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CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]Really racking up mileage on the ebike w no car. At 7350 miles. Curious to see how long the Bosch motor and battery can make it. Will need to not have a car to keep miles up.
Battery seems to have lost about 20 perc. Capacity.[/quote]
Too easy….Miata is still the answer…
You can put a hiddden trailer hitch on a miata to carry a bike rack or in my case an extra set wheels and tires on a dolley
https://www.good-win-racing.com/Mazda-Performance-Part/61-1846.html
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]I barely wear a helmet on my bicycle. Although I did fall last year and bonked my head, with a helmet. So I have been wearing it more often. I’m not persuaded helmets are good overall.[/quote]
if your car has a full cage rollbar, you probably want to wear a helmet. otherwise if someone accidentally collides into you while driving on the street , your skull and a metal rollbar….things wont end up too well for your skull.
Besides, Scotty Kilmer says yes!
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]
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I was given a warning. CVC 27400… Something about not obstructing both my ears. Don’t get it though…people on bikes wear helmets and an helmet isn’t earplugs or headphones….Maybe just cop wanted to flex. I said oh, ok, didn’t know. He said cool car, and left…[/quote]That stop was BULLSHIT
[/quote]Ok. Good to know. In case I ever want to pretend to be THE STIG and wear my helmet while driving, glad that it will be legal. Besides, it’s ok. I got stopped for bullshit that time, at another time in my more youthful stupid days…I got stopped on I-5 going 97 early in the morning when there was no cars and was let off with a warning. So it evens out.
One thing to note. In case you are serious about getting an ND miata or Fiat 124 and were remotely serious about wearing a helmet…fun fact… The stock seats that come with the car don’t really work well with a driver wearing a helmet…
The bucket seat has an integrated, non-adjustable headrest that bulges forward so your un-helmeted head rests on… This design protects your head in case of a rear and collision on the street, so you don’t get whiplash…
Unfortunately, while this design is good for an unhelmeted head, it’s terrible if you wear a helmet, because that headrest bulge pushes your helmeted head forward a bit…So instead of looking straight forward, your head is pointed slightly downward by a few degrees. Beside it not being natural, for something like an autocross it totally messes up your long distance view since you’ll have a tendency to look right in front of you instead the longer distance you should be looking at. You’ll need to make a minor seat adjustment by slightly reclining the seat so your head is angled correctly again. Unfortunately, in a miata if you’re tall that means slightly moving your seat forward by an inch or two… Because if you put your seat all the back, you won’t be able to recline the seat enough to correct for the helmet angle.
The other annoying thing about the ND miata for passengers is the passenger footwell is a lot smaller than normal because their a protuding bulge coming out of the left side where they stuck the radio’s amplifier. Not sure why they put it there. Anyway, another reason not to take a passenger.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic]I drive very gently and slowly. The transmission will be fine. I am the slowest guy anywhere. New Miata seem rather cheap.
I really would rather just live than fail at a gun suicide. I’ve always thought it’d be best to be on a raft far fr shore, tie a weight on you, shoot raft, shoot self.
Of course,. I could have a change of heart between the raft shooting and the suicide.
Dammit. Maybe shoot self off the golden gate bridge?
I think at the end of the day suicides just not for me.[/quote]
New miatas are cheap. Softtop cheaper than hardtop. The other thing is, if you don’t care, you don’t need to get a manual transmission. Automatics are more reliable than manual in this generation. They don’t break.
Added bonus of miatas. Sorry, I can’t pick you up and take your friends… Only 2 seats…sorry
Also funner car than minis imho.
One other problem. If your taller than 6′, may not be a car for you…it won’t be comfortable.[/quote]
69.5 inches. Very slender. Fuck it, maybe I should go get one.
Could be 69 or 70 inches. So much depends on posture[/quote]
Should work… I’m 71 inches. The only issue is when I wear a helmet, top of my head rubs against closed roof. Sometimes. You won’t have a problem.
2019+ has adjustable steering wheel, so that helps. If you need to reduce the seat height, Aurora Auto Design has a seat bracket that can drop the height down by 1.1 inches (it’s usually used for taller people with helmets to pass the “broomstick test”.)I’m thinking about wearing a motorcycle helmet at all times while driving tho. Hmmm. Keep top down[/quote]
Not legal i think. I was pulled over once for doing this…Long story…Didn’t have time to exit race, change, and take kid to a basketball game i was coaching…
Was annoyed because friends with catfish miata with no windshield never had that issue.[/quote]
I’ll do some research on that.[/quote]
I was given a warning. CVC 27400… Something about not obstructing both my ears. Don’t get it though…people on bikes wear helmets and an helmet isn’t earplugs or headphones….Maybe just cop wanted to flex. I said oh, ok, didn’t know. He said cool car, and left…
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic]I drive very gently and slowly. The transmission will be fine. I am the slowest guy anywhere. New Miata seem rather cheap.
