The Joy of Driving: A Personal Experience with the Miata MX-5

I still remember the thrill of getting behind the wheel of my latest car acquisition, a Mazda MX-5 Miata. It was love at first sight, and I couldn't wait to put it through its paces on the track. As an experienced driver, I've had my fair share of cars over the years, but there's something special about this one that made me feel like a kid in a candy store.

The car itself is a beauty, with its sleek design and sporty features. I purchased it for $3,500, which is a steal considering its value on the market. But what really sets it apart is the experience of driving it. The Miata is a handling machine, with a manual power steering system that makes you feel like a pro behind the wheel. It's like racing school in the making, and I couldn't wait to put my skills to the test.

As I drove around LA, I noticed that this car was different from others I've owned. The motor, which is also available on other models, seems to have a slightly higher output than usual, making it feel even more potent. And let me tell you, it's fast! I've had the chance to watch footage of my own driving, and I can see why this car has such a great reputation.

But what really impressed me is how well the car handles. With its responsive steering system and precise handling, it's like a dream to drive on the track. And yet, despite its speed, it's also incredibly easy to handle, making it perfect for drivers of all skill levels. I've seen others struggle with cars that are faster but less agile, but not with this one.

Of course, no car is perfect, and there are some minor quirks to get used to. The rack and pinion system, which is shared with other models, can be a bit temperamental at times, but overall, it's a minor complaint in an otherwise fantastic vehicle. And as I've learned from my own experiences, the right car can make all the difference when it comes to driving.

I remember when I first started out in cars, I was determined to buy one that would push me to be better. I scoured the market for the perfect ride, and eventually settled on a Honda Civic eX. It was an amazing car, but as I delved deeper into the world of driving, I realized that there's more to it than just raw power.

That's when I started looking for cars with more character, like the Miata. And let me tell you, this one does not disappoint. From its sleek design to its responsive handling, it's clear that Mazda has put a lot of thought into creating a car that will push you to be your best.

For me, driving is all about the experience. It's not just about getting from point A to point B; it's about the thrill of the ride, the rush of adrenaline as you navigate twisty roads and tight corners. And with this Miata, I feel like I'm in racing school every time I get behind the wheel.

I've had my fair share of high-performance cars over the years, but there's something special about this one that sets it apart. Maybe it's the way it feels on the track, or maybe it's the way it handles on the road. Whatever it is, I know that this car has become an extension of me.

As I continue to drive and explore new cars, I realize that experience is key. The more you drive, the better you get, and with this Miata, I feel like I'm already ahead of the game. Whether I'm cruising down the highway or tearing up the track, I know that I have a car that will push me to be my best.

And that's what it's all about – driving, racing, and pushing ourselves to new heights. With this Miata by my side, I feel like I'm ready for anything. Bring on the next challenge!

