New Miata (er, MX-5)

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> Good choice! What a blast that drive is going to be! I doubt you will mind
> having 6 gears but you probably WILL wish 6th was a taller cruising gear! I
> know, I keep bringing this back up but it's one of Mazdas biggest mistakes
> on the NA,NB and NC cars IMHO.
>
> Give us all the details when you get back!
>
> Chris
> 99BBB

Fixed on the NC2 '09 & '10 (taller final gear).

The 5MT is a sequential gearbox (lends itself to 1-2-3-4-3-4-5).
You're driving a 5MT without thinking about it very quickly.

The 6MT is more like a gearbox buffet (1-2-4-3-5-4-6)
The 6MT will sometimes leave you, just momentarily wondering, am I in
5th or 3rd, because the engine has such a wide powerband.

Both good trannys, though some are notchy, (particularly the earlier
6MTs) so do your test drive on a cold and a warm engine.

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