I really would rather just live than fail at a gun suicide. I’ve always thought it’d be best to be on a raft far fr shore, tie a weight on you, shoot raft, shoot self.
Of course,. I could have a change of heart between the raft shooting and the suicide.
Dammit. Maybe shoot self off the golden gate bridge?
I think at the end of the day suicides just not for me.[/quote]
New miatas are cheap. Softtop cheaper than hardtop. The other thing is, if you don’t care, you don’t need to get a manual transmission. Automatics are more reliable than manual in this generation. They don’t break.
Added bonus of miatas. Sorry, I can’t pick you up and take your friends… Only 2 seats…sorry
Also funner car than minis imho.
One other problem. If your taller than 6′, may not be a car for you…it won’t be comfortable.[/quote]
69.5 inches. Very slender. Fuck it, maybe I should go get one.
Could be 69 or 70 inches. So much depends on posture[/quote]
Should work… I’m 71 inches. The only issue is when I wear a helmet, top of my head rubs against closed roof. Sometimes. You won’t have a problem.
2019+ has adjustable steering wheel, so that helps. If you need to reduce the seat height, Aurora Auto Design has a seat bracket that can drop the height down by 1.1 inches (it’s usually used for taller people with helmets to pass the “broomstick test”.)I’m thinking about wearing a motorcycle helmet at all times while driving tho. Hmmm. Keep top down[/quote]
Not legal i think. I was pulled over once for doing this…Long story…Didn’t have time to exit race, change, and take kid to a basketball game i was coaching…
Was annoyed because friends with catfish miata with no windshield never had that issue.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic]I drive very gently and slowly. The transmission will be fine. I am the slowest guy anywhere. New Miata seem rather cheap.
I really would rather just live than fail at a gun suicide. I’ve always thought it’d be best to be on a raft far fr shore, tie a weight on you, shoot raft, shoot self.
Of course,. I could have a change of heart between the raft shooting and the suicide.
Dammit. Maybe shoot self off the golden gate bridge?
I think at the end of the day suicides just not for me.[/quote]
New miatas are cheap. Softtop cheaper than hardtop. The other thing is, if you don’t care, you don’t need to get a manual transmission. Automatics are more reliable than manual in this generation. They don’t break.
Added bonus of miatas. Sorry, I can’t pick you up and take your friends… Only 2 seats…sorry
Also funner car than minis imho.
One other problem. If your taller than 6′, may not be a car for you…it won’t be comfortable.[/quote]
69.5 inches. Very slender. Fuck it, maybe I should go get one.
Could be 69 or 70 inches. So much depends on posture[/quote]
Should work… I’m 71 inches. The only issue is when I wear a helmet, top of my head rubs against closed roof. Sometimes. You won’t have a problem.
2019+ has adjustable steering wheel, so that helps. If you need to reduce the seat height, Aurora Auto Design has a seat bracket that can drop the height down by 1.1 inches (it’s usually used for taller people with helmets to pass the “broomstick test”.)Aurora Auto Design Low Profile Driver Seat Mount – ND Miata / Fiat 124
Have not needed to do this, since when I race, I just leave the top open, even if it’s raining…
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic]I drive very gently and slowly. The transmission will be fine. I am the slowest guy anywhere. New Miata seem rather cheap.
I really would rather just live than fail at a gun suicide. I’ve always thought it’d be best to be on a raft far fr shore, tie a weight on you, shoot raft, shoot self.
Of course,. I could have a change of heart between the raft shooting and the suicide.
Dammit. Maybe shoot self off the golden gate bridge?
I think at the end of the day suicides just not for me.[/quote]
New miatas are cheap. Softtop cheaper than hardtop. The other thing is, if you don’t care, you don’t need to get a manual transmission. Automatics are more reliable than manual in this generation. They don’t break.
Added bonus of miatas. Sorry, I can’t pick you up and take your friends… Only 2 seats…sorry
Also funner car than minis imho.[/quote]
I like manual transmissions because they were cheaper on my 89 Honda. Also it’s kind of fun to have a sort of skill. One kid can’t drive stick, so it’d be unborrowable to him….[/quote]
Forgot to mention… 2019+ miatas should not have a transmission problem for normal street driving.
The “ND2:>=2019” They updated the motor and added some software that reduces vibration and linkup and went to a dual mass flywheel. The transmission is the 5th revision. (mine was a V2).
ND2 motor was bumped up about 30hp, and the redline was raised to 7500 (think Honda S2000). So as a stock car, it’s not bad considering it’s 2400lbs. Fun high revving motor.
