Miata!!! You don't need a practical car...

*coming from a guy with 3 kids, and wondering how he will cart them all around*

 

Yeah, ND Miata is very different. People think BRZ and Miata are in the same category but they are very different.



If I ever get American car, it would be a Corvette!

Yeah our Avant takes care of the practical game.

My goal is to have a fun car for me, upgrade wife's Avant, and have a Sienna in a few years. I'm very into Sienna. hahaha

 

Sienna SE, right? I've thought about a van too because it's practical.

 

Yep, the SE looks very cool haha I like it. And yeah, it's freaking practical as hell. This would be a good family hauler as a 3rd car.

 

Yesterday was a fun day. Did so many unintentional 360 spins while learning how to drift and do J turns, my head still hurts. haha Will post a lot more photos later.

We played at this 8 miles oval called "Stadium" at Willow Springs track. It was insane. Did like 50 runs.


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ND Club FTW! What color? Ceramic is my favorite, especially on the Club trim with all the black trim contrast.

 

This is what I want!!

 

Beautiful.

 

Just throw on a Blackbird roll bar, goodwin full exhaust, 949 6UL wheels in Beryllium, & some Wilwood brakes.

 

 

Not gonna lie, that looks awesome.

I just hope there's a supercharger under the hood otherwise it's like walking around with a sock in your pants.

 

No SC (maybe an elec SC) for the ND yet, Edelbrock has one in development. That Rev9 car looks mostly stock-ish to me except the wheels, lowered & ground effects.

 

Would love to put a track pipe and roll bar!



The car feels perfect with the stock power! I drove it for a long time. The car works.

 

Drove this awesome NB Miata to El Mirage Dry Lake to do some fun photoshoot.

Have more cool photos to share later.

The place was insane. Legal max speed runs all day long. haha

We drove through Angeles Crest Highway over the mountain. About 1 hour of pure canyon driving and 20 mins of freeway to get to the place from LA. My buddy let me drive it the whole way. The car is super stable. Loved it.


IMG_2335 by JS + MS3, on Flickr

 

:omgggggg


That place looks like a frickin' dream to bring some photography gear to!!!! I saw on your IG and was trying to figure out where you went..

 

Blackbird Fabworx RZ ND Miata Roll Bar


RoadsterSport RACE for MX5ND

 

The place is so freaking awesome. I need to go back asap. We got there too late. The sun was down already when we got there. It's AMAZING!!!!

Lovely goodies! I will keep the car stock for awhile though. The car felt perfect when I drove it. Very gutsy with so little power.

 

I love the GW race. Stock-ish quiet until you really get on it.
They also have a twin tip muffler that has baffles so you can tune the sound to your liking.

 

Yep, the platform has limitless aftermarket support which is always fun.

I have a ND Miata customer coming in for a lot of work this coming week, so I'm happy about it!! My car is going to get a lot of goodies done obviously!

 

A little different type of editing for fun. Worked on this Alcantara Steering Wheel.

This was taken at 7am so it was very white and blue outside. haha


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Had fun working on some fun projects.

It was a real Gucci bag that we cut to make this. haha

Nardi wheel got a complete makeover.


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Send that wheel over here

 

Here, catch! hahaha


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I don't catch, but J does :ghey:

 

Not surprised. :ghey:

 

 

J being Jin!

 

Get Jin-ed!

 

My canyon group is going back to this place together next month!


IMG_2424 by JS + MS3, on Flickr

 

Damn El Mirage looks cool, never been out there.

 

Never been in this thread before just saw your canyon group, you guys roll deep!

Reminds me of my old sport bike group back in the day lol

Oh and nice work on the suede stuff, all of it looks great.

 

It's really cool out there. No speed limit haha

Yeah! We have a lot of members in Socal area. Many regular guys just cruising up the canyon and chill at the peaks enjoying the scenery. No touge racers because we ban every dumb one very quickly haha

Thank you so much!

 

It rained pretty hard for the whole week, so my canyon buddies wanted to go check on the snow. This turnout that I always go for the photoshoot was completely covered in snow. This spot is like 10 minutes up from La Canada. So yes, LA does get snow haha

This Spoon S2K was one of my recent customers, so did a quick photoshoot separately while at it.


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Some photos from yesterday's ACH cruise!

This spot is like 15 minutes from La Canada city in LA. Crazy weather in Socal.

I took my Avant up and did some fun donuts. First time getting loose in this car. Actually felt very nice.


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Hi guiseeeee

I've been so busy with my work and newborn, barely had anytime to enjoy my car. It's actually all back stock and ready to sell. I drove less than 5000 miles last year and it's just sitting in our garage since I work at home. So I've decided to sell it and possibly lease a car under my business name or buy a fun little used car. Haven't decided on what to get, but have some ideas. Was pretty much set on leasing for tax write offs but I would be driving less than 4-5k miles a year, so think that might just be a waste.

What would you guys do?

And this is from last Sunday. My canyon cruise group went up the Angeles Crest Highway to do a photoshoot.

by https://www.flickr.com/photos/js85/, on Flickr

 

Congrats on the newborn!

You know.. even if you only drive 4-5k miles a year, being in LA, you have to have a car.

So you either buy something cheap that will get you to places, which we all know you are not going to do.. or lease something that has the write off benefits that offers the practicality for your new born when needed.

RDX Elite

If i were in your situation, I probably find a car from swap lease (lower monthly payment and significant cheaper than leasing new) to find a car to lease for about 1 year or so and see what happens after that. Usually the ones that have driven too many miles that do not have enough miles will offer very good incentives, which fits your situation perfectly.

Something like this: http://www.swapalease.com/lease/deta...?salid=1104158

 

New M3. Put a Recaro baby seat in the back and the whole family can carve up the canyons

 

M.I.A.T.A.

 

Fixed for you

 

No, the answer is always Miata