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I pressed the button,
water squirted 20 feet into my bathroom.
Hit my blinds.
The cats ran, clot up my foot.
I don't know what was going on.
So then I tried to press the button again.
It starts pulsating.
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flossing in my mouth.
The water is everywhere.
It's just, I felt violated.
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about what truly is one of the best cars you can buy?
But within that, what is the best generation?
A Mazda Miata you should know.
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When you're looking to pick up a Mazda Miata
you have a few choices alright.
You have the tried and true,
the happy as a clam NA Miata
that was made from 1989 to 1999.
It came with a little baby 1.6 liter.
You're climbing at 60 miles per hour
and about eight seconds had 115 horsepower.
And for feature the most gorgeous Kolai eyes
you could possibly ever lay eyes on.
They may just swoon, look at it.
They're so sweet,
they literally look like the embodiment of that one emoji
that's got like those, the bubbly eyes it's like.
Then you have the second generation
also known as the NB Miata,
which came into this world from 1998 to 2005.
The NB Miata will kick in a nickel
up to a 1.8 liter department
for an engine displacement size at 140 horsepower,
7.7 seconds zero to 60 ditched the literal emoji version
of the baby eyes for some normal semi-angryish eyes
but still with a smiling front bumper
which made it a little bit more confusing
but still weighed under 2,500 pounds.
And the MB Miata it was pretty sick
but it was also pretty successful.
The third generation,
the NC Miata was made from 2005 to 2015.
It was considered the ugly duckling of the four
by the masses, which we'll get into
but was a pretty good jump for the car's performance.
The NC would get 170 horsepower,
two liter inline four,
backup to an eight second quarter mile
because it gave it all some quirks some features
that would make Doug tomorrow happy.
And finally broke the belt buckle 2,500 pounds
for curb whites that you could take that car
around the country without having to scream
at 3,500 RPMs in five years.
And finally, our current generation Mazda Miata
also known as the ND Miata.
Has been around since 2015 to now.
Essentially the post puberty Miata.
This thing looks like my dad looked at me
when I stepped on our lawn in the trailer park.
Disappointed.
I wasn't actually allowed to play on the grass
just so everybody knows.
Don't worry, he's a softie now,
but we had some weird rules when I was a kids.
The grass was really nice.
And you can guess that I also don't let people...
Oh, just kidding.
Coming with a 1.5 liter or two liter
that 129 or 155 horsepower.
It is a dang good car.
And there's also an ND two trim with 181 horsepower
but you're paying an extra dollar for that.
If you want that, that's actually a pretty good one to get.
Also with the six speed transmission the ND Miata
has now become the go-to for dentists and radiologists alike
because it's a properly good car.
Then you can jump into for a pretty decent price.
So when people are looking at which Mazda Miata to buy,
there's a lot to consider.
Especially with this specific car, a Mazda Miata.
You can kind of boil it down to three-ish categories.
Function and value.
Variety and community.
And lastly, what cons means the least to you.
Starting off with the best function over dollar,
all generations as a Miata have fantastic function.
They all perform fairly well.
Can do a bit at the hour across or track
and have a pretty good modification community,
if that's what you're looking for.
Now the NB Miata gets more pep in the step
and still feels raw and would likely take first place
in my book coming out for function over dollar.
Mostly it's an NB, it's like the best of everything.
Now when it comes to function over dollar
we're gonna give these like trophies.
Starting off with fourth place alright.
We're gonna give fourth place over to the NA Miata.
Mostly because it is slow as well.
In the world of most cars coming above 250 horsepower
and the lights of 350Z Acuras
and other sport coupes coming down in price
will be NA Miata go up in price
because of this thing called botex.
It takes the best of us.
And ultimately because of that
you're not really getting the best value per dollar
because that value has artificially inflated.
And that's why the NAS is going to sit in one place here.
Now, third place is gonna jump on over to the NC.
Now the NC Miata gets extra space, extra horsepower
but it's just not enough to offset the weight differences
and the feel of it's four by four look.
Now the over-exaggeration,
all of the generations under-performance
is generally not really warranted
because it is still a fantastic platform.
And the third generation did a fantastic job,
with actually doing some performance parts
as long as you get coilovers, wheels and tires.
So that you can really bring the car in and down
to make it look like a proper roadster.
And the value actually is pretty good there.
You're gonna see a lot of the depreciation
hit that car value and it's not gonna
gum back up for a little bit.
Now, second place would go over to the ND Miata,
now although it's a costlier item,
you can pick up an ND for less than a 370Z
and have way more fun with much less weight.
Also Miata has learned a lot from their NC generation
and from the feedback of their community.
Bringing the car back down in terms of height,
fine tuning the performance characteristics
versus the horsepower numbers
and attempting to future state their tech within the car
to perform for awhile,
which is why this sits in second place.
And on top of that, you are getting a brand new car
and there's a lot more stuff in this generation
than something like an NC or an NB.
Now, first place in terms of value
here is definitely gonna be the NB Miata.
When it comes down for function for dollar
you pretty much cannot beat the NB Miata.
They miss a large chunk of the borough tax
in the first generation.
They don't have the four-by-four styling
and the creature comforts that the NC produced
and the ND Miata is about three times the price of an NB.
The NB Miata has an incredible function platform
with many running tank coilovers federals
and koenigs for a function style setup,
parts are cheap, the components last forever.
And even though they don't have the headlights
that everybody knows and loves,
people love these cars once they are behind the wheel.
And ND Miatas have a little bit more of just everything
without losing what made the NM Miata so iconic
in its own right.
But what about the community?
What about variety?
That's the same category
if you're looking at picking up a Miata
and ain't nobody want see the same Miata
at every single turn.
I'm telling you it's possible,
alright, go to a car meet
and you'll see all the Miatas part together.