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don't know I am I'm Zach Clavin coast smoked our podcast and taking the torch of fan cars like this one and this is Randy Randy is that thanks for coming out this morning my pleasure um you have brought what looks like a super-fun well-built smartly purchased on the Civic yeah so tell us tell us about it um it's a 94 95 Honda Civic DX the car weighs 2200 pounds with full interior and it makes 114 one horsepower most the money's been spent on suspensions on the suspension and tires so what what suspension what has been done to it what's on it has an integrity disc brake conversion Trueheart coilovers Trueheart lower control arms honed geometry correction kit and I believe it has hoc brake pads and I'm running the qvz Trk tires that's pretty much as far as suspension mongos the gist of it you've done a lot a lot of stuff and then the engine in it is from a later model civic rights from like an O 104 oh yeah it's a single overhead cam ZC okay so it's uh it's from like 90s it's the equivalent of a D 16 Y 7 which is like 96 98 Honda Civic pretty awesome okay so it's a little more power than they came with but not by much to the came with like a hundred and twenty crank I think and now you're almost like 120 wheel yes I believe they made they came with like 104 or something crazy is really bad there was like an even cheaper option years before that that was even worse right all right well let's take the driving we'll talk more about this but I'm pretty stoked because the few Modesitt excited like this are always a lot of fun they get overlooked especially today I can't help it holding your foot that nut before twelve seconds straight my garlic you'd be immediately going especially which is great like like all the beads got like why you bought this I won't eternal vehicles car prior to this I enjoyed the car it was a as far as consumers go and I didn't feel like I was doing as a driver as much as I wanted to so I bill already from Instagram ends Pottinger so I can level up the driving skill for anyone my driver which is so important so overlooked by the everyone not people I think it's really easy to get caught up in the modification game and I have done that well we're gonna go this way cuz it's smoother for everyone watching I realize this bar is loud and I don't know if it's gonna help metallic bees back here production modeling is the car breaking and so it's easy to get a car that has can't result in trouble on the track and oversteer slide I've fallen and I think I see water straight away five seconds an Aventador both are dwarf just enough to not sorry I lost my train of thought is it because there's an the love always has a way dude seriously man a little bit quark this is like wow we're being led by the appreciation squad depreciate in descending order it's like Prius lasts forever and free of hurt one so how is your experience or what has your experience been at the track that how many days have you how many days have you taken to the track so I bought this car or I think like two or three months ago I've only I did one track - streets of Willow I improved my lab about I think six or seven seconds throughout the day 1:42 137 but the previous owner has ran up 130 ash streets with this car so there's a lot of room for improvement kind of I think the goal I've said is if I can run a 130 in this car I'll add power I'll put a V Series in it or you know whatever but as of right now I just need to keep getting out to the track and working on my driving skills that is a very smart thing that's a good approach cuz it's it's really easy to add power these days and it is more fun but now when I was in high school I this 65 Pontiac and it had blown front suspension so it had a lot of rake when I bought it and I thought that was on purpose and it wasn't the brakes were bad you know it had just had a lot of things wrong with it and I immediately bought an intake and headers and a car because of course I don't know we need to go faster in this deathtrap that had the metal steering wheel was spiking it's only been I think with my experience driving a car like this and lemons having a Miata and driving other slow humility that comes with driving more stuff revising you know Sena Hamilton things we can work on really hard to learn when you're almost afraid of how fast five hours our car the whole Tiger going oh my god is fast really like can you watch your footage oh hey I can't cut this time I can break later you know you're still at it but you're not maximizing your potential how she'd be like yes do you know why all right well hope it the same reason but yes our motor in another city he said you know I want to work on my driving skill and he put this motor the same reason I purchased let's rap first operating as the car but me ours was the only car in this guy rents cars in season I know that VTech has been an amazing success rate like their failure rate but it may be one of those things where it's like necessary to happen I'm very jealous um you see it's it I can't talk about that that's actually our rack and pinion the last owner genius like a lion it's actually cycling it's a manual government power-steering are just going in Your Honor tower steering pump yeah so you constantly have fluid you're not fighting the fluid if you Catholic right sweet too what the ratio will be three and it does have a real subtract don't you get down break battlefield I haven't really found the limit I think it loses adding brought on right the first time intentional lemons look at it experience it driving yourself but it's very different when you're on a track like a hammer throw like it's just dragging this changing with all the weights in the front but you bought this one so I bought the card exactly as you see it very much for 3500 bucks it's the probably honestly I've purchased over 50 vehicles in my life and I think this is probably my