MX-5 Miata World Owner Journals

Our 1st Drive

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:35:59 -0700

William JENKINS's Journal --

We took the Miata for a COLD drive up threw the Adirondacks on 3/24/2012. It has been unseasonably warm this year and when we picked up our SE it was summer like and we drove it about 200 that afternoon of 2/22/2012. It got cold friday and on saturday we enjoyed a ride up threw the mountains, was so diferent without leaves on the trees, no crowds, desolate in Speculator. The lakes have ice remaining.

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Posted 2012-03-31 14:35:59 by William JENKINS

Calling All 2001 BRG SE Owners...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:17:56 -0800

RazzCat's Journal --

There is (was) an online registry for 2001 Miata British Racing Green Special Editions. You can find it here: http://www.bucklescomic.com/2001se.html

Unfortunately, that registry has not been updated in several years. It appears the author simply lost interest after selling his own BRG SE. The registry lists 197 cars of a possible 3000 made, but many of those entries are obsolete as cars have been sold, wrecked, drowned (as in Hurricane Katrina), parted out, etc.

I'm trying to update the 2001 SE registry. So far, I've managed to locate another 70+ cars through various Miata sites and many Google searches; I can now account for ~270 of these cars.

If you have one of these 2001 BRG SE's, or had one and sold it, please let me know your Build (Production) number (you can find it here with your VIN: http://bit.ly/zJ2kvE) as well as your Town and State.

Or if you know someone with one of these SE's, please point them to this page.

Thanks... :)

Posted 2012-01-16 18:17:56 by Razz Cat

Second Miata

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:01:11 -0700

Bill Burris's Journal --

I am the third owner, but maybe the second doesn't count, he only had it for 6 months. The original owners purchased it new when they were already in their 60's! It is my second Miata. The first I bought new in 1991. It was a "B" package also, but Silverstone, kept it for 10 great years and finally had to have another!!

Posted 2011-06-02 14:01:11 by Bill Burris

NEW SITE: The Mini Shrine

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:34:09 -0700

Webmaster's Blog --

Relaunch! For Classic Mini (Austin, Rover, Morris) and New MINI (BMW) Owners:

http://www.minishrine.com/

Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates:

http://www.twitter.com/MiniShrine

"Like" us Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mini-Shrine/151769508169112

Stop by and say hello in the Forums, add to the Registry, or start a restoration & repair Journal.

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Posted 2011-04-28 13:34:09 by Skye Nott

NEW SITE: The Austin-Healey Experience

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:02:39 -0700

Webmaster's Blog --

For all 3000, 100, 100-Six and Sprite Owners:

http://www.healeyexperience.com/

Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates:

http://twitter.com/healeyexp

"Like" us Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Austin-Healey-Experience/158219524238296

Stop by and say hello in the Forums, add to the Registry, or start a restoration & repair Journal.

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Posted 2011-04-26 16:02:39 by Skye Nott

Tires And Wheels

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:02:43 -0700

Boris Abramson's Journal --

MB MESH X 16"
FALKEN ZIEX ZE512 205/40R16

Installed by: "ANYWHERE TIRE CARE"
Thanks,
Boris

Posted 2011-04-18 15:02:43 by Boris Abramson

The Poem

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:50:17 -0700

Jeff Field's Journal --

The link to the previous post (so you can follow up on the links within that post), is here - http://consilience.typepad.com/teachers_lounge/2010/06/totaled-the-car-time-for-car-talk-to-do-the-right-thing.html

And now, the poem which Car Talk refuses to air.

On Teaching Your Wife to Drive Her New Miata, or, What is This Clutch Thing Anyway?