And about nine out of 11 of them looked pretty similar.
Although the Miata community as a whole is damn big
there are subsets in the community
that this is their first Miata
or there's another subculture where it's their ninth Miata
depending on which one you wanna get.
In terms of community fourth place to take the cake
is going to be the ND Miata.
It's the newest, it's still has a community
but it's predominantly function oriented only.
And it's really not that in depth just yet.
Head over to our gallery
and you'll see that there are people modifying them
but not as substantial as the previous generations.
Additionally, those that are in the news generations
usually are a bit older
and don't use their cars as a hundred percent expression.
Mostly they just use them to get to work
and sometimes go to festival, foods.
Third place, sorry NC
it doesn't deserve to be here but it is.
The community of the NC generations is much slimmer
than the second and the first place generations
but still more prominent than the latest generation
due to price, age and availability.
Most people will say though that
once you pick up an NC Miata, you will not regret it.
The NC Miata is still one of the best platforms
that you can get,
especially if you're a little bit of a normal sized human.
This has the space for you.
Sometimes though it's hard to get over that leap of faith.
And it's up to you to make that jump.
There would be like nine other people there to support you
but there's not as much of a larger community
around the NC Miata as one would hope.
Second place, the NB Miata, large community.
The expansion of function really starts to flow over
to form here too.
People will build NB Miatas for all sorts of reasons.
Track days, car show, static,
daily drivers and everything in between.
But the community here is large.
And usually the evolution of the NA Miatas
first time purchasers
because they wanted to get more power
and some more versatility over the first job.
Most people that are in an NB owned an NA at one time.
But for fortunate say, first place is the NA Miata.
Without a question of a doubt
the NA first-generation Mazda Miata with the baby headlights
definitely takes the cake
in terms of success in the community
and the variety of platforms
with things you can build it too,
because you can find nearly every potential variation
of a build within the NA Miata community.
LS swap done, static riding frame done,
turned into a truck done,
made angry and sleepy with an RV swap done,
track card done, show card done.
They've all been done before.
And that insanely massive community
that follows the NA Miata is insane
because they've done so much stuff before.
You cannot get away from them.
And no matter what you do,
no matter what you try to make
there will always be an answer to any question
you can potentially give this community
because there's so many people in there.
Plus, there's so many new people in this market
that they're all trying to do new things,
which means the build styles get crazier and crazier
every single year.
Again, because the NA Miata is like the most popular
out of all the generations.
And finally, the last one
and probably the one that's most important,
which is what cons of each platform
mean the least amount to you.
All of them have weaknesses.
So which one matters the least.
Starting off the first generation Mazda Miata.
The biggest kind is the fact that it's,
the oldest, is the cheapest
and because it's the most widely available,
it definitely is a tendency to pull in
the newest faces of the car scene
and can result in some questionable decision
with the cars platforms.
Things like eyelashes on a buck.
Now you may be a little embarrassed when some of those cars
pull up to your stock for screen Miata
but a lot of that new freshness
you're gonna see in this community.
And because the community has
some of the greenest enthusiasts,
it can be difficult to kind of work around
in an online forum setting.
So you have to learn to be patient if you're a bit older
because the only Miata community
is a little bit younger by nature.
The NB Miata, likely the biggest con
is sourcing the appropriate one that has completely
been like avoided of people that wanna beat
the living poop out of it.
Because the NB Miata has generally come thrash.
Now while the NB Miata is in my humble eyes,
one of the best generation to pick up,
it can be tough finding one in a condition
that makes you happy.
Also the design work is a little interesting
when you're now looking back on it's plus 20 year old design
which sometimes can be a little bit left to be desired
in terms of making it look good.
You can't tell if it's angry not angry,
happy, sad or in between.
I just love MB Miata 'cause you can strap
a hundred shot of nitrous on the back and just let her eat.
the NC Miata, the full runner, the took coma,
the taco two by two, the confused platform.
The NC biggest con is that it carries the same stigma
as the 996 turbo.
The same stigma as the R33.
It just could not shake it for some reason.
The biggest cons of the NC Miata
is that it got a little bit too normal.
What may the NA and NB Miata so special was it's rawness.
It's connectedness to the ground.
The fact that it felt
like you were the final say in the kitchen
as to where it was going.
And many see with the NC Miata
that got lost with the weight gain,
the creature comforts and the overall size of the vehicle.
However, the NC Miata is still impressive in its own way.
It just requires a little bit of aftermarket wheels tires
and suspension from yours truly
versus it just being an option on the NA and NB platforms.
It also just has some odd flares,
it kind of have a tough time fitting in.
Don't put fliers on the flares.
Usually just let, if you're gonna tank it onto the ground,
just let the stock flairs do your job.
And finally, the ND Miata, the con is the moolah, the money.
It's the most expensive.
It also has the most opportunity for depreciation
which if you don't have a lot of cash
you don't want the cash to burn once you buy a car.
The highest insurance, the most taxes
and the most expensive parts
because the platform is the newest.
If you're gonna go with this car,
the odds are you'll lose the most actual money with this one
because it's the newest.
Now, even though it's probably the sharpest looking
out of the bunch, the ND Miata is somebody
that's gonna be probably willing to pay
a little bit more to try to future state themselves
and enjoy the car out of the bat
versus modifying it to enjoy it.
So what's Miata is right for you?
It's like asking which type of lunch do you want.
Depending on the day the wallet size
and the time that you have.
There's a difference between Jimmy John's
and Taco Ding Dong.
Let us know what you think is the best Miata below.
And of course if you're looking to aftermarket
wheels, tires or suspension
for your newly acquired Mazda Miata or otherwise,
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I'm Alex from Fitment Industries and we will see you later.
Peace.