even get tired of driving my car. I don't know if it is because it is so small or what.

just sometimes I want something different. am I the only one to think like this, or are there others out there? maybe I am crazy. or maybe I just need another car to play around with.

[Andy]

When I get to the point of being bored with my car I re asses what I want from the car. Sometimes the answer changes and I now have a different path to do.

[— Phatmiata —]

I can relate to this thread, once you have it mostly complete you get kinda bored, and you might even sell it for a new project.

However you will most likely be kicking yourself later on for selling such a sweet ride. Ask me how I know?

[— Madaboutmx5s —]

I can relate to this thread, once you have it mostly complete you get kinda bored, and you might even sell it for a new project.

However you will most likely be kicking yourself later on for selling such a sweet ride. Ask me how I know?

I've done this before when bored after completing a project and often sold a nice mx5 for another car (Lotus Elise, FD RX7).

However I've been lucky to buy one project back (my white roadster).

Right now I've lost count of the number of fives I've owned but its 50 plus. The standard models I don't miss but I do miss those that had my styling takes at the time (black roadster turbo, white roadster turbo, creme white pitcrew, red pitcrew) and a couple of the tidy limited edition models I had like the white r limited (super rare and I never appreciated it) and rs limited.

[— Dandy —]

I've been there. My first Miata was a daily driver for most of its time with me. When I was no longer modding, and strictly maintaining, I got bored with it. I was dreaming of V8 swaps and the like before I finally gave it up. Once I got away from it for a few years I eventually began to miss it. Not needing it as a daily driver has made a difference in my level of enjoyment.

[—tsingson—]

I completely agree. It almost always comes down to a chat with KFJ (read: kick in the nuts) for me to realize what I have and why I should keep it.

[— Phatmiata —]

I think the only way to do it would be to sell it and go into another make / model, Peter sold his Pitcrew and got a Vintage Mini Cooper. That is probably what I should have done, but I stayed in the Miata game and still kick myself for selling mine. So if you are to do it (and I am not telling you to) but if you do, then you have to move on and don't look back, kinda like and old girlfriend, you have to get her outta your head.

[Cxmoney]

so then I do need another car for a daily! lol.

I was planning on getting something simple like a civic or something like that in march when I move back to GA and start working at the police department. but maybe I should get something fun that I can start modifying. maybe a NC?

I think if I got another daily my car's fun-ness and purity will come back to me. just like when I got my bike, I was in love with my car again because I was not forced to drive it every single day. but moving back home where it rains a lot and has cold winters, I wont be able to ride my bike as often

[mx54life]

Do not doubt yourself. That is life. We know what we like but it is human not to be liking what you love at all times and vice versa. Just step back running away will result some regrets later.

[—RuckkehrMiata—]

I have a buddy who compulsively sells things when he gets bored for a bit, he has regretted it almost every single time.

The miata is the first thing he has kept longer than a year or two.

[BlitzWing]

It happens. Originally I was looking at an S14 a few years ago before I got into MX5's but the drift tax put them out of my reach but I still find myself drawn to them. I've told myself a few times if I ever find a clean S30 or S130 the NA is gone (lucky that will never happen)

After my first NA was stolen I was very tempted to move on. I didn't even want another project I was just tempted to get some crappy hatch. Luckily I didn't go down that path in the end.

[— Phatmiata —]

Get an NC Miata !!!!

[—RuckkehrMiata—]

Get an NC Miata !!!!

Wait and get an ND

[Cxmoney]

Wait and get an ND

That would be awesome, however I don't really want to buy anything BRAND new. The most expensive vehicle I have bought was my wife's 2013 focus for $17,000. It was new with 6k miles, but not BRAND new. Brand new vehicles are just so expensive. I personally like to keep it under the 10k range, unless I find something I REALLY like, then ill probably spend up to 15k. Only reason I spent so much on my wife's car was because everything she's had has been crappy. Something was always wrong and she doesn't know anything about cars. So with me going on deployments, I figured it would be best for her to have something relatively new that we don't have to worry about for a few years.

But TL;DR - A ND would be around the 25k range I am guessing. I would rather spend $15k or less on a NC with under 50k miles since I will be modifying it anyways.

[Andy]

I 100% agree that having a dedicated comfy daily made the miata 100% more fun to drive. I can now enjoy driving it instead of dreading when it rains and I just want to go home.