The Miata is hands down the slowest car I’ve ever owned but it is easily the most fun.

@nonenone5325

2 жыл бұрын

The Miata is hands down the slowest car I’ve ever owned AND is is easily the most fun.

@leebrewer7394

2 жыл бұрын

You guys have been really privelaged in your car ownership.

@biglar155

Жыл бұрын

Back in 1989 I had a 4 cylinder Mustang LX so my recently purchased 2000 Miata is the 2nd slowest care I've ever owned - but definitely the most fun.

@izustun9851

6 ай бұрын

Nb’s might be slow but updated nd’s with 184hp actually not so slow, 0-60 time is 6.5sec, it is definetely not slow anymore.

@johnmohanmusic

6 күн бұрын

You are clearly a lot younger than me. The slowest car I ever owned was a Diesel Ford Fiesta. 0 to 60 in about nine years. Slowest sports car I ever owned was a Fiat X1/9. 0 to 60 in about 15 seconds. It makes my Miata feel quick.

I've got a beautiful 2009 (997.2) Porsche Carrera S, and a 1999 (NB1) Miata. I love my Porsche, but the Miata is hands-down more fun 99.8% of the time.

@pocok5000

2 ай бұрын

Probably a cayman is the perfect middle ground

@speedcanada1

2 ай бұрын

@@pocok5000 I had a Boxster before, thinking the same thing… but no dice. The capabilities of the Porsches are too high to get the rush you do with the Miata at legal speeds.

@pocok5000

2 ай бұрын

@@speedcanada1 yes i guess that's the point. I've recently bought an nb and i've intentionally chosen the 1.6 (eu) so i won't breake the speed limit so much

"Doesn't this feel like an old friend?" - Paul I'll tell you what feels like an old friend, Everyday Driver. When things are stressful and a person just wants to unplug from the heavy things of this life and plug into the sheer joy of driving, the sense of movement and the freedom of discovery that comes from a road trip in a car...this is where I land. Well done gentlemen!

@TestDriveVideos

2 жыл бұрын

This is a big compliment, thank you. We're glad to have you watching and connecting with what we do!

The Miata is a good car and I owned 4 of them but the funnest car I've ever owned is the S2000.

All the issues they talked about is what I love about the car LOL. I’m a new car owner and I love that the Miata is slow for my liking, reliable, and I’m very short so I fit perfectly snuggled in my car. 😌💅🏻 I also drive a base version of the Miata. I don’t plan on changing it honestly. I like mine just the way he is.

I had a 2000 Special Edition just like this one. I reupholstered the seats, installed a header, midpipe, and exhaust, and put it on coilovers with wider tires. It was bliss. I thought I wanted more, so I sold it for a 981 Boxster. Another wonderful car that I deeply admired. It wasn't bliss like the Miata though; it was almost sterile by comparison. I test drove an ND2 and immediately bought one and sold the Boxster. The ND2 is every bit as blissful as my old NB1, but even more. The only mod I've made to the ND2 is to put a RoaderSport axle-back exhaust on it, which adds just the right amount of sizzle. I just might be buried in my ND2...thirty or forty years from now. I know with certainty that I will have a smile on my face.

My Mx5 NB2 is quick. Not fast. But keeping the RPM's high like they should and it's a quick little car. Quickest car I've ever owned. I don't come from a background of porshe and dodge challengers. But this is the fastest car I've owned just because of the way I can drive it.

I'm so SO happy I bought a miata. Mine is quite similar to the one featured here- an 04 LS. It is an objectively slow car, (funny enough, same 0-60 as a base '22 civic) but it's a blast to drive. These things let you drive like an absolute hooligan wherever you go. No hyperbole, you can floor it, shift gears up to about 4th or 5th depending on the situation and you're not getting a ticket. Then, when a turn comes up you tap the brakes JUST A BIT before hucking these guys into the corner. with practice you can learn how to kick the tail out on normal corners. If you don't already know how to heel/toe downshift or really row through the gears, these cars will teach you. If you already know those things, it's exceptionally precise and rewarding to feel that sense of control. *sidebar* as a 6-foot athletically built guy, these things are pretty small to sit in. However, you can spend about an hour performing a "foamectemy", removing foam from the seat. This is free, not very difficult, and allows you to quite literally tailor the seat height and position to your desire. In other words, don't let that be a deciding factor on whether you should buy one.

I bought my 99 NB 1.8 for less than 3500$ in 2020 and it's amazing. It had a new softtop, generator and clutch before the guy sold it and i just bought a 6 speed + magnaflow exhaust to get more fun out of it. I know that ppl wont beleave that but my "Miazda" has ZERO rust :)

i recently bought almost the exact same car as my first car, 2000 NB1 Miracle edition, 1.6L 5speed with NB1 seats (with movable headrest). apart from that, exact same! bordeaux exterior, beige leather and nardi wood interior and matching hardtop! 109k km (67k miles) for 7.5k€, or just over $8k. prices have gone up for the last 2 years but it remains quite fair for the french market ! You guys are the reason (among other car youtuber/journalist and one of my closest friend who also owns a miata, just the same) i bought this car!! Merci à vous ! thank you sirs!

