I am not a big believer in Consumer Reports, but the miata does
extremely well.
I bought my '94 Miata used with ~85k miles on it a little over 2 years
ago. I will roll 100k on the way home tonight. I am using it for autox.
I change the oil and blew a heater core water hose. (oddly enough that
hose was custom and hard to find because of the sharp angles it had to
turn.) It could use a new valve cover gasket as there is some seepage
there.
I paid $7700 for it.
The economics for a B with 85k don't really justify the car. I own an
MG originally because I inherited it, now I own it because I want to own
it.
If you are a person who uses a car just to get places; and knows that
the pedal on the floor on the right means go, and the button to the left
of it means stop, and that is all you care to know; I don't think an
MGB is for you. You need a civic/outback/saturn/(insert
soapbar-shaped-car here).
My Miata is more fun than I think the above said soapbar-shaped-cars and
their like would be.
The other day I caught myself getting upset because I was going to have
to drive the Miata instead of the MGB; I don't want to take the B out
in bad weather....
YMMV.
Larry Hoy wrote:
>>I'd say you're not at all unrealistic, particulalry if
>>you're willing to spend as much on an MGB as you would on a Miata.
>>
>>
>
>Ah, and that's the key. What does a Miata cost? $25,000? What's it
>worth in 5 years? $10,000?
>
>Buy an MGB for $7-$8,000 maintain it like you would a new Mazda (and
>make those repairs that the Mazda won't need). At the end of the same
>five year period you'll have a car worth at least what you paid for it;
>and the cost of ownership will be less.
>
>Don't believe it? Ask Barney how much the ownership costs of his MGA
>has been over the last 30 years....
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