To shift, or not to shift? That is the question-
Whether 'tis nobler to brave the
Five-gated synchromesh monster
With its yet untamed demon clutch
And risk the gnashing of teeth in my mad hunt for third,
Or to drive the distance in second gear,
And, by revving past the blessed redline,
Crack a piston or burn a valve.
'Tis better to shift, methinks,
For who shall love me perchance I blow this
DOHC-16V in-line, 4-cylinder fuel-injected engine?
Aye! There's the rub.
For who shall love a shiftless woman
As myself? Yet, is love secured by clutching?
Perhaps 'tis better to seek a neutral ground and
Coast to gentle stop.
No! The risk is not the worth,
For the master would only make his gurgling sounds and Force me start again, and thereby tempt the dreaded stall,
Wherein he would surely stable me and
Ride the pleasured pony himself.
Fie! Fie on him! I shall stall no more. Wherefore did he buy this silver ragtop? Aye, for me, and with half my money! I'll play his dicey little game and yet still may win.
Lo! Win I must!
For with the stall dies respect,
And in that death-like sleep
What dreams may unbidden come?
Grinning motorists in their idiot-proof cars,
Shiftless men in lobster suits who dare stop behind me
on the slightest upgrade.

Ha! I am better than those powerglide simpletons. I guide my own destiny.
Switch the pitch, smell the glove,
Break like the wind,
Leaving strips of Yokahama rubber all over the road,
Proof I stall no more.
I shift when I take the mood.
And if I chance the stall,
So be it.
I am woman.
Who but she can bear the whips and scorns of time
With but a bare bodkin twixt her teeth?
Sisters, oh sisters!
Join with me and together we shall
Bare our broccoli at those leering men
In their over-sized Chevrolets.
But,
Ho! Lo! I ramble.
Soft you now, girlie,
Do the right thing.
"PUT THE CLUTCH IN!"
Oh! Oh! Oh! Yes indeedy I shall. You needn't yell, master.
Your native hue looks far better
Than this tinge you show me now.
I pray you sir, tis done. The clutch is in.
Shall we go a happy motoring?

Posted 2011-04-17 11:50:17 by Jeff Field

The Backstory, Which Will Be Followed By The Poem In Question

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:44:46 -0700

Jeff Field's Journal --

The following is a copy of a post I made June 13, 2010. Best read from bottom to top.

UPDATE - I'm not surprised, really. I mean, here we have the FBI demolishing MY MIATA, and, at the same time, almost, they arrest Bradley Manning just because he leaked a video showing the murder of innocent civilians. Or, could be they were actually lizards, ya know? I mean the civilians. I pay attention to David Icke cause he's uncovered a lot of under-the-table dealings with the lizard people. I'm guessing that Doug Berman is one of them lizards. Tom and Ray too, maybe. Come to think of it, Obama might well be a lizard... you think I'm kidding!? Look! Anyways... I'm still waiting for Dougie to send me a love note. I'll keep y'all updated as events unfold. Right now I'm gonna smoke me a cigarette and then go kill me some lizards.

UPDATE - I suppose I should have been upfront about this earlier (although I did inform Car Talk producer Doug Berman) - the 1991 Miata stayed in my ex-wife's hands following our amicable divorce in 2001, despite my desperate plea to buy it from her. On October 25, 2009, at approximately 2:40 p.m., I received a horrifying email - my beloved car, the heart and soul of the poem you are about to read, was in a car wreck and, although my ex-wife walked away unhurt, the car was demolished. Now, here's where things gets curious... the other driver, who admitted he was at fault, is an FBI agent. And, he told my ex-wife after the accident, "Don't worry, we'll take good care of you."

There's something fishy going on here, and I think Tom and Ray are somehow connected. (Remember, the flutter of a bat's wings on the other side of the globe could cause your toilet to run.) I find it queer that the object of my affection was destroyed by an FBI agent.

UPDATE - I've started a group on Facebook titled Ignominy, Thy Name is Car Talk, as well as a "cause" titled Stop the degradation! Support this poem! Please join my group and support my cause so I can put the past where it belongs, in the past. I need to forgive and forget. I need to move on. I need to soothe my bruised and battered ego. I need a new Miata!

A long time ago, in a faraway land called Alabama, Jeffrey Field submitted a poem to Tom and Ray at Car Talk. It had previously been published in an early edition of Miata Magazine (he's not sure of the edition - spring/summer/fall/winter?, but it must have been in 1991 or 1992 - the poem was featured alongside another poem written by James Dickey. Far as Field can remember, Dickey's poem had absolutely nothing to do with automobiles, let alone the Miata. However, Field was all puffed up that his poem appeared in the same issue as Dickey's.)

Tom and Ray totally ignored Field's submission, thus inflicting needless mental pain on his enormous ego.

Now that our 2002 Saturn was demolished in a car wreck last Wednesday, Field believes it's time for Tom and Ray to make amends. He asks of them two things.

1. Read the poem on Car Talk

2. Compensate Field with a 2010 Miata and an appearance on their radio show

As Mr. Lee so eloquently spoke, Tom, Ray, it's time for you guys to "do the right thing" (or I may have to hurt myself again).

Posted 2011-04-17 11:44:46 by Jeff Field

Capital Region Miata Club

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:42:41 -0700

Boris Abramson's Journal --

Had Board meeting and set up calendar for 2011.
Put new tires and wheels on Miata,they look great!!

Posted 2011-04-02 07:42:41 by Boris Abramson

3/27/2011 Trip

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:05:46 -0700

Zoom-Zoom's Journal --

We drove to Meyersdale, PA today for the annual PA Maple Festival. The day was cool with bright sunshine instead of the forecasted snow. Rolling through the hills of the Laurel Highlands had both of us laughing. What a perfect day!

Posted 2011-03-27 16:05:46 by Vic Ament

10th Anni

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:30:27 -0800

Tom Van Den Heuvel's Journal --

Installed side skirts, rear spoiler, front Airdam and rear mud guards
Chrome rolbar and fuel lid
A speaker equipt windblokker
and a K&N typhoon air filter

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Posted 2011-03-12 14:30:27 by Tom van den Heuvel

Laguna Blue

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:30:09 -0800

Tom Van Den Heuvel's Journal --

Lowered and equipt with ajustable Koni shocks
NB wheels

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Posted 2011-03-12 14:30:09 by Tom van den Heuvel

1990 {NA] MIATA ITALIA

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:36:36 -0700

Peter Cameron-nott's Journal --

i have owned this 'italia' for 12 yrs and it now has a stable mate

'italia II both simpson design originals

the yellow italia [ferrari fly yellow] features genuine 72 spoke knock off wire wheels nardi woodrim wheel,
lowered suspension [handles like a go cart and a modified italian ANSA
exhaust [ it definitely has a throaty marenello 'growl']

miata magazine descibed the car as 'the world's most beautiful miata'!
[who am i to argue with that!]

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Posted 2010-10-14 15:36:36 by peter cameron-nott

Italia II

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:35:41 -0700

Peter Cameron-nott's Journal --

pic of car now fitted with period 15 x 7 'minilite' style wheels

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Posted 2010-10-14 13:35:41 by peter cameron-nott

Italia 2 New Pic

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:05:45 -0700

Peter Cameron-nott's Journal --

period correct wheels and tyres

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Posted 2010-10-07 02:05:45 by peter cameron-nott

Miata Italia II Spyder

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:26:23 -0700

Peter Cameron-nott's Journal --

unique coachbuilt miata

Posted 2010-10-05 18:26:23 by peter cameron-nott

Italia I & II

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:46:52 -0700

Peter Cameron-nott's Journal --

coachbuilt miata

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Posted 2010-10-05 17:46:52 by peter cameron-nott

Italia II

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:43:10 -0700

Peter Cameron-nott's Journal --

series 2 platform

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Posted 2010-10-05 17:43:10 by peter cameron-nott

Miata Italia II

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:37:16 -0700

Peter Cameron-nott's Journal --

original design hand crafted on a series 2 miata platform

Posted 2010-10-05 17:37:16 by peter cameron-nott

:-(

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:08:15 -0700

Stephen Doyle's Mx-nal --

found out the headgasket is leaking. i guess i should do it.

Posted 2010-08-30 21:08:15 by Stephen Doyle

Nothing

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:23:41 -0700

AARPs Garage's Journal --

Nothing

Posted 2010-07-10 00:23:41 by AARPs Garage