The only drawback is currently can’t add engine/motor mods, since they changed the ECU and most tuners haven’t cracked it yet. (maybe 1 tuner has)… But you don’t sound like you’ll be adding a turbo or supercharger on it.
If you do break the transmission out of warranty, they aren’t terribly expensive. With the mazda motorsports team member discount, they cost $1400 and Rocky Miatamotive in Chula Vista can install for about $600. Stealership try to charge $5000. lol…
Miata one of the most raced cars worldwide. Multiple cup car challenges..
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]I drive very gently and slowly. The transmission will be fine. I am the slowest guy anywhere. New Miata seem rather cheap.
I really would rather just live than fail at a gun suicide. I’ve always thought it’d be best to be on a raft far fr shore, tie a weight on you, shoot raft, shoot self.
Of course,. I could have a change of heart between the raft shooting and the suicide.
Dammit. Maybe shoot self off the golden gate bridge?
I think at the end of the day suicides just not for me.[/quote]
New miatas are cheap. Softtop cheaper than hardtop. The other thing is, if you don’t care, you don’t need to get a manual transmission. Automatics are more reliable than manual in this generation. They don’t break.
Added bonus of miatas. Sorry, I can’t pick you up and take your friends… Only 2 seats…sorry
Also funner car than minis imho.
One other problem. If your taller than 6′, may not be a car for you…it won’t be comfortable.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=Coronita][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=deadzone]With 8-10 million I at that age I just don’t see why anyone would have to work if they didn’t want to.
I mean even if you earned nothing on your investments, you could pull 200K a year for 40 years and that doesn’t even take into account ss or your rental income.
that would allow for a pretty good lifestyle in my book, maybe just not driving Rolls.[/quote]
I just checked CarGurus for pricing on a used rolls. Saw under 10k mileage 2017 for just 209k. Peanuts! Every fancy car now is 100 to 200k. Flu can drive a rolls, no prob.[/quote]
I have no interest in an expensive car. I like my miatas just fine… As the saying goes. Miata is always the answer.[/quote]
Should I get a new one? I need another car[/quote]
Yes… actually…My goal is to get one of each generation
NA, NB, NC, ND and the Fiat 124 …I’ve got 2 out of 5.
I like the ND, but the manual transmission is a little weak. I already snapped mine at 20k miles racing it. I do have a blower on it, so Mazda North America denied my warranty claim. Fortunately, Edelbrock coughed up and paid for most of the replacement cost. There’s a company called Walters Motorsports out in Gainsville that rebuilds these with hardened internals. But we don’t know if that will help. I’m piloting their stage 2 transmission and one of the first with a blower on the motor that will exercise how well the rebuild is… If it breaks, the owner promised I just need to send it back to him and he’ll rebuild it again, both pay for shipping respective ways.
If you don’t want to deal with the weak transmission. You can consider the Fiat 124, which is basically a Fiata. Fiats are usually piss poor in the reliability deparmtent but most of the car is Mazda except for the engine, and the engine is one of Fiat’s bulletproof engines so you shouldn’t have a problem there…. The transmission Fiat chose was to use the previous NC miata’s transmission, so actually the Fiat 124 is a lot strong and more reliable than the ND Miatas. The issue with the Fiat 124 is the turbo motor is a little laggy, so you probably want to get it reprogrammed and get the sports exhaust for it too. Brian Goodwin from Goodwin Racing in Chula Vista can hook you up.
The fiata 124 is out of production, so finding one might be hard. The ND miata i would just get new…since the preowned ones are almost as expensive as new ones.
The first generation NA’s have turned into a more or less a collectors item from a cheap 2 seater, so I wouldn’t try to get one. They use to be cheap, fairly reliable and easy to fix, but too many people trying to trick them out and a decent one now runs $7-8k and if you have a low mileage aniversary addition, they cost as much as a new ND miata.
I think a good balance would be the NB miata (second generation). It’s more refined than than the NA, and doesn’t weigh as much as the NC (which really has a ford motor). Try to get one before MY2000, because past MY2000, they put in a 2 stage catalytic, and you can’t ever trick that out… Pre-2000, you can still stick a supercharger or turbo on it and get it CARBed. The NA’s you can also stick a SC in it. I got mine from Fastforward Superchargers. It’s also possible for the NA to shove a crate motor LS3 V8 and get that carb’d. That’s on my todo list if ever have time… Flyin Miata use to sell turnover conversion kits for that.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]Long term care is the killer.
Funny story…my mom paid for long term care ins. For years. Needs help now. Keeps refusing care workers. Doesn’t like people around! Prefers to struggle on her own…
Seems kind of hilarious to have paid all these years for help you now refuse.
