#ND Roadster

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Project Roadster (Intro)

It’s kinda funny that I’m making an introductory post of my Mazda Roadster when I’ve owned the car for almost two years now… but I wanted to start documenting this build so here we are. I’m also planning to be a bit more active on my Youtube channel, so I’ll be making some videos of this build as well. Initially, I was looking to get another S2000 because I really missed my old AP1 but I felt…

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Mazda MX-5, 2025, by Liberty Walk. In addition to their Miura bodykit the Japanese tuner are bringing a slammed Mazda Roadster to the Tokyo Auto Salon. Featuring their signature widebody fender flares and lowered air suspension the ND series MX-5 gets a ducktail spoiler and splitter at the front. There are also Meister alloy wheels. The bodykit comes in fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) or carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) depending on the depth of your pockets

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Mazda RX7 (FC) at Waukesha Cars & Coffee (2024) - Meet 4 in Waukesha, WI.

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NDロードスターくんになぞオシャレさせてみた

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Starter December!

Here we go! Preview of December»Starter»!

Now, the content will be available in three parts. The first part is available from the first of December. The second part will be published on December 12. The third part will be published on December 22.

These 9 cars available for Patrons this December!

Part 1 - December 1’st

2020 Citroen Ami 🇫🇷

2024 Kia EV9 🇰🇷

2020 Lamborghini Sian Roadster 🇮🇹

Part 2 - December 12’th

2022 Infiniti Q60 🇯🇵

1980 Lada 2105 🚘

2024 Kia Telluride 🇰🇷

Part 3 - December 22’nd

2020 Chevrolet Silverado 🇺🇸

2022 Hyundai IONIQ 6 🇰🇷

2023 Tesla Model Y 🇺🇸

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Talk to us more about miatas. The sillies

There's so much I could say about it, but I feel like a nice thing to do is to start from Miataland, the wonderful place I alluded to in my kei car post (you really ought to read that section before this post) - or more specifically its collection, for despite being some half-hundred Miatas, it's not monotonous at all.

While sure, there is some bit of "this one's a different color!" going on (which I definitely can't say I understand, but being a collector often comes with being a completionist), the bulk of the collection is extremely varied - not least because the above is just the first of the four generation the Miata has been sold for.

Well, more accurately the MX-5, since that's the only official name that lasted all throughout, with the American "Mazda Miata" being ditched by the third generation in favor of MX-5 and the Japanese "Eunos Roadster" name turning to "Mazda Roadster" with the second generation since the Eunos brand got nixed. And every generation, known by the two-letter codes that represent the model in their chassis number (VIN for yankees) that span from NA to ND, has further changes within it!

The NB, seen left in the beautiful 10th Anniversary Edition, received interior and exterior updates in 2001, seen right in the rare Mazdaspeed Turbo edition, one of the extremely few factory turbo Miatas (leave it to Mazda to turbocharge a sportscar engine and manage to gain only 26hp out of it) - and, being more of a huge update of the NA than a new car, it retained the two engines, the 1.8L that many have because they say it's the better engine and the 1.6L that many say is the better engine because it's the one they have (though updating the 1.8 with Variable Valve Timing for, in other markets, more power, and, in the US, less more power).

The NC did it one better - not only did it get an exterior refresh and two engines -1.5 and 2.0- but it even had different tops, with an optional "PRHT" electric metal top that further cemented its reputation as a big fat boat of a Miata, for its outrageous increase in size (two inches all around) and weight (up to 90kg or 200lb). No, seriously. This generation is actually extremely overlooked, so much so that Andrea, the owner of this whole shebang, only has two (which I do appreciate is quite an insane sentence). But that means you can scoop one up for not that much, and I do recommend it!

The ND, instead, is quite the enthusiast's darling - how many cars these days get smaller and lighter with a newer generation? How many cars out there are no bigger nor heavier now than thirty years ago? Oh and also just look at it. Once again, a refresh (i.e. "The lights are 'new', the mirror's bigger, and there's a software update! Please care :)") was just unveiled, and you can get them in 1.5 and 2.0 flavor and optionally with the "RF" hardtop on the left. Well, not those two you can't, because the one on the right is the only example of the 300-unit 30th Anniversary Edition in Italy, and if you think Mr. Miataland can't flex harder on the Corvette dads of America who insist theirs is super rare because of that specific year (that is no different from the others) with that specific combination of options (that is in no way special) with that (random) color they only made 503 (and yes there's many people like that), the other car in this picture is a 1-of-1 Miataland edition. I should clarify: he didn't just make up his own special edition; Mazda asked him to make up his own special edition for them to build for him to celebrate his collection. Which, I want to stress, Andrea is not at all vain about. And props to him because if that happened to me I cannot fathom being humble about it.

Hell I am not humble about having sat in this M2 (IT'S INCREDIBLE!!!! IT FEELS NEW IT SMELLS NEW), imagine owning one PAIR.

Which also makes an important point: the Miata is probably one of the cars they made the most special editions of. I mean, G-limited, R-Limited, S-Special, S-Limited, RS-Limited, SR-Limited, VR-Limited A, VR-Limited B, Tokyo Limited, V-Spec II, 93LE, BBR Turbos and of course the M2 1001, 1002 and 1028. And want a kicker? Have three: those are just the first generation ones, and just the ones he owns because there's some he's missing, and they're not even all the special first generation Miatas he has - because we've not even gotten to modifications.

