Sharka

[— vote4pedro —]

Nice to see them in a good home

[— Phatmiata —]

Never seen these before, nice find! Looks like the same as the Brown ones I have from a 1991 V-Special, only yours are black. Pretty neat!!


but wait they won't fit!! They are from a RHD car!

[★ revlimiter ★]

The passenger side mat actually fits BETTER than my OEM LHD one. I chuckled when that happened. It's slightly smaller and that allows it to not bunch up at the top of the footwell.

[vindi49]

Very nice, I have the same mats but in dark brown.

Russell.

[roadsternut]

Never seen these before, nice find! Looks like the same as the Brown ones I have from a 1991 V-Special, only yours are black. Pretty neat!!


but wait they won't fit!! They are from a RHD car!

1991-93 S-Package mats.

[WASABI]

but wait they won't fit!! They are from a RHD car!

I never said they wouldn't fit, just that they were different from the LHD mats... which they are. They still look great, and will work.

NICE MATS BTW!

[★ revlimiter ★]

So... in the summer time, I pretty much drive barefoot. I know, not the best thing ever, but I do it all summer. Have for years. And these new mats are SO soft and comfy. They're actually a big upgrade from my stock mats. I wouldn't have imagined that possible.

Loving these mats.

[Jeffbucc]

Driving with no shoes is bad? I always drive better bare foot, better feedback from the pedals. Unless you have some sweaty foot syndrome I don't see the issue.

[atxsbigwalt]

if im wearing sandals I always drive barefoot, otherwise its shoes just because its a pain to take off and put on socks after a drive.

[★ revlimiter ★]

50,000 miles!


Sharka has 50,000 miles on the clock now. Fifty! Not bad. By most standards, the car is almost broken in.

It only took 20 years for Sharka to reach this point. A small celebration was called for.

Cruising to 50k


My co-driver for the event.


50k didn’t sneak up on me. I’ve been watching the clock closely. It was actually going to happen during a work week commute, and that didn’t seem like any fun at all. So I parked Sharka till the weekend and had Bucky fill in the whole week. I needed to have my little co-pilot along after all.

She fell asleep right after we hit 50k. The face in the photo above is the face of a tired little toaster.

Harriet didn’t see what all the fuss was about. We boosted (she DEMANDS the boost). Then we cruised. Then I counted down to something and kept her awake. Then there was cheering and photos. Then it was snooze time. Nothing like a nice exhaust note to knock out a little girl every time.

Some 50k photos were required. Yes, there’s a little girl sleeping in the car below.

50,000 miles young.


The ass of a 50,000 mile old car.


Some of these parts are not even 50 miles old.


I truly had no idea where life would take me when I bought the car at 31,000 miles. I never expected to be hitting 50k with a daughter in the passenger seat. I didn’t expect to be making my own parts or still be so involved in the Miata community. I’m not sure what I expected.

Actually, I wasn’t really thinking of the future back when I bought the 95. I only knew I needed a Sharka in my life and would do whatever it took to get him back.

And now here we are. Here’s to another 50,000, Sharka. And, of course, all the miles in between.

[—Martin—]

Congrats!

[bogaut]

So much glare on the kgw cluster! Haha

[WASABI]

I'm happy for you Adam! On a side note, I always love your pictures of the Southwest... vast stretches of open sky. but sometimes wonder if you would ever take Sharka someplace with more hills, trees, and twisties? I know New England it to far to drive, though it would be nice to see her up here.

[Tkblazer]

Man 50k miles.. I have four times as many miles on mine lol.

[theothersawyer]

I guess I had no idea Sharka had such low miles! That's amazing! I hit 211,000 today! Haha