I guess if things get worse…[/quote]
yup, and sadly most people don’t have it. I think it’s too late for me to get it. Perhaps it’s better to invest in a Glock when it comes to that point.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=deadzone]With 8-10 million I at that age I just don’t see why anyone would have to work if they didn’t want to.
I mean even if you earned nothing on your investments, you could pull 200K a year for 40 years and that doesn’t even take into account ss or your rental income.
that would allow for a pretty good lifestyle in my book, maybe just not driving Rolls.[/quote]
I just checked CarGurus for pricing on a used rolls. Saw under 10k mileage 2017 for just 209k. Peanuts! Every fancy car now is 100 to 200k. Flu can drive a rolls, no prob.[/quote]
I have no interest in an expensive car. I like my miatas just fine… As the saying goes. Miata is always the answer.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=deadzone]With 8-10 million I at that age I just don’t see why anyone would have to work if they didn’t want to.
I mean even if you earned nothing on your investments, you could pull 200K a year for 40 years and that doesn’t even take into account ss or your rental income.
that would allow for a pretty good lifestyle in my book, maybe just not driving Rolls.[/quote]
Inflation, investment risk…40 years is too long to be set. With just a couple million, a man is essentially a pauper. At 8 million, maybe middle class.
They key element for happiness is Todo better than your peers.maybe thats why piggington depresses me[/quote]
rising health care costs, rising insurance costs, possibility of needing long term care. possibly of a family member needing something or both…
Lots of possible ways to end up bankrupt even with an initial arsenal that you planned against it.
Like I said, as much as a car guy I am, you don’t see me driving a $100k+ car around. Wouldn’t be very financially responsible….Inherently, when it comes to myself. I’m cheap. Well, that if and I had a faster car, I wouldn’t need to make a financial plan because I probably would end up jack knifed and dead.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=scaredyclassic]Aren’t the dividends priced into the stock?it’s difficult for me to understand why a non guaranteed dividend is of any utility in deciding investment strategy. The dividend is already calculated in. In theory, efficient markets would look forward to expected total return, calculate the risk and price accordingly[/quote]
I don’t know… I’m dumb… I’m just lemmings sheep…
Bah bah bahhhi just think of all those people that owned BP thinking nothing would happen to the dividends and poof one tiny oil spill on the east coast, and BP dividend vaporizes…
Or Chesapeake Energy: natural gas market goes south, and poof BK….
If I’m only concerned about something a few years, then yeah, perhaps the likelihood of a company disaster happening while you own the stock is probably low. But holding something like 20-30 years. I don’t know….Seems like a lot of time for something major to go wrong…
CoronitaParticipant[quote=sdrealtor]
I’ve spent the last 2 decades working to do the same albeit more towards dividend stocks. I think the key with those is a variety and looking for reasonable dividend rates. I hold some ATT but more of others which pay far less. In a conversation with a friend a few weeks who was high on ATT, I explained that 7% divended rates are not normal and usually a sign the dividend is at risk, the stock price is at risk or both. While cutting it in half would not make someone who bought it for a 7% return happy, cut it in half and it is then in the range of reasonable. Hopefully that would be used to pay down some of the debt burden that has held the stock price back. I invest for total return and from that view would be fine seeing it cut in half and growth restored.[/quote]
Good point. I’m not abandoning the dividend strategy even with ATT cutting dividends. But what I am also concerned about is over-estimating the safety of dividends in general at a company over the next 30+years….If the business performs badly, the company’s stock end up tanking and dividends get cut. Doubly whammy… So for me, wrong decision would be not to to invest at all. But I do think investing in stocks with a dividend is still some measurable risk that I need to take.
Real estate isn’t fullproof either. There’s two ways for it to underperform too. House price falls or rent prices fall. But I don’t think there’s quite as big a correlation between house prices falling and rent prices falling as there is when a company performs badly and both the stock price tanks and the dividend gets cut…Rentals, obviously have other issues…Vacancy rates and repairs other variable costs. So it too isn’t a guarantee…
But that’s the point for me. Nothing is a guarantee, hence I want to spread the risk…To reduce the risk of a total collapse of all passive income and being forced back to returning to work to earn a living when I’m old and can’t/don’t want to…
I guess it’s also possible for the stock market to tank, house prices to tank, dividends get cut to 0, and rent prices tank all at the same time…That’s what I called the doomsday scenario…I don’t plan for the doomsday scenario, because imho, if doomsday happens, everyone is unversially and equally screwed more or less the same way… And relatively speaking, I’m still ok, because at least I’m free and clear on at least 1 property where i can live. So there’s no point for me to plan for a doomsday scenario.
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