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CoronitaParticipant[quote=svelte][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=svelte]Another option? Buy a used Tesla…their value dropped 10% from Oct 2022 to Nov 2022. That’s enormous![/quote]
No way.[/quote]
I’m with you there. No Teslas in my future either.[/quote]
Ditto
CoronitaParticipant[quote=The-Shoveler]I like the Prius, but I wish it had more room in the trunk like some Prius-V’s.
I like the Idea of not having to keep searching for a charging station or trying to schedule enough time to make sure I can get to my destinations.
If I had an EV I think I would want to have a second car hybrid probably just in case.[/quote]
I’m not convinced that EV is the end all solution … I think there will have to be some improvement to ICE engines and fuel.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=svelte][quote=Coronita]scardey.
2023 Prius.
https://www.toyota.com/upcoming-vehicles/prius/section/gallery/slide/2
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My kids were talking about the new Prius at Thanksgiving – really a sharp vehicle! Kudos to Toyota!
I’ve been a long-term Prius hater because they were just so darn ugly. I mean purposely ugly. With small wheels even.
But this new one is just the opposite. Every line is very attractive. Especially the sides where that line kicks up to meet the rear bumper seam. And even the way the perfectly square door cuts across that character line where it kicks up.
I always joke with my sons that designers can usually get either the front end or the back end right, but not both. It’s like they have a great concept for one end of the car but by the time they get to the other end they can’t figure out another good design to match the opposite end. Well the new Prius doesn’t have that problem. Front, back, sides, all good! That’s rare.[/quote]
I’m not a fan of the back it could use a little polish. But side profile looks good
CoronitaParticipantIihs released it’s latest crash test results about rear occupant safety. Only the Ford escape and Volvo xc40 received good. Toyota RAV4 received acceptable . Everyone else got poor.
https://www.autoblog.com/2022/12/13/iihs-updated-overlap-test-results/
CoronitaParticipantCoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]Hmmm.
I went to 2 dentists.
One said I have 3 cavities.
One said I have no cavities
Is “taking care of your heart” eating clean or putting in a stent.
This isn’t a cheap thing. It’s an actual question. If we go zero sugar, is tooth decay halted? What actually causes tooth decay and are we just on a vicious cycle of eating wrong and saying, well, dentistry is how we live. We destroy our teeth and drill them, with shit getting way worse into old age.
That seems insane.
Alcohol is according to some holistic dentistry sites awful. We sit for hours bathing our teeth and gums with…sugar, swirling it in our mouths, letting it rest, perfect decay environment.
At this moment, I am committed to never ever putting another piece of bread, pasta, energy bar or any thing with sugar, other than fruit, which apparently might be ok in moderation. I think some nude sunbathing for high vit.bd levels may be essential too
Keto dentistry.[/quote]
Not really. There are people who I know that never took care of their teeth like my dad, and still have perfect no cavities. And there are people like my significant other that brush every day 3 times, floss, rinse etc, and still end up with a cavity and tooth decay. So it depends.
Coffee and tea stain teeth, and that’s stubborn to remove.
You definitely should get more than 1 opinion of one dentist suddenly says you need work. There are dentists that are chop shops that will push to get procedures you don’t need, not different then that shady mechanic that tells you need to change the blinker fluid.
I remember I cracked one of my wisdom tooth, and my old dentist wanted to do a crown,etc. And it was estimated to be $800. I was like, why don’t you just extract the wisdom tooth, since that’s what people do anyway. And he’s like, oh you can’t do that, because your bite will be off, yada yada yada. So I went to another dentist who told me that I should just extract the tooth. It was $150, and insurance paid for most of it.
Definitely get a second opinion.
CoronitaParticipantStop being so cheap scaredy. The more you try to skimp on dentistry the more you’re going to pay in dollars and in pain later for going cheap up front. You need to go find an old dentist that’s been in practice in your area for a long time, someone roughly your age.
My experience is these old dentist baby boomers tend to be the most honest and reasonably priced in the services they charge and don’t skimp on materials. They’ve done well through the years,.aren’t saddled with college student loan debt , and don’t try to rip people off by selling services they don’t need. They have integrity. If you are in San Diego , I strongly recommend Dr Belnap in Rancho Penesquito.
I found that often times going to a younger dentist of my generation , they tend to be the ones with the fancy offices that charge for every little thing.
