Who needs a Miata for the Challenge? 2000 Miata, $2015, totally mine completely affiliated...

Special deal, just for you...

Today is October 15. The Challenge begins on October 23. I will not be there.

There is an excellent chance that I will be buying another car tomorrow morning, and the driveway is getting a little crowded. As such, I am offering up this car, at this price, simply so that I can advertise it here and in the hope that someone will decide to make it a last minute Challenge entry.

2000 Miata with approximately 115k miles on it.

The Good:

It is mechanically perfect. I even changed the oil last week. Just get in and drive.

The following items have been done since January:

--Timing belt and water pump, along with new A/C and power steering belts

--New plugs and NGK wires

--New brake rotors and EBC brake pads

--New brake fluid

--New clutch slave cylinder and fluid

--KYB shocks

--Shifter rebuilt, fluid changed and new shifter boots

--Redline transmission fluid and rear differential fluid

--New muffler

--Blaupunkt stereo with auxiliary input

--Ice cold A/C

--New battery

Original seats are perfect with no tears.

The top has been replaced. Glass rear window with defrost.

The bad:

It looks better in pictures.

You're not gonna win the Concours. The body has more than it's share of dents, dings and peeling clearcoat. There is rust ahead of the driver's side rear wheel and a little on the passenger's side wheel arch. But...I have a pair of new aftermarket quarter panels that I will include. You wouldn't need the whole panels but could easily cut them down into small patch panels.

The car rolls on a set of General Altimax Arctic tires mounted on the original alloy wheels. The tires have less than 1000 miles on them. If there is more than a foot of snow on the ground in Gainesville at the time of the Challenge, I will personally guarantee that this car will win the autocross and take second in the drags or your money back.(Andy Nelson will still kick your ass in the snow).

The car is in Connecticut and I would not hesitate to drive it any distance to the Challenge. This offer is good for as long as it takes me to clean up the car a bit and get it posted on eBay and Craigslist, where I will most certainly be asking more for it.

Buy my car and bring it to the Challenge. It will make me feel like I am there in spirit.

WOW. to aid the poor decision making of anyone who may be considering this...
Don't let the snow tire issues hold you back. I am sure there will be another Miata at The Challenge. I am sure that if you ask nicely (and maybe throw some cash, or not) that the other Miata owners will let you share tires with them!

He gets his autox runs on the tires then you get your autox runs on the tires.

For the drags maybe both the Miatas wear snows up front and two stickier tires in the back!

And, remember, this tire borrowing will not have to be counted in you budget!

There may be a very narrow window of opportunity with this deal. If I don't come home with a new car tomorrow, I may hold onto the car a little while longer. The motivation is time and space, rather than money at this point.

Sigh. Hello, my topless desire...

I have a friend who is interested... you've got a PM.

Damn. So much want.

So little availability to get

Coworker may be interested, I will let you know!

Lsd rear? Any more pics?

Not going to challenge, so I'll bow out for anyone who is, but I'm interested and promise to give at least the mechanical bits an interesting life.

EDIT: You can keep (if you have a relevant car)/sell the replacement panels too if you'd like

EDIT2: If this had come up another week or two ago, I'd bring it to the Challenge as part of the purchase price, but now I can't swing the time.

This is VERY VERY tempting.

Edit: SWMBO didn't yell at me the moment I mention this.

I think I can do flights for a round trip of $600. That means I need someone to buy it when I leave Florida... Or drive it home and hope to flip for enough to cover the cost of my trip.

Anyone think this thing is worth $3k on the open market in the spring?

In reply to singleslammer:

Yes. Yes I do.

I might have my dad on board. PM sent!

I can't go to the challenge, but would definitely take it off your hands for that money and am local.

Lots of people ahead of me in the line though and I'd like to see someone take it to the challenge.

singleslammer wrote: I think I can do flights for a round trip of $600. That means I need someone to buy it when I leave Florida... Or drive it home and hope to flip for enough to cover the cost of my trip. Anyone think this thing is worth $3k on the open market in the spring?

Assuming you don't break anything if you can get it to me afterwards, I'll give you 3k and a plane ticket home. Getting it home was going to cost me about $1k+ anyhow, if I can get it for a similar total and it gets to go to the Challenge, that would be even better.

We might have a deal. And you have a PM too.

singleslammer wrote: We might have a deal. And you have a PM too.

Replies sent.

We got something cooking here Woody. how's your car purchase going?

He has a BMW purchase on the trailer headed home as we speak

Well there we go. I guess I should have checked the other thread.

It's worth noting that unless you are flying in in a Cessna or private jet, I am more than an hour away from an airport.

Got it. Replied to your e-mail.

Tell me it all falls through and I can drive over and pick it up.

Of course I'll end up pouring money into it like a fountain. Maybe this isn't such a great idea now that I think about it.

Well, I am out. Too much driving and I have a 3 week old son. What was I thinking! Sorry Keethrax

I will answer all the email ASAP. Lots going on here today.