I enjoy the camaraderie between the two gentlemen as much as I do their reviews.

I have a 1999 NB 1.6, so the even slower one.... but that is enough for the narrow B roads that I drive on here in Germany (Eifel). Mine is silver with no fancy leather or extras other than the touring package and the car is so simple and I love that about it. But I also have the advantage that my daily driver is a 60 hp VW up! that has no power at all and then when you get into the Miata at a nice sunny weekend, it's a night and day difference. I treat the Miata like a classic British sports car.

I’ve wanted one since they first came out, and finally bought a 2018 Miata Nd Grand Touring three years ago. It has a slight tune and custom exhaust, and it’s now my daily driver. After a long day at work, it’s great fun. Especially with the top down. Shifting through the gears onto the entrance ramp is always a blast. It does help that I’m only 5’8”. 😊

@TestDriveVideos

11 ай бұрын

The ND is a great car. Glad to hear you enjoy it so much! Thanks for watching!

Excellent video again boys!

They're not that slow really. Ignore 0-60, they are not geared for that. Just keep the revs high, try not to use the brakes too much and they are plenty fast enough for the roads.

@ag4allgood

2 жыл бұрын

Slow car fast. Its all about momentum. That requires lots of clutching / shifting. The kind of things enthusiasts should WANT to do ! Mazda gave a super light clutch & short throws so the driving is easy. Keeping momentum is like a video game. Twisting roads are where nirvana is found.

In Aug 2023 I spent $7,491.00 CAD ($5,508.09 USD) on a NB2 2003 Mazda Miata MX-5 Orange ext and Black int, with 73,800 miles on it. I got it three days ago and had to drive it about 800 miles home in two days. That was fun, but mostly highway and no AC or cruse. My wife of 46 years said I have to get an automatic because if anything happens to me she would have to drive it. No arguments we have a four speed automatic and we are fixing it up to go on week long trips. I'm cleaning drains, adjusting clamps, new brakes and rotors, Dunlop tires (nixing the Chinese ones on it) and timing belt water pump (don't know if it was done). Summer 2024 off we go. Also great videos, thanks a bunch for all of the information you have given to me...

Drove a '94 (NA) for 16 years. LOVED it. Would I buy another Miata? No. After living with the downside for that long, I could never go back to the "smallness" of the car. At 6'ft, I barely fit in.. I even had the gas pedal moved with a "Big Guy Mod" which allowed my right leg to extend better. I miss the responsiveness. I don't miss the lack of horsepower and cramped interior. So basically - a "love/hate" relationship. Now, if only Mazda built a larger Miata for us "big guys" and added a V-6 with some torque. They are missing the boat here... Just build it MAZDA!

Great video!

Removing the sun visor helped me a lot

Great video. I love my Miata, but boy is it challenging for tall folks. I’m just over 6’ and have enough challenges with that A pillar. I give Todd and Paul credit for being so fair to the MX5, because if I were 2 inches taller I doubt I would even consider a Mita. Hopefully, Paul sketches a Miata for taller people someday.

It's simple: get a bucket seat that bolts to the floor (now you have all the headroom you want), throw on a good turbo kit (now you have all the power you want), and upgrade the suspension bits (now you have all the handling you want). You're still out for well under the price of a used Boxster/Corvette/whatever and have zero compromises. It's a 20 year old car, so don't talk to me about silly things like warranties as they don't apply. The Miata is plenty safe (when done right) to turbo to ~200 hp, especially on a 6 speed.

5:05 - I have this exact car (mostly stock) and I Bluetooth with a Bluetooth cassette tape😂

@productdesign9626

Жыл бұрын

Now I wish my NC has a tape deck!

Wonderful video! It could be that, just like the guys' size is not a match for the Miata, those wide-open roads with wide-radius curves are also out of scale for the car. The Miata would be more at home on narrower roads with more frequent and tighter curves where narrowness, shortness, lightness, and nimbleness are at a higher premium. Bring the Miata to Kentucky!

@twolaneroad

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that. These are grand touring roads… A Miata is more suited for the Appalachians than the Rockies.

great vid

First tall guy mod is to delete sun visors. Literally two phillips head screws😎.

Modification Is Always The Answer? Replace the seat back with a custom minimal back cushion and headrest mounted to the parcel shelf.

I think this impressions video could have been improved had the presenters demonstrated the merits of this Miata on a more suitable road. A state highway up in the mountains is far removed from the British B road.