Read their yelp and Google reviews. Partcularly reviews about their billing dept. Even if the dentist is good but the billing dept sucks, stay away.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic]I think the income restriction on ev tax credit is going up next year. Must earn less than 300k. Sadly we will exceed that. Is that a reason to buy an electric car now in 2022?
Also I’m only 5’10 and weigh about 140, although my weight is plummeting due to a very restrictive holistic dentistry diet I adopted as part of a dental issue. I easily fit in a Miata.[/quote]
Well then you are my height and you will fit fine in a Miata or Fiat 124. But you already decided on a scooter. And I’m pretty confident you won’t buy a Miata. You just aren’t Miata material[/quote]
My retiring coworker bought a Miata right before quit to tool around. He took me for a ride. He was pretty stoked[/quote]
Good man. Hardtop or softtop?
It’s a love it or hate it car. There’s some people who love it like a cult member and there’s some people who absolutely hate it.I’m in the former category. People who get a Miata who are older are old people who refuse to grow up and don’t want to spend twice as much on a P-car. Make bo mistake, Porsches are Porsches and way better cars it’s not even a close comparison. But there’s definitely a cult following Miatas. And a lot of people who autocross or track their cars take good Miata drivers very seriously, especially at autocrosses. At BMW CCA sponsored autocrosses here, Miatas usually take top time of the day. Usually done by Brian Goodwin or one of his guys at Goodwin Racing. At PCA autocrosses, Porsches do well, but good miata drivers put up a decent fight.
Speaking of the ND Miata.
I have the one with the retractable hardtop, the RF. I was originally considering getting the softop, but I already have a Miata with a soft top, and I liked the side profile of the RF and the internet sales guy gave me a pretty hefty discount in 2017 even though it was a first year production run car. I’m not a big fan of the ND miata rear end, I think the fiat 124 has a better looking ass, but that’s just me…The ND RF was only suppose to be a fun street car toy and wasn’t suppose to be used at the track or autocross, so the weight difference between the hardtop and softtop isnt a big deal… but I made the mistake of taking the hardtop to one event to see how it compare to my NA Miata. My NA is supercharged, a lot lighter with most of the interior stripped , and is theoretically a faster car. However, the ND Miata is just a better Miata on the track and autocross , even when it was underpowered before the supercharger went in. My time was significantly better in the ND RF, even though it’s a heavier car…it’s a lot more refined than the NA and a lot more forgiving with driver error. If I had a softop ND, I probably would have done even better.The RF hardtop, you lose about 1 inch of headroom and about 2 inches of rear seat adjustment compared to the softtop and the B pillar has a blindspot when the hardtop is up, but not unmanageable.
There are two companies that make a custom seat bracket that lowers the seat height by 2 inches if you need it: Paco Motorsports and Blackbird Fabworks. You probably don’t need it, it’s mainly for people who wear a helmet and need to the broom stick test for track day or people who drive the hardtop up and don’t want the helmet to be constantly hitting the roofThe hardtop weighs about 100lb more than softtop, about 2450lbs, still less than an Toyota FRS/ Suburu BRz.
With the RF hardtop , you can’t fit a rollbar in it, which is often required for racing at some track events (some events allow you to drive without a rollbar and the factory aluminum headrest is enough if you put up the hardtop , but this is very dangerous because the hardtop really isn’t meant to protect you in the case your car rolls over on the track). If you plan on racing a lot, get the softtop with a rollbar from Blackbird Fabworx
The newer ND Miata have an adjustable telescoping steering wheel , which is useful if you have long legs, short arms like me.
The 2016-18 ND Miata does not. The 2016-18 ND is 150hp, but it’s tunable with CARB legal supercharger made my Edelbrock (which I have ), or a CARB legal turbo from BBR that you can get from Flyin Miata..Both will bring the power to be about 200-215hp at the wheel (dynoed).Plan about a $6000 budget if you want to do that. You can get higher with custom , non+carb approved tunes..And there are 4 additional turbo kits that have bigger power but aren’t CARB legal: JDL, Avo, TurboSource, HKS.
The 2019 and onward is called the ND2 , which is a slight improvement over the original. Some tweaks to the engine, flywheel ,etc, stock power slight increase to 181hp, and now a higher revving motor, similar to a Honda S2000, but much lighter. There currently are no CARB legal turbo or supercharger that works with this 2019+ ND2 , but if you are just going to leave the car in stock form,.just get a 2019+. If you plan on tweaking with it, get something 2016-2018.
