Hi again. I posted a message about a week ago titled "So I've got a
little over a year to think this one over." I mentioned that in a
little more than a year I will be able to buy a Miata. Thank you for
the replies and information. I have spent a lot of time at Miata.net
and also searching the archives of this board.

Anyway, here's the news thus far:

Fiancee and parents have no issues with me buying a small impractical
sports roadster. (Yay!) (I still would have gotten one anyway....but
it's nice to have their "blessing."

I have no issues with a small impractical sports roadster. (of course
not...what did you think I was, an idiot? I just want to drive it
and have a load of fun in the process!

Unfortunately, it is now certain that I won't be able to buy the car
until summer of 2006....which is quite a ways from now; much over a
year. I won't be able to spend more than about $4500 on it. For the
past week I've been looking through Autotrader.com and Ebay trying to
get a feel for the pricing on these cars. Lemme tell you, it's all
over the place.

It seems like there are TONS of NBs for sale, and hardly ANY NAs for
sale. All I can afford, by looking at the average prices of these
cars, will be a base model from years '90-'95 at newest, which is FINE
but....

In a sudden paranoid thought I had today, I wondered "will there be
any good ones left in two years?!" Two years is going to be a
tortuous wait for my car...but I can't afford one until then. I have
to pay for school first. Anyway, is this a legitimate concern? Will
I be able to find a decent unabused car from my range by that time?
It seems like too many people are turning them into spec racers and
gutting the interiors etc. I just want it stock! Why the hell are
there so many '00s '01s and '02s for sale and hardly any '90s to '95s?
I won't be able to afford one of those NBs in my dreams (or fit in
one). At this point, it seems like there are one or two decent NAs
for sale in a huge list of expensive NBs and trashed/modified/turbo'd
NAs. Will there be any good cars left from the '90 - '94 range?! I'm
seriously freaking out about this right now. I've never wanted a car
so much in my life! I pray that there are enough caring owners out
there to baby their precious NA Miatas and then sell them in two
years...but I'm terribly worried I won't be able to get a decent car
for $4500 in two years.

Somebody please tell me it's going to be OK!

~Anthony