the purchase that's made me the happiest I feel like this car is more fun than most of the cars that I've owned I wish we had time to go through all 50 so we could actually you know decide judicial council weigh in but I'm gonna turn around but don't let that truck we'll probably catch it $3,500 for context this Thanks you guys make the upset when I moved to LA I had an ST I couldn't afford it and sold it and I sold it and I bought civic e^x 97 for $3,200 okay yeah the tack was unhooked her sorry the speedo was unhooked I got lied to by a guy who was a med student I trusted I'm like oh you go to UCLA like you know you're saying is the family car that was barely driven I Drive home I'm an idiot everybody I didn't notice that the odometer wasn't going up so it said 87,000 miles it was probably 800 everything cart ran funny because it's a lot 13200 are virgins when I sold that car I bought a Miata that had some mods on it when Larry kosilla one of the top literally on the planet you know the guy gets by Bugatti to go work and with all the oxidation the Miata with me by comparison it's like shop shop clouds here you go it's like shop class you know like here's some power to those kids here to get some use it dirty as a nail gun you're actually gonna be able to take this is great I'm falling into that trap I think that a lot of be 46 owners fall into it I've seen online and where they go well what's your second car and I'm like I'm not gonna do that yeah then you know you realize the price of driving around and my sensors that break and I'm like man what would I get at the second car and I think I think you kind of nailed it like the consumables on this are inexpensive the vehicles in expenses right and then if you have a faster car or eventually buy a faster car all the skills will translate right I mean this is like it's like racing school for less than the price of actual racing school yeah like for grin yeah and this is 3500 bucks this thing's out this is awesome man thank you good job good purchase thank you very much yeah man really really good thank you for bringing it out thank you guys for watching I appreciate it as we transition to this new chapter of one takes like and subscribe check out the podcast to go and hear more about what we drive challenge comm slash the smoking tire it's also on YouTube and we are gonna start doing them live on YouTube actually so if you have time when we promote them if your schedule works with it check out the live podcast and thank you for watchinghey everybody before we get to Zacks first one take give me a minute for conrad and sheath this is the McLaren f1 of underwear it was developed by a US soldier in Iraq where it is you might say hot as balls and to get around the hottest balls issue they developed the pouch the pouch keeps things separate it allows for some air flow a little movement and avoids the stickiness now you go mad that's probably kind of weird to use the first couple times right so was the McLaren f1 the first time somebody sat in the middle but now those things are ten million dollars and when you try shieff you're gonna be saying the same thing to me weird but awesome I got 25% off for you hit the link in the description this stuff is delightful and the newest batch they've sent me is actually the best material they've ever used good job chief now I've put Zach to work and I hope you guys enjoy it good morning everyone welcome to the inaugural fan car one take with me if you don't know I am I'm Zach Clavin coast smoked our podcast and taking the torch of fan cars like this one and this is Randy Randy is that thanks for coming out this morning my pleasure um you have brought what looks like a super-fun well-built smartly purchased on the Civic yeah so tell us tell us about it um it's a 94 95 Honda Civic DX the car weighs 2200 pounds with full interior and it makes 114 one horsepower most the money's been spent on suspensions on the suspension and tires so what what suspension what has been done to it what's on it has an integrity disc brake conversion Trueheart coilovers Trueheart lower control arms honed geometry correction kit and I believe it has hoc brake pads and I'm running the qvz Trk tires that's pretty much as far as suspension mongos the gist of it you've done a lot a lot of stuff and then the engine in it is from a later model civic rights from like an O 104 oh yeah it's a single overhead cam ZC okay so it's uh it's from like 90s it's the equivalent of a D 16 Y 7 which is like 96 98 Honda Civic pretty awesome okay so it's a little more power than they came with but not by much to the came with like a hundred and twenty crank I think and now you're almost like 120 wheel yes I believe they made they came with like 104 or something crazy is really bad there was like an even cheaper option years before that that was even worse right all right well let's take the driving we'll talk more about this but I'm pretty stoked because the few Modesitt excited like this are always a lot of fun they get overlooked especially today I can't help it holding your foot that nut before twelve seconds straight my garlic you'd be immediately going especially which is great like like all the beads got like why you bought this I won't eternal vehicles car prior to this I enjoyed the car it was a as far as consumers go and I didn't feel like I was doing as a driver as much as I wanted to so I bill already from Instagram ends Pottinger so I can level up the driving skill for anyone my driver which is so important so overlooked by the everyone not people I think it's really easy to get caught up in the modification game and I have done that well we're gonna go this way cuz it's smoother for everyone watching I realize this bar is loud and I don't know if it's gonna help metallic bees back here production modeling is the car breaking and so it's easy to get a car that has can't result in trouble on the track and oversteer