If you want to shove golf bags into the car , don’t get a Miata. There’s literally no trunk space.
Truthfully, if you don’t mind spending the money, just get a Porsche. It’s a way better car. The fit, finish of the Porsche is unmatched, and it’s pretty reliable. Yes maintenance on the Porsche is not cheap but it’s not outrageous. And if you really don’t plan on getting a manual transmission, just get a Porsche with PDK and call it a day. You don’t want a Miata with an automatic , it’s just not as fun. Purists will say that getting a Porsche with PDK is heresy, but truthfully you can’t beat an electronically controlled gearbox and paddle shifters. That’s why F1 went this route , and even Porsche track focused cars like GT3 all come with PDK. Rowing your own gearbox can be fun, but you won’t be quicker at the track than someone with PDK, skill level being equal.
911s are great cars, as well as the Caymen S…Like I said before, I almost picked up a Guards Red 991 911s with PDK a long time ago. The week I was suppose to pick it up, my friends at Broadcom and sdrealtor talked me out of it. My Broadcom boss (custom built Porsche guy ) and my coworker(German BMW guy) thought I was nuts buying a brand new Porsche to learn how to autocross and do track day for the first time. They told me to go buy a cheap 94 Miata and drive it like a hooligan and thrash it on a track or autocross and not worry about babying a brand new P car. sdrealtor meanwhile piled on by tempting me with a short sales condo near Sdsu for roughly the same price at the 992 911s. So i listened to all of the above , cancelled my 991 911s purchase, bought the short sales condo, and spent $2000 on a piece of shit 94 Miata that had torn softtop, worn and warped brake rotors and pads, busted suspension, a worn out cat that failed to pass smog, a bent front bumper rail, cracked front bumper cover and dented rear fender….oh and trunk full of kitty litter…from a dental hygentist nice older lady. After it failed smog, she sold it to me for $1800. I spent $3 on a bottle of Heet in the fuel line and passed smog, bought the cheapest brake rotors and pads from Amazon for $60 total and replaced all 4, and spent $800 on a shocks and springs from Flyin Miata….and another $600 on a rollbar from Hard Dog….and had the best time autocrossing and tracking the car. Because while many others drove their really nice cars more carefully, I didn’t give a rats ass if I ran into cones or scraped the guard rails in the POS Miataz and literally drove with a binary pedal…the gas pedal was either all the way to the floor or all the way up, and nothing in between. The Miata is a momentum car where you’re either all on or all off most of the time.(That condo I bought for $125k had a cash flow of 4-7% all the way until I sold it…for $315k via a 1031 exchange to something better. If I bought the 911s, it probably would have been worth $75k at the same time I sold the condo.)
… the lesson to learn is as the saying goes : “Miata is always the answer”
… And when it’s not, “Porsche. There is no substitute”CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]I think the income restriction on ev tax credit is going up next year. Must earn less than 300k. Sadly we will exceed that. Is that a reason to buy an electric car now in 2022?
Also I’m only 5’10 and weigh about 140, although my weight is plummeting due to a very restrictive holistic dentistry diet I adopted as part of a dental issue. I easily fit in a Miata.[/quote]
Well then you are my height and you will fit fine in a Miata or Fiat 124. But you already decided on a scooter. And I’m pretty confident you won’t buy a Miata. You just aren’t Miata material
CoronitaParticipantI won’t be buying a car until my kid is off to college. 1 more year (I hope)…. Hopefully by then we’ll have a lot more electric sports cars.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]I did spend a couple of years commuting a fairly long distance on a mint green vespa 150 in 2004. Even went out to indio once on the 10 freeway, one of the dumber things I’ve ever done. The wind was brutal, and I felt like I was getting blown off the road.
No accidents or near accidents, but very little freeway driving. 150 just the lower limit for freeways.
Ultimately, service was way too expensive on the vespa Also, tire life way too short, inconvenient. Not great for the high mileage I was doing
Was always ATGATT. Looked pretty wild fully geared up on my tiny scooter. That stuff, which I never scrimped on, was really costly too . Full padded leathers, aerostich, massive boots, kevlar gloves, premium full face helmet. , Dainese Spine protector. Spandex hip and knee pads. Separate ventilated summer stuff.
