"mcseanerson" (mcseanerson)
05/26/2015 at 11:07 • Filed to: None
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"mcseanerson" (mcseanerson)
05/26/2015 at 11:07 • Filed to: None | 2
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I’M GETTING ANOTHER MIATA DAMMIT. While I don’t regret selling my Miata and buying a Buick Regal I desperately miss my Miata. I keep thinking about what car I might get as my next fun car and while lots of different cars are very enticing I don’t see anything delivering as many smiles per dollar as my Miata. Luckily since my next one won’t be a daily I won’t have to worry about things like the condition of the top or the interior.
Bytemite
> mcseanerson
05/26/2015 at 11:13 |
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You went from a Miata to a Buick Regal?
How do you go from driving one of the funnest cars on the road to driving a couch?
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mcseanerson
> Bytemite
05/26/2015 at 11:16 |
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Simple, wife demands family car and I needed a bulletproof daily so I can go nuts with the next fun car. That said I was on a backroad I’ve been down in several Mazdas with the regal loaded with family and tried taking a turn at what I thought was a moderate speed until the rear end stepped out.
Wobbles the Mind
> mcseanerson
05/26/2015 at 11:18 |
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How’s the Regal? I was going to poke at some other cars to start making candidates to replace the gutted out Kia Rio I love. Wouldn’t give it up, but a vehicle with more than just a driver seat would come in handy methinks.
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Bytemite
> mcseanerson
05/26/2015 at 11:20 |
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Oh my goodness...your family all need to change their underwear. Just imagine the body roll on that thing fully loaded.
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mcseanerson
> Wobbles the Mind
05/26/2015 at 11:20 |
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The Regal is everything I could ever ask for in a solid daily. Bought it with less than 150k miles for under $1500 and All I’ve done so far is top off the oil and the air. 3800 is solid and I realize I’ve kind of forgotten what torque is like.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> mcseanerson
05/26/2015 at 11:21 |
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You have a Regal? Have you done an oppo review?
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mcseanerson
> Bytemite
05/26/2015 at 11:21 |
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Yeah my wife snapped from side to side as I reeled it back in and didn’t say a word and the kids love that kind of thing.
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mcseanerson
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
05/26/2015 at 11:22 |
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I’ve not, but I probably should.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> mcseanerson
05/26/2015 at 11:28 |
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Current-generation? GS or no?
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mcseanerson
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
05/26/2015 at 11:30 |
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No. No. ‘96 Regal.
Chance Hunter
> mcseanerson
05/26/2015 at 11:55 |
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96 Regals are such great cars! I got mine for $1500 too
wkiernan
> mcseanerson
05/26/2015 at 11:58 |
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It’s a sound investment. Used Miatas are cheap, cheap to insure and give adequate gas mileage, and every mile you drive in the Miata extends the life expectancy of your Regal by a mile. Plus when either car breaks or needs service, which they’ll do sooner or later, you have the other one to get around in. So it’s not like owning a track-only car that just adds to your expenses; you might even end up saving money in the long run when you buy another Miata.
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Wobbles the Mind
> mcseanerson
05/26/2015 at 11:59 |
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Nice! It’s funny because I mentioned the Regal to my mom and she still associates that specific model as the “I’ve made it” car. It’s weird because caddys and buicks weren’t ever old people cars in my area, they were what you aspired to.
on different thought, these late lincoln town cars look like money today on the road when they are clean.
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mcseanerson
> wkiernan
05/26/2015 at 12:01 |
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The kind of Miata I’m going to shop for may end up being track only.
daender
> mcseanerson
05/26/2015 at 12:42 |
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Maybe an used Spec Miata?
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mcseanerson
> daender
05/26/2015 at 12:48 |
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I’m thinking of more of a stripped down autocross car as I have 4 clubs within an hours drive.