slide I've fallen and I think I see water straight away five seconds an Aventador both are dwarf just enough to not sorry I lost my train of thought is it because there's an the love always has a way dude seriously man a little bit quark this is like wow we're being led by the appreciation squad depreciate in descending order it's like Prius lasts forever and free of hurt one so how is your experience or what has your experience been at the track that how many days have you how many days have you taken to the track so I bought this car or I think like two or three months ago I've only I did one track - streets of Willow I improved my lab about I think six or seven seconds throughout the day 1:42 137 but the previous owner has ran up 130 ash streets with this car so there's a lot of room for improvement kind of I think the goal I've said is if I can run a 130 in this car I'll add power I'll put a V Series in it or you know whatever but as of right now I just need to keep getting out to the track and working on my driving skills that is a very smart thing that's a good approach cuz it's it's really easy to add power these days and it is more fun but now when I was in high school I this 65 Pontiac and it had blown front suspension so it had a lot of rake when I bought it and I thought that was on purpose and it wasn't the brakes were bad you know it had just had a lot of things wrong with it and I immediately bought an intake and headers and a car because of course I don't know we need to go faster in this deathtrap that had the metal steering wheel was spiking it's only been I think with my experience driving a car like this and lemons having a Miata and driving other slow humility that comes with driving more stuff revising you know Sena Hamilton things we can work on really hard to learn when you're almost afraid of how fast five hours our car the whole Tiger going oh my god is fast really like can you watch your footage oh hey I can't cut this time I can break later you know you're still at it but you're not maximizing your potential how she'd be like yes do you know why all right well hope it the same reason but yes our motor in another city he said you know I want to work on my driving skill and he put this motor the same reason I purchased let's rap first operating as the car but me ours was the only car in this guy rents cars in season I know that VTech has been an amazing success rate like their failure rate but it may be one of those things where it's like necessary to happen I'm very jealous um you see it's it I can't talk about that that's actually our rack and pinion the last owner genius like a lion it's actually cycling it's a manual government power-steering are just going in Your Honor tower steering pump yeah so you constantly have fluid you're not fighting the fluid if you Catholic right sweet too what the ratio will be three and it does have a real subtract don't you get down break battlefield I haven't really found the limit I think it loses adding brought on right the first time intentional lemons look at it experience it driving yourself but it's very different when you're on a track like a hammer throw like it's just dragging this changing with all the weights in the front but you bought this one so I bought the card exactly as you see it very much for 3500 bucks it's the probably honestly I've purchased over 50 vehicles in my life and I think this is probably my the purchase that's made me the happiest I feel like this car is more fun than most of the cars that I've owned I wish we had time to go through all 50 so we could actually you know decide judicial council weigh in but I'm gonna turn around but don't let that truck we'll probably catch it $3,500 for context this Thanks you guys make the upset when I moved to LA I had an ST I couldn't afford it and sold it and I sold it and I bought civic e^x 97 for $3,200 okay yeah the tack was unhooked her sorry the speedo was unhooked I got lied to by a guy who was a med student I trusted I'm like oh you go to UCLA like you know you're saying is the family car that was barely driven I Drive home I'm an idiot everybody I didn't notice that the odometer wasn't going up so it said 87,000 miles it was probably 800 everything cart ran funny because it's a lot 13200 are virgins when I sold that car I bought a Miata that had some mods on it when Larry kosilla one of the top literally on the planet you know the guy gets by Bugatti to go work and with all the oxidation the Miata with me by comparison it's like shop shop clouds here you go it's like shop class you know like here's some power to those kids here to get some use it dirty as a nail gun you're actually gonna be able to take this is great I'm falling into that trap I think that a lot of be 46 owners fall into it I've seen online and where they go well what's your second car and I'm like I'm not gonna do that yeah then you know you realize the price of driving around and my sensors that break and I'm like man what would I get at the second car and I think I think you kind of nailed it like the consumables on this are inexpensive the vehicles in expenses right and then if you have a faster car or eventually buy a faster car all the skills will translate right I mean this is like it's like racing school for less than the price of actual racing school yeah like for grin yeah and this is 3500 bucks this thing's out this is awesome man thank you good job good purchase thank you very much yeah man really really good thank you for bringing it out thank you guys for watching I appreciate it as we transition to this new chapter of one takes like and subscribe check out the podcast to go and hear more about what we drive challenge comm slash the smoking tire it's also on YouTube and we are gonna start doing them live on YouTube actually so if you have time when we promote them if your schedule works with it check out the live podcast and thank you for watching\n"