Advice on buying new MazdaSpeed or modifying 93'

Yeah, the test drive was a gas. If I weren't in the city I would've
walked out with one. I'm still considering it.

Jon


On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 12:44:32 GMT, George Burke >
wrote:

>Me wrote:
>>
>> I have a black and tan 93' with about 100k on the odometer. I've loved
>> having it for the last three years and have toured the country with it
>> every summer--about 25k's worth of driving. It's pretty loaded, PS,
>> PW, CC, PM, AC, etc. though I don't really use AC much and don't
>> really care about power steering.
>>
>> However, there are the usual annoyances: the paint's getting a bit old
>> especially on the nose cone, a few rattles that there weren't before,
>> the alarm wiring needs to be traced for an intermittent short. But
>> enough.
>>
>> A local dealer has a few turbo MazdaSpeeds on sale this weekend for
>> around $22K out the door. I drove one and just loved it. It has the
>> same tight handling mine does, maybe even a bit tighter, and the power
>> difference is more than obvious obviousl My biggest problem is
>> parking on the street in a semi-residential area of a big city
>>
>> So we're talking $5k to fix up the older car and $20k plus $500 more a
>> year in insurance and registration for the new one.
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> How much more power would turbo/supercharging give my 93'? It's a
>> pretty tight handler but there are definitely times on the highway and
>> in the mountains that I'd love the turbo.
>>
>> What's up for 2005? I've heard the Miata as such will be transforming
>> into something similar but with a stowaway hardtop. I could really
>> care less about that.
>>
>> What part can you [easily] pull from the engine compartment for a
>> MaxdaSpeed to make sure no one can steal it with anything other than a
>> tow truck?
>>
>> How stealable are Miata's these days?
>>
>> What would you do?
>>
>> Feel free to have fun with this... ;-)
>>
>> JJ
>I traded my '99 for the Mazdaspeed,and love it;and I paid about $25k for
>it.
>George