What is also interesting about the older Miata's is that when they were new the stigma attached to them was that they were a hairdresser's car and that men drove anything else but this. However, as this car has aged it seems to have gotten away from that perception and developed into more of the British roadster type fellow with the collared shirt and Irish tweed driving caps or tuned with coffee can exhausts, turbos and engine swaps of every brand and kind; funny how this little car, the best selling sports car of all time has changed from something it never really was into something it always was, fun!

What mount are you using for the forward facing camera seen at @6:20 what’s it mounted to?

Man I need a NB Miata. 😆

dude kept saying he can’t fit… but just about the easiest fix for that is to get a bucket seat for the car. i thought i was going to have to do that because i’m 6’2 but i fit in it just barely. only thing i had to do was completely remove the sun visors. if you want a miata and the fitting portion is what’s scaring you, do your research. but at the end of the day just about anyone other than Shaq can truly drive a miata LOL

You'll be lucky to find one of these There is no rust, especially on the front frame rails. And No modifications.

"Is too handily a thing?" "You're having 82 percent more fun than just about anything else with power...it's bang-on 82 percent." What a fantastic review from a car that is underwhelming in terms of power and speed but wholly overwhelming in the fun factor and the pure joy of driving.

My first car was a mgb the Miata has about 50 some odd more horsepower. I also understand an MGB not quite as nice as mine sold the other day for $75,000.

Pretty sure that all Miata generations have something that can lower the seat height some. Whether it be lowering rails or 'foam-ectomy' or what have you. My point being you can usually shave an inch or two off call Mama and if you're going to buy one, you may wish to consider that in your calculations. I've only ever driven the ND Miata. The hard dot on the top of my baseball cap was brushing the roof on the RF version, while I did fit in the soft pop version. I'm 6 ft 6, and equally proportional between legs and chest. As mentioned, they do make lowering rails for the ND and I believe NC. I did have to lower my eyes a bit to see out of the top of the windshield.

@vaati000

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 6'1" and the previous owner of my NB put NA seats in - I somehow fit just about right in there because it's lower, yeah.

@speedcanada1

2 жыл бұрын

My 6'3" or 6'4" tall buddy has owned his NA Miata since the early 1990s, and has run the car frequently competitively in autocross and racetrack events since that time. His seat is all the way back, and has been extensively foamectomied. I don't think he'd want to take the car on a 8 hour drive any more, but the compromises in seating position has never detracted from his love for the car nor his success in competition.

Wine collored paint? Art vin! And it is becoming cult collectors.

they're still hard to get where I am (small town Ont Canada). Now,, if you want an automatic, not as hard to find. I'm going to look at a manual 1990 tomorrow (I hope, haven't heard back) for nearly eight thousand. It's got 200k kms on it, they all have high mileage around here. Been wanting one since that car was manufactured. If I don't end up getting it, going to give up and buy a 1991 Mercedes 300e and will never consider a small convertible again.

I think slow is relative. It's no beast, but 7.5 to 100kmh (60mph) is relatively brisk. It about equals the 325i of the era and I don't really see people calling that a slow car. Slow to me is over 9 seconds and really slow is over 11 seconds, 6-8 seconds to 100kmh is more than enough to blow your license and more than enough acceleration for the road

I love the Miata (and Fiat 124 Spider even more). I just don't fit well enough

I had to trim the foam out of the seat, otherwise my knees did not fit in an NB.

Tiny? I drive an NB, and it feels huge. I’m 6’ and 200lb. I drove a Spitfire 4 (1964) as an everyday driver for ten years. Now that car was tiny. Try an early Spitfire or GT6 sometime. ✌️

Love the review but one thing I’d say. Yes: it’s low on power, but: I couldn’t help but notice by sound and what I see in the rev counter that you guys aren’t revving it Enough. These small sports car motors are made to rev, these, sr20des, 3sges, b18s, 4ages etc. most of these kinda motors aren’t going to be even close to the power below 5-6k rpm. If the engines designed to rev close to 8 then you’re probably supposed to keep it close to there to go fast. You guys are driving it like a bigger motor like online 6s or v8s etc where you kinda shift before 5/6k rpm because all your power is down low and you don’t need to rev it.

Just started the video. Waiting to hear them to tell us how they are both 6’3” and describe how they have trouble fitting inside one of the smallest cars on the road

@TestDriveVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Well - if we're going to discuss the interior space, we have to give the audience perspective on how big we are. Also, keep in mind that Todd (who has the most trouble in Miatas) owns, loves, and fits in one of the few cars on the road smaller than a Miata - a Lotus Elise. Thanks for watching!

