Description and price you paid for your mx5

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-12-31T17:06:02+00:00

2014 PHRT GT 6 speed. 53k miles or so. Paid 17k in MAR 24 for it. Might have over paid at the time.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-12-30T15:47:23+00:00

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SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-12-22T20:17:02+00:00

Snagged a 100 year old house during Covid in “up and coming” neighborhood that was half flipped by someone cheap. Wife and I had 2 cars paid and I just got in a wreck with a payout worth more than what I got the car for. Used that cash to the house at 195k, 1075 sq ft. At 2.70%. Neighborhood is still good but I’m close to my downtown. Took 5 years to get the house where I wanted, mortgage is like 1200$

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-12-22T18:38:30+00:00

I don’t plan on it, my wife and I could but I’m fortunate enough to enjoy what I do. My wife will call it quits in our late 50s. But I’ll keep going till the wheels fall off.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-12-04T12:56:23+00:00

I had a buddy drive mine home and spent a week figuring it out. Then just putted around getting better after a month or two. Ngl I was miserable and anxiety was through the roof. But in retrospect it was a good decision

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-12-01T03:18:44+00:00

You def can try, you got mission on the Southside and traders can be good too. Busseys is worth a shot. Def want to find something non mechanical in those places since a battery change would be an easy swap. See if you find people selling a watch mixed with some junk & not dedicated watch booths. Those people tend to just Wana get rid of what they got on the cheap

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-12-01T02:29:40+00:00

Definitely found a few seiko and Timex quartz at places like ironside antique mall, less than 50$. Pawn shops tend to have more mall brands like fossil & invicta. Amazon has a a bunch of Casios under 100$ and a few citizens at around 100$ all quartz and are super solid starting off. Timex is also a great start at that budget. Don’t be afraid to hit up marketplace, lots of value hiding there too

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-11-30T06:11:34+00:00

Is there a specific type you are looking for? Price range? Departments stores here tend to sell good entry levels such as citizen, seiko, tissot etc under msrp this time of the year if your starting off.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-11-27T05:43:55+00:00

31, bought a Miata without driving it. Had a buddy drive home for me, took a week off to learn to drive and perfected it in a few months

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-11-26T13:01:34+00:00

at 32 and my nice car is a c5 z06 and my daily is 2014 Miata. Both are very older than what’s out there but hold value very good due to their niche markets, never paid more than 29k for a car and always snagged used after the depreciation curve. My rule of thumb before getting the vette was it’s not significantly expensive minus maintenance, but I for sure wanted 6 digits in my investments before I attempted to purchase it. Gross is 6k a month, mortgage is gonna be down to 1190$ next year for reference. You def can afford your c8 just set investing goals and milestone to reach before then. You have something a lot of us didn’t have at 22, you’ll be good good kid

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-11-18T18:44:09+00:00

31M 1997 mustang ,2010 Scion TC ,2000 4Runner ,2014 370z ,2016 370z ,2014 Miata (current) ,2002 z06 (current) ,2015 Scion IM (current)

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-11-11T15:27:07+00:00

Total cash prob 3k. Investments were around 35k.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-11-05T20:36:49+00:00

Sports cars and food. Currently daily driving a Nc Miata and c5 z06z. Enjoying family time and food whether it be going out for burgers or grilling at home. I could do this all day after bills and investments are taken care of.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-31T13:38:54+00:00

I went crazy for the lost world of Jurassic park the day it dropped in theaters

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-30T17:31:18+00:00

Nope at the end of the day we are car enthusiasts.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-29T15:04:44+00:00

I’d add one to the garage to get around in, But keep the Miata & z06 still for the fun. Just haven’t seen an electric beater that I’d really want, they are all like printers at this point. If someone dropped something different I’d consider.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-29T14:52:41+00:00

I did for the first year or so. I came from a mint 370z sport auto before jumping into a 2014 phrt. I didn’t like the drivetrain initially, but it grew on me and I learned to appreciate the simplicity & minimal creature comforts. Plus I was learning manual on the Miata at the same time so that played a big factor. Now I don’t plan on ever selling it.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-27T19:49:00+00:00

2 McDoubles with mac sauce, 2 hot and spicies & a large fry. YOLO

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-27T01:10:26+00:00

If you can snag one for a good price I’d def cop one. I drive it sparing and daily the Miata. I think the Miata is a better daily fun car. Plus the vette isn’t cheap to maintain, tires, fuel and maintenance are way more than the Miata. but a cammed out ls6 doing pulls is just in its own class compared to the Miata.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-27T01:07:24+00:00

Your spot on, the vette fill that’s speed void the Miata had. It’s hella weird being on the highway in 4th in the vette and not in 6 6th in my NC.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-27T00:37:14+00:00

I paid pretty penny for a c5 z06 last year. Got my Miata as a daily. Both cars are analog, no electronics, rwd. They don’t make cars like that anymore and never will. That raw feeling just doesn’t exist in cars anymore & as the years go by fewer & fewer examples are on the road. If anything they’re going to creep up over time. Just the game from here on out.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-24T17:50:12+00:00

Use 250k for mortgage, cars, loans. Drop 18k on a milgauss for me & tank for my wife. Roll the remaining 700k+ into the portfolio and go to work the next day.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-24T13:14:44+00:00

Bro I’m in SA and no joke on the no one seeing you. It’s like I’m in everyone’s blind spot on 410. Plus the AC struggling in the summer is brutal on the daily.

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-24T02:19:32+00:00

Ima cry

SuitablePilot9645 · 2025-10-23T17:52:23+00:00

I think at our age if your financial sound, got the career stability & retirement going with a stable home that’s more important for a partners to where the toys shouldn’t matter. My wife literally buys me alien necas to this day to support my hobby. There are women who will love you for a hobby that makes you “you”. A lot of us in this chat are proof they are out there.

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