Lane splitting is however attractive.
I still have a non running Honda ruckus in my garage. But maybe I need this
https://powersports.honda.com/motorcycle/scooter/adv150
Hard no on a heavier motorcycle. But I could see riding a nimble scooter again. Still have the motorcycle endorsement on my cdl. Guess I’ll have to buy this one again. Should’ve kept mine
https://www.aerostich.com/men-s-r-3-one-piece-suit.html
Maybe used on ebay[/quote]
Ok, ok compromise.
Ariel Atom.
https://www.arielna.com/arielatomAs shown on Top Gear
It’s like a motorcycle, but 4 wheels.
CoronitaParticipantOh wait scardey… If you like Honda’s, you can always go retro and get the 2023 Acura Integra.
I miss my old integra from high school days.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a41788950/2024-acura-integra-type-s-confirmed/
And it comes with a manual gearbox!
CoronitaParticipant[quote=spdrun]NB. The unloved late 90s ugly duckling. Seems to be quite a few of them for $5-7k at least in the East, and there’s something to be said for not having the flip-up lights. Z3s also go for under 10 grand.
Also, what about a motorcycle — as visceral as it gets and a hell of a lot of fun. Basically the “fuck you” to all of those who want everything on the roads to be safe and domesticated.[/quote]
It’s unlikely a $4000 NB miata is in decent shape, especially on the east coast. The subframe is probably covered in rust. Closer to $7000 for decent ones.
NBs are just fine. The might be slightly less desirable in CARB-nazi states like CA, because NB’s started to have 2 cats and OBD2 and finding CARB legal turbo/supercharger kits is even more difficult… but plenty of people have NBs. And CARB legal LS3 V8 swap is out of the question.
But they are still in pretty good demand. If I had the garage space, I’d pick up an NB and leave it stock with better suspension and nothing more.
The NC is probably the most tunable miata and most reliable. Easiest thing would be the Ford 2.5 engine swap. And then put a SC on that. The transmission on the NC is pretty solid, more so than the ND. Fiat was smart and used the NC transmission on the Fiat 124, which is why actually the Fiat 124 is more reliable than the ND Miata. I already broke the ND transmission twice in 22,000 miles, though it was partly used with a supercharger and raced, they probably took the gram strategy way too far and there’s probably enough driveline flex so that the shafts flex enough for the gears to well, you can imagine. If stiffer engine mounts and differential mounts don’t solve this, I’ll eventually do an NC transmission swap, though it will add about 50lbs to the the car. Other people already have.
https://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=712509Anyway, scardey is probably too tall for a miata. And he’s too old for a Toyota 86, which would be a good second option. Toyota Supra would not work, because basically it’s a BMW drivetrain, which Scardey does not want. He could wait for the Infiniti version of the 2023 Twin Turbo Z. It’s a little on the heavy side…
Still think the McLaren is the only answer.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=spdrun]Scaredy should get a motorbike — SV650 gets 50 mpg highway or a 90s Miata and plop a turbo in it. Already gets 30 mpg, some people say that the turbo slightly improves fuel economy.[/quote]
That certainly is false. Turbo/supercharger does not improve gas mileage in a miata. In fact, FFS supercharger made gas mileage on NA miata go from about 30 to about 18mpg. And Edelbrock supercharger made ND miata gas mileage go from 27 to about 21. Once you get a supercharger or turbo, you aren’t going to drive with mpg in mind.
Also, being that Scardey is probably going to remain in CA, the number of CARB legal options for a NA and ND miata is pretty limited.
ND, you pretty much limited to a BBR turbo or an Edelbrock Supercharger. NA, you’re pretty much limited to the Flyin Miata Turbo or the FFS Supercharger.
Also, Miatas are generally uncomfortable for anyone that is taller than 6 feet. The ND has even less room then the NA.
Also ND miatas are all special order now.
And the price of NA miatas are now gone up a bit, because NA miatas are no longer “cheap sporty cars”. They have moved into the “collectible” category according to Hagerty.
https://www.classic.com/m/mazda/mx-5-miata/If you don’t have to live in CA, you could have bid on Flyin Miata’s one of a kind ND V8 that was auctioned off at Bring a Trailer.
It sold for $99.7k, i believe the highest price paid for a miata.
Pretty much every miata cult member I knew bid on this.
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