@RoyalFizzbin

2 жыл бұрын

@@TestDriveVideos I get that it’s a factor. It does just get a little redundant, though, and on some level, it’s hashing out a truism that’s been out there for 30ish years.

what is a good price for an NB? I'm in Canada, not sure what to look for price wise. I've seen a few around 80k miles going for about 7000 USD.

@bitbat9

9 ай бұрын

$7k - 8k USD for one under 100k is a good price

love the video and the content but it felt like you wre laking a bit of structure. you were talking about the same thing multiple times in the video and it sometimes felt hard to follow along. but otherwise, amazing video!

why dont you look at the mx3???? the forgotten coupe????? v6 power i have one found one in a shed 1.8v6 euro model 107000 kms on the clock fully original.. in nederlands. Tomorrow new oil change and drivees like a glove

I think what a lot of people miss mentioning is that the NA/NB Miata doesn’t even feel LEGAL. Like “how did this pass any safety regulations” kinda legal. You’re so exposed and that’s 50% of the excitement right there

I have a 2004 Miata and a 1995 Porsche 911. I Daily Drive the Miata in Nice Weather. the 911 is Cheese Cake Once a week and a 1998 Ford Escort to take My Dog to the Dog Park.

whats that steering wheel ? looks like someone took an nb wheel center w the airbag and squeezed it inside a wood nardi wheel !?! looks sick but i didnt kno was possible to get airbag nardi wheel ?!

@lezzbmm

2 жыл бұрын

was this,, like, ,, a FActory option ??

@lezzbmm

2 жыл бұрын

is this a common custom frankenstein build ? like donate a stock nb wheel and a nardi wheel and get an airbag nardi wheel for an nb ?

@rafallo1333

Жыл бұрын

It's the stock steering wheel from NB Special Edition/Miracle/Icon.

@lezzbmm

Жыл бұрын

@@rafallo1333 thanks ! so cool that mazda and nardi arranged that !

I'm curious, how long are you two?

@TestDriveVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Both are guys are 6'3" tall. But Todd has a longer Torso than Paul so they fit in cars differently. Thanks for watching!

Every Miata owner deletes their sun visors 😂

@hankrogacki8356

2 жыл бұрын

Fact. 00 NB

My NB has a "zoom zoom" sticker on the front windshield... I think I have said enough!

I know that car!

@TBMono

2 жыл бұрын

What wheels are those?

Is that Ron?

Im 189cm 80kg can i fit in nb miata?

@roelandzw1846

2 жыл бұрын

No. Kgs yes, cm no

The thing I dont like is that unless your way short your about 4 inches above your belt at the top of the door .. so its like a barbie corvette in size

Guys I’m 1.95cm Do u think that I’ll have a problem driving this car?

@productdesign9626

Жыл бұрын

Big problem

NA, NB slow. NC quick. ND quicker.

the red T shirt guy is too big for this small car

It sure isnt no nc,

A boxster is ten times better in my opinion.

@n_trap_mnt8530

2 жыл бұрын

Somebody's been drinking their hate-orade this morning

@cayman9873

2 жыл бұрын

@@n_trap_mnt8530 hate cause the porsche is better . What are you on ?

@n_trap_mnt8530

2 жыл бұрын

Did a Miata hurt you? Is that why you're so upset? It's ok to share, this is a safe space.

@LoLsaladz

2 жыл бұрын

Also triple the price

@DC5Brandon

2 жыл бұрын

@@LoLsaladz Actually, before Covid, a good one with high mileage could be had for x2 the money. Both are great cars.

Todd looks about ten inches too tall for the car to see out of it. Maybe if you removed the seat... The miata is really for women about 5 foot 4. To drive size wise.

@n_trap_mnt8530

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you got dumped by a 5'4" woman who drove a Miata and are still bitter about it.

@RoyalFizzbin

2 жыл бұрын

Todd can take this one on the chin, and leave this car for us sub-5’9” guys, thankyouverymuch. There are many, many more amply proportioned cars that Todd can enjoy.

@n_trap_mnt8530

2 жыл бұрын

@@RoyalFizzbin yeah in both this and the Miata generations piece Todd is always like "I love this car so much, but I just don't fit" haha. To be fair they are big dudes

@tmo2798

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a 5' 4" dude and I love it, man! EZ II coilovers make it even better than it was before.

What mount are you using for the forward facing camera seen at @6:20 what’s it mounted to?

@TestDriveVideos

2 жыл бұрын

6:20 is an interior shot while sitting still. Those are done handheld or with a slider. If you mean the shot out across the hood while driving, it’s a GoPro inside the windshield.

@daviewavie112

2 жыл бұрын

@@TestDriveVideos thanks for the response! I mean the one that’s kind of mounted right in front of the trunk/behind the wind breaker looking forward between the two of you and through the windshield

@daviewavie112

2 жыл бұрын

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