Looking for a sports car bargain: $5K rebate on '08 Miatas!

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by TYEster

BTW I love how cars are sold here in Tx with "heated leather" seats. Just what I want when I get in my car after work with 100+deg outside/inside.

Yeah.
You'd think ventilated seats would have caught on as a much more common and desirable option for those of us below the Mason-Dixon.
Now, I can attest that heated seats are a nice indulgence during our short cold season, but I'd rather have ventilation for the other 9 months.

[TYEster]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Yeah.
You'd think ventilated seats would have caught on as a much more common and desirable option for those of us below the Mason-Dixon.
Now, I can attest that heated seats are a nice indulgence during our short cold season, but I'd rather have ventilation for the other 9 months.

Definetly! At the very least if I have to suffer the "loss of performance for luxury" at least make em chilled seats.

[Chris S]

I would LOVE chilled seats, but that would involve quite a bit extra weight and complexity vs. heated seats, which add <1 lb. of switches and heating elements.

[Adeptus_Minor]

By the way, for all you who choke on the thought of adding expensive performance equipment to a Miata...
I should have snapped a pic of the Impala or whatever plain-jane, humdrum GM sedan it was that I passed on the way to work tonight sitting at a gas pump...with pimp-ass vertical doors wide open.

[RACER X]

chris, cars lookin great! i really like this gen vs the last one. this gen looks much more like the orig. versions.

[z06boy]

I'm not a big fan of Miata's BUT I know they are a decent little car and can be made to handle supurbly for not much $$.

When I say I'm not a big fan...I mean for me to drive...I'm not saying it's not a good reliable car at all.

Less than $20k for that car is a bargain period...nice purchase.

*edit* Just realized how "old" this thread is and didn't read all of it. I still say what I just posted above BUT must also say...nice job with the upgrades...nicely done !!

[pauldun170]

I remember when they first came out. I hated the lil jelly beans (this is back in my teens when the only car you need to know had 5.0 on the side and was refered to by many as "notchback' or "LX")

Then I drove one.
then I drove another one and another.

I've enjoyed bare bones models with the "anemic" 1.6 as much as the newer 1.8's.
I'd rock an old Miata sooner than a new Mustang or Camaro.