I'm a new guy, with the problem listed on the title. The cel isn't flashing. It's intermittent, but it usually stays on for hours or days. No apparent problem with the car. My mechanic checked it out and says it's due to a valve in the vtec system, just go ahead and drive it.
The big question is, do I? I'm planning a trip across Nevada. Do I? The darned idiot light is driving me crazy, and when I talked to the dildo (I mean service guy) at the nearest mazda dealership he assured me that the Miata has never had vtec and was I really talking about a Honda. Oh yeah, and the soonest he could get a mechanic to spend 5 minutes to read the code on my car to determine the reason for the cel would be 5 working days and a weekend. Like, thanks so much dude.
I love the car, I hate the light.