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Old 02-12-2005, 03:30 PM
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I found a Miata in the paper the other day. It was owned by a lady and was a Texas car most of its life. It has 126k miles but had been regularly maintained. Its a triple black 94 so it has the 1.8L . I got it for $2600 as it is in the pic. It needs a few small things done...for ex. the driver side window regulator needs to be replaced($40) and the rear center garnish is cracked($120 carbon fiber one). The car has a/c as well as new tires/brakes/radiator/clutch hydraulic system. Here's the thing tho. I can only keep one of my cars and its either the Miata or the DA.
My DA has only 56k miles and is in perfect condition minus a few rock chips on the hood. If I was to sell the DA the money would go towards the Miata in upgrades. Anyways I would like some feedback on what you guys would choose as a DD. Oh BTW it wont really be a DD cause I'm getting a free van from the state to take to work everyday. Vanpool is great. Thanks for looking and sorry for the long post


DA as it sits now except I just got the mirrors painted this week.




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Which would you keep/build??
Old 02-12-2005, 03:32 PM
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Miata for sure.,
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da
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hmm seeing that this is a honda site, most ppl will say the DA...so im just gonna say miata, depending on what u want to do with the car...miata is a great handiling car and rwd. i drive miatas alot im a tech at Gm/mazda dealer


again it depends on what u want to do?
the miata doesnt really have room inside for much...so if u need a daily driver then miata isnt bad but there isnt much room
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maita!
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miata! sell ur DA TO ME , jk I SAY DA, THIS IS HONDA-TECH...
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wow..only 56k on the DA? it would sell for a decent amount, in which you could put towards to the miata
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Yeah I got it last year from its original owner and it had 49k miles and was completely stock.
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that miata could be a beast
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Being this is HONDA-tech, the opinion might be a wee bit bias.

With that in mind, I vote the DA
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nothing wrong wth miatas, but id say keep the DA
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I'd say keep the DA, just for the fact that, you know it's a honda so if anything goes wrong, parts can be easily found. And your DA is real mint. Only 56k miles? That's
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Miata w/ hard top conversion
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i'd deffinitely keep the DA if it only has 56k original miles even though the miata would be fun to build
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miata forsure. i love the black ones especially. i wont throw the wheels from the da onto the miata though
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are you going through a mid-life crisis?? if not, keep the DA!
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haha
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keep the DA.
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DA man.. you can make it look nicer than the miata
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DA but only cause Im biased.
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first off they r both extremely clean looking cars for their age. theres alot more positives to the da though i.e. its got hella low miles. back seats, a bigger trunk. If u keep the miata I think u will run into more maintanence issues with it, like replacing the convertible top and things like that. id keep the car that will require less maintanence and to me that looks like the integra. peace
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toss the rg's on the miata and keep it.
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id say the DA...but the miata is nice too.
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DA!
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Keep the DA.


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