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Old Mar 17, 2015 | 08:17 PM
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It's about time for some gheying around.....had the wiener mobile out yesterday and today.



Added a Cobalt strut bar. Sturdy as hell.



This motherfucker is 9 years old.....keeping it clean:

Old Mar 18, 2015 | 08:00 AM
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Rich, did you put one in the rear too? Rule of thumb for Miatas is always put it in the rear
Old Mar 18, 2015 | 04:20 PM
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I put it in the rear whenever I can.

NC's are easily balanced with rear sway adjustments....I have the fronts at mid with the rears set to soft. I want to minimize oversteer when my son starts tracking this. Handles fan-fuckingtastic right now. It's dialed in/aligned well.

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Old Aug 8, 2015 | 12:53 PM
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Speaking of putting it in the rear, 35 grand for a fucking Miata? Holy shit.

http://easternshore.craigslist.org/cto/5138286471.html
Old Aug 9, 2015 | 07:17 PM
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Yup........I think I'll just stick to mine. Just had it tuned yesterday after the new header/midpipe combination was added. New LSD installed and now we are ready to roll to VIR again.

Pic of my son @ VIR a couple weeks ago:



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Old Aug 17, 2015 | 11:36 AM
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Fixed this post since I got off on a wrong foot. New to the forum and looking to very soon join the ranks of Miata ownership. Currently drive a speed 3 but I've been drooling over Miatas for years!

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Old Aug 17, 2015 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bast525
Fixed this post since I got off on a wrong foot. New to the forum and looking to very soon join the ranks of Miata ownership. Currently drive a speed 3 but I've been drooling over Miatas for years!
Saw the original post, didn't appreciate it. Thanks for editing it to be worthwhile.
Old Aug 19, 2015 | 10:47 AM
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So, if there was one piece of advice anyone would offer to someone getting ready to jump in to Miata ownership, what would it be?
Old Aug 19, 2015 | 12:37 PM
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So, if there was one piece of advice anyone would offer to someone getting ready to jump in to Miata ownership, what would it be?
Don't follow the crowd and be original.
Old Aug 19, 2015 | 01:50 PM
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Or emulate me if you want it done right ;-)



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