[{"id": 15108426, "authorName": "Blizzard340", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/blizzard340/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sounds like a fun one to drive! Seems like the NA is still undervalued for such an iconic design. GLWA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722193050, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15108911, "authorName": "SDCR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sdcr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "With each sale, 2017, 2023, as the miles go up, so does the price. \nI imagine that trend will continue with this sale.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722195032, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15109139, "authorName": "rkjjeep", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rkjjeep/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have always wanted a NA without power steering and a/c and this one mocks me by showing up here THREE TIMES.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722196146, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15109200, "authorName": "RWD-FTW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rwd-ftw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What prompts a person to do a clutch job at 40k miles?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722196459, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15109227, "authorName": "SDCR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sdcr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I can\u2019t speak to what happened with this one, but I know of one owner, that had a bad slave cylinder, and the dealer replaced the entire clutch components.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722196576, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15109318, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Fair point. It wasn't so much the 40K miles but the 32 year old rubber seals. There was significant slip in third gear and up, rear main had a leak and did a good job lubricating the pressure plate. The friction disk and master/slave got changed as a 'while you're in there' sort of thing.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1722197142, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15109533, "authorName": "silkysam", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/silkysam/", "bidAmount": 1000, "content": "$1,000 bid placed by silkysam", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722199073, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15109550, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To try and answer some FAQs in advance, the water pump and timing belt show replacement at 26,321 miles December of 2010, tires date from September 2017. Also, being a 1992, there are no short nose crank issues to worry about.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722199242, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15109768, "authorName": "TomLU86", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomlu86/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@RWD-FTW I had the same issue on an 86 GTI. Clutch was slipping. Mechanic showed me: plenty of lining, but it was soaked with oil, because the seal was leaking.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722201562, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15109915, "authorName": "rfuree11", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rfuree11/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice car! What\u2019s the reason for selling so quickly?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722202902, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15109975, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Work situation changed. My commute used to be forty miles of two lane curves, lots of hills, wonderful. Now i'm twice that distance, mostly on interstates. It will do it happily, but it sucks the joy out. The analog nature of this car is fantastic, you feel everything, know what it doing with no filters. Sadly there is nothing to feel in a straight line, speedo locked at seventy.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722203571, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15110031, "authorName": "RWD-FTW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rwd-ftw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ishmael73 Quote: \"Sadly there is nothing to feel in a straight line, speedo locked at seventy.\"\r\n\r\n........and without Cruise Control :)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722204546, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15110038, "authorName": "RWD-FTW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rwd-ftw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TomLU86 -Makes sense but to be fair, that was German LOL\r\n\r\n(said only halfway in jest, as a BMW and Audi owner :)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722204644, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15110065, "authorName": "Vtec4ever", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vtec4ever/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It\u2019s difficult to find the more pure interpretation of a sports car. Especially one that\u2019s reliable. That\u2019s what makes the Mazda Miata so iconic. They were grown bigger and heavier, but this one here really epitomizes what they mean", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722205007, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15110116, "authorName": "eunos1990", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eunos1990/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Given the low miles and condition of the vehicle, I'd say don't do it, but this is the perfect set up for a track enthusiast.\r\nThat aside, what happened to the Nardi steering wheel and the Racing Beat intake from 2023's auction?\r\nAnother interesting tidbit...sometime after the 2017 auction, the washer solvent tank/pump/hoses disappeared...weird.\r\nAnyway, another beautiful NA that will do well, so GLWTA!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722205529, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15110205, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I still have the Nardi wheel and will include it with the car. I felt it was set back too much for the relationship with the turn signals to feel right. Also, this is a stock diameter wheel, which helps with the manual steering at low speeds. The intake was not in great shape. Corroded hardware and the cone was smashed from install. It also made adjusting the shocks impossible. As for the washer fluid tank, it came to me without one. They are not too pricey from a yard or used parts dealer, I just hadn't felt compelled. And the balance is better without all that fluid....", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1722206656, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15110615, "authorName": "MaxLanger", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maxlanger/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by MaxLanger", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722212481, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15110638, "authorName": "Smick75", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/smick75/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What kind of sound system is that? Original speakers?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722212811, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15110805, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sony XAV-AX1000 head unit feeding Alpine (forget the model) 6.5 inch in the doors, 4 inch speakers in headrests. Head unit is BT, USB, AUX, AM/FM, and can accept SXM with an add on receiver (not present). As far as original, I don't know that base models in '92 even came with radios/speakers. The set up is acceptable, but 'sound system' may be an aggressive description.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1722214888, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15110818, "authorName": "Lhammiata89", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lhammiata89/", "bidAmount": 2600, "content": "$2,600 bid placed by Lhammiata89", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722215055, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15110879, "authorName": "MaxLanger", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maxlanger/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by MaxLanger", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722216170, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15111136, "authorName": "gardnpc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gardnpc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love me some steelies on an NA Miata. Nice stance. GLWA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722220398, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15120568, "authorName": "SnowyRS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/snowyrs/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is there rust?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722303228, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15120963, "authorName": "Citabria98", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/citabria98/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@RWD-FTW The population of folks that can operate a manual gearbox without ruining the clutch (and other things) is shrinking. I made the mistake years ago of allowing my (ex) wife to drive (alone) my 1988 Honda Civic LX sedan autocrosser at an event. It only took her three runs to toast my Steve Millen racing clutch and turn my milled flywheel dark blue. Also, I agree an NA Miata has nothing to offer, locked at 70 mph. Don\u2019t forget the gaggle of semis you\u2019re likely trapped behind as well. And I would also say an NA don\u2019t need no stinking stereo either!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722308979, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15120993, "authorName": "Citabria98", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/citabria98/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@eunos1990 I have another tidbit for you that you might find weird. I bought my NA new in 1992. The solvent in the windshield washer reservoir has been in there for 32 years. I do assume that the pump pumps and the wipers wipe.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722309471, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15121155, "authorName": "eunos1990", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eunos1990/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Citabria98 I'm almost with you there! I'd guess about 25 years since I used mine? Although I bought my '90 Smurf in '92, it was always a 2nd car, except for