MSM 4 Sale

Window (monitor?) shopping and came across what I consider to be a great
deal on an 04 north of Houston (Conroe, TX). Only six thousand miles for
$15.6k. It's Titanium (the only acceptable 04 MSM color ;-) with cloth
interior. Check it out on autotrader.com if interested. I wish I could go
get it myself! I gotta quit looking!


Chris
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pws > wrote:

> Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
>> Window (monitor?) shopping and came across what I consider to be
>> a great deal on an 04 north of Houston (Conroe, TX). Only six
>> thousand miles for $15.6k. It's Titanium (the only acceptable 04
>> MSM color ;-) with cloth interior. Check it out on autotrader.com
>> if interested. I wish I could go get it myself! I gotta quit
>> looking!

> Where is that one again? I do have tomorrow off....... :-)

It's not white, why would you bother? <GD&R>


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How many miles did yours have on it when you bought it? The MSM is just such
a bargain, it makes the regular Miata prices seem crazy high in comparison.

I'd like to drive the MSM for comparison to my NB!!

later,
Chris
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"Carbon" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:34:09 -0600, pws wrote:
>> Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
>>
>>> Window (monitor?) shopping and came across what I consider to be a
>>> great deal on an 04 north of Houston (Conroe, TX). Only six thousand
>>> miles for $15.6k. It's Titanium (the only acceptable 04 MSM color ;-)
>>> with cloth interior. Check it out on autotrader.com if interested. I
>>> wish I could go get it myself! I gotta quit looking!
>>
>> Where is that one again? I do have tomorrow off....... :-)
>
> Hey! I have a Ti/cloth 04 MSM which I paid exactly $15.6k for. Spooky...
>
> 6-speed, Torsen diff, turbo, 17" wheels, etc. Lotsa car for the money.
> I'd like to drive a regular NB just to compare.

Carbon wrote:
>
> ...The ratios in the 6-speed are comically close together

Yeah, that's crazy. I mean it makes sense on a race track but the one
time I drove a 6-speed Miata I was always trying to figure out which
gear to skip. And even with six speeds the top gear is _still_ too
short; in fact at the same speed the engine is turning faster in top
gear in a 6-speed than in a 5-speed. I know how to downshift to pass;
what I want is a 6-speed Miata with a granny gear for use on the
Interstate. No way it should be pulling all those revs just to go a
steady 80 on a flat straight road.

yrs WDK

Johnny, I've been singing those songs here forever. I even think my 5 spd
should have a TALL top gear. I think 4th will accelerate past 90, I'm rarely
still accelerating at that point. I truly think Mazda screwed up on this
item. I'd like 5th to run a good 100 rpms lower at least. And I agree with
you, downshifting to pass is hardly a problem for miata folks, WE LOVE TO
SHIFT!

Chris
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"johnny p." > wrote in message
...
> Carbon wrote:
>>
>> ...The ratios in the 6-speed are comically close together
>
> Yeah, that's crazy. I mean it makes sense on a race track but the one
> time I drove a 6-speed Miata I was always trying to figure out which
> gear to skip. And even with six speeds the top gear is _still_ too
> short; in fact at the same speed the engine is turning faster in top
> gear in a 6-speed than in a 5-speed. I know how to downshift to pass;
> what I want is a 6-speed Miata with a granny gear for use on the
> Interstate. No way it should be pulling all those revs just to go a
> steady 80 on a flat straight road.
>
> yrs WDK

Well WDK,
I don't know what year Miata with a 6 speed you were in, but in my 2003
LS with a 6 speed, at 60 MPH the engine turns 2800 RPM. In the 1991 (5
speed) at 60 MPH, the engine turned 3200 RPM. If you go look at the
spec. on 5 speed and 6 speeds, you will see that the 6th gear is an
"overdrive" and 5th is "1" to "1" just like a regular 5 speed is. The 6
speed gear box is made for the track. If you want a better top end at a
lower RPM, go get an "Aussi" rear end of 3.63 to 1! A 4.30 or 4.10 is
the wrong rear end. The 2003 LS has a 3.90 to 1 rear end in it. You
kind'a need to know what year Miata you want for what you are going to
use it for. As for 5 speed or 6 speed, the 6 speed is used to keep the
engine in a "good" torque range in and out of turns on the track, not
from stoplight to stoplight in town.


Bruce Bing '03 LS

Of course, I meant 1000 rpm's lower, I wouldn't even notice 100 but I think
you guys figured I type'oed.

Later,
Chris
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"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
...
> Johnny, I've been singing those songs here forever. I even think my 5 spd
> should have a TALL top gear. I think 4th will accelerate past 90, I'm
> rarely still accelerating at that point. I truly think Mazda screwed up on
> this item. I'd like 5th to run a good 100 rpms lower at least. And I agree
> with you, downshifting to pass is hardly a problem for miata folks, WE
> LOVE TO SHIFT!
>
> Chris
> 99BBB
>
>
> "johnny p." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Carbon wrote:
>>>
>>> ...The ratios in the 6-speed are comically close together
>>
>> Yeah, that's crazy. I mean it makes sense on a race track but the one
>> time I drove a 6-speed Miata I was always trying to figure out which
>> gear to skip. And even with six speeds the top gear is _still_ too
>> short; in fact at the same speed the engine is turning faster in top
>> gear in a 6-speed than in a 5-speed. I know how to downshift to pass;
>> what I want is a 6-speed Miata with a granny gear for use on the
>> Interstate. No way it should be pulling all those revs just to go a
>> steady 80 on a flat straight road.
>>
>> yrs WDK
>
>