From fiddling with the engine as per the supercharged one in the foreground or outright replacing it as per the 5.0L V8 (!) one in the background...

...to completely altering its shape by way of changing bumpers and lights, as per this Pitcrew kit-adorned example...

...to just fucking making it an extremely bad Ferrari 250 GTO... replica? It's so far off I can't even tell if it's sincerely trying.

And such modifications are genuinely innumerable. I could hit the image limit just with full-transformation body kits for the first generation Miata, let alone all the weird bumpers, side skirts, spoilers, mirrors et al across all of them!

And that's the thing about the Miata - it can go in so many directions and will take it just fine. That's what they mean when they say Miata Is Always The Answer (M.I.A.T.A.): classy old roadster cruiser?

Miata! Get the Nakamae quilted interior bits and any of the plethora of chrome accessories and you're good to go! Barebones weapon?

Miata! The existence of CarbonMiata alone is proof enough that you'll have no problem sourcing weight reduction bits. Serious track car?

Miata! Even a stock one will be competent in autocross (oh right, we're trying to be accessible: "What If We Pretended This Parking Lot Was A Racetrack? We Have Cones!") and you're going to spend six digits before you run out of possible upgrades. Silly track car?

Miata! The thing is so small and light that you can just upgrade it with stock components from bigger cars, and they made a million of 'em (not hyperbole) so even if the bit you're looking for isn't one of the plenty used in many other cheap cars it will still be in plentiful supply. Drift car?

Miata! Obviously you can get drift modifications for it, it's one of the cheapest rear wheel drive sportscars out there. You can use a stock one or go as hard as you want, DestroyOrDie makes front suspension components that allow for more angle and of course every suspension you could want is available. Rally car?

Miata! This is an actual 90s picture, they even used a couple for ice racing! Rock climber?

Miata! Paco Motorsport makes a lift kit for them and the owner of the one in picture, Jimmy Has No Garage, also sells a kit they codeveloped with Godspeed Project, and that's just to talk about off-the-shelf solutions! Four seater?

Okay, maybe that's a bit of a stretch. Pun intended.

And again, please note: all these are just the first generation.

The Miata really is an insanely versatile car that was so beloved all over the world all through the years that from the most outlandish to the most minute every part of it has been taken in every imaginable direction, most often by people who dedicated their lives to it. The enthusiastic curiosity it oozes has thoroughly proven contagious.

And throughout the years it remains determined to get to experience more adventures! You find a ton of them that racked up hundreds of thousands of miles with nothing but a happy owner to show for them. Road and Track notably bought one with some 350k miles and were, shall we say, impressed.

(How's that car going now? Who knows, they put it up for sale after eight years and a car chase) Like I like to say of many old Japanese cars, it'll keep going until it dissolves. Its only real problem is it's very prone to dissolving, so look out for rust.

And now, since today is Halloween, y'all have a chance to scare me for good: I have a list of modifications I would do to a Miata were I to own one. (And have lots of money. (And lots of time. (And a clue how to turn a wrench. (And probably other requirements I am forgetting about.)))) It is an extremely, extremely long list. Like, over a hundred items long. WAY too long for one post. Probably too long for a chain of ten. Where was I going with this? Huh, I must have been thinking out loud again. Anyhow, here's a poll. It boosts engagement!

Links in blue are posts of mine about the words in question - if you liked this post, you might like those!

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Mazda MX-5, in japan generally called 'ND Roadster', with silver colored soft-top, is parked at the entrance of Miyajima. 2021

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Trump who owes him one. And we have a few things to note as well. but we are going to make the car, because neither one of them are making any of these at all. And it's a huge pain in the **** It's an enormous pain Listen to them. And our son interjected and said, neither one of you makes this car at all. So what's the point? And BG got angrier and said, We're not doing anything that anybody wants. And it always comes back to you. And you saying you can threaten the cavern as well. It's going on. And who cares that **** Everybody tries that, you dumb **** So that's where we're at and they're going to sit there arguing and harassing and being dickens. So our son says we should probably make one of them. and it's still the S it's not the roadster and we can make a 4 door and we just make it look more supercar instead of less and People will get it. It goes fast because it looks like a supercar. And that, that's a trick. The other way was just to make a fast car that look kinda normal And Asia does that a lot. And I almost dropped my lunch when I heard him say, to make it more like a supercar. The guys. kind of changed the design and the And I decided to approve the project.

-we detrmlned this they wont make it and not one and not for ither city area.and teh opeople in reg cities want them and we can do it there and cursh theimps with what htey block and blcoked for ages. now too

Thor Freya

Olympus

andw e are motivated

Thor Freya

us too

shaq and i wnt my money back this vaydor car sucks no it dont and we hit the asses they can do it wont ad should dont know it and f them they are so damned dumb

we too see it ours we need it nd teh wind car and we know who did it and he aint no good the thing is way overboard..should be he got them to do it and to say it sucked but yeh stuck of phase one no we do it now

and help him

bill will

and your out we can

macs

we must

jet li

and we suck so badly

trump

you do nd tonight you are to die we mke it happen all of us

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大ピンチ‼︎ロードスターの中に猫が入ってしまったら【 A cat invades the Mazda ND Roadster MX-5 】 皆様こんばんは、ねこにわチャンネルの赤瀬です。 本当は軽井沢ミーティング2023の動画を作りたかったんですけど… 我が家の ... via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC0HdQo97EM

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Mazda RX7 (FB) at Final Bout 7 (2024) in Shawano, WI.

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