Official Car Thread :: Vol 2 :: Now with More Bikes!

[MarkRyan]

Whatever, this discussion is stupid without

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That car is the reason why I'd never actually buy a Miata, 'cause for the same price I could get a nicely built Cobra kit car that'd spank the shit out of the Miata in both speed and beauty. It's probably the best looking car ever made. I was out riding a local twisty highway last Friday and coming the opposite direction came barreling one of these bad boys (a kit I'm sure) from around the corner. The moment I saw it I flipped it a thumbs up which the driver returned, obviously enjoying the hell out of that little car.

[Tsubaki]

I just can't get past the stigma of driving a miata, it's a bit small for a guy my size as well.

Not sure how large you are, but I'm 6' and my first gen Miata fits me pretty fine.

Girl cars ftw!

[Finch]

The Sprite is cute though. It gets a pass.

The Sprite Mk. 1 was the car i wanted very badly when i turned 16 and was able to drive and thus able to want an automobile. I would pick up British sports car mags and look at all the Sprite listings.

But it wouldn't be my choice, either.

I would say a TR7, or an MGA

Dude, nah way. If you're going Triumph, go for the old ones, TR5 with its funny face at the latest. I'd go Aston Martin 80's and earlier if i could, but otherwise an Austin Healey 3000, or the delicious Triumph GT6 which has always been the object of my affection.

Plus there is that whole, "My fingernails are permanently stained with grease, because I built this thing" machismo.

That's why you have to keep the original engine. If you want to drive it, you're going to have to work on it. There's not much kick, but they have a hell of a sound. Fire extinguisher is included in standard equipment.

MGB, TR7. Neither had functional electrical systems.

Granted, i've only ridden in an Austin Healey 3000, but most of those are tiny cars.

That car is the reason why I'd never actually buy a Miata, 'cause for the same price I could get a nicely built Cobra kit car that'd spank the shit out of the Miata in both speed and beauty. It's probably the best looking car ever made. I was out riding a local twisty highway last Friday and coming the opposite direction came barreling one of these bad boys (a kit I'm sure) from around the corner. The moment I saw it I flipped it a thumbs up which the driver returned, obviously enjoying the hell out of that little car.

So you'd pick a Fiero over a Miata? TYPICAL.

The Meyers Manx was the most awesome kit ever made. It was the automobile i wanted if i didn't get a Sprite. I didn't get either.

[stormy]

I picked up an oil filter at the Mazda dealer today so I checked out the new Mazda 6. The exterior is really plain and boring in person. They are jacked way up high with crazy wheel gap and it's too rounded, looks like a lump. The interior was nice though. I liked the feel of all the switches and buttons. The dash material was way nicer and softer than in my 8 (which is pretty hard). I saw one of the refreshed RX8s too. The new front is hideously ugly

[Tones]

Is that a gas tank out front? I guess it makes sure that you die in a crash if the lack of seat belt doesn't get you.

[Finch]

Seeing as it's a fiberglass body with no reinforcement whatsoever, any kind of wreck would be nasty.

[MarkRyan]

So you'd pick a Fiero over a Miata? TYPICAL

WAT?

[Advocate]

Is this a new design direction for Toyota?

Toyota Avensis, the Euro equivalent of the Avalon. It will debut in October at the Paris Auto Show.

[stormy]

The new design direction is kinetic styling!

And speaking of that Miata redesign, Mazda's main design dude was lured away to Tesla motors last month. All those awesome radical concepts like the Furai, Nagare, Kazami, Kabura: his. Not sure what they are going to do now, they got proper fucked. They'll probably continue to move ahead with that direction, but since the guy behind it is gone who knows how it will turn out.

[Tsubaki]

And speaking of that Miata redesign, Mazda's main design dude was lured away to Tesla motors last month. All those awesome radical concepts like the Furai, Nagare, Kazami, Kabura: his. Not sure what they are going to do now, they got proper fucked.

:/

I like the new Euro Mazda6 (NA one is bigger/blander), but I don't know how the new Mazda3 and redesigned MX-5 are going to turn out. Those two cars are pretty key for them, and their chief designer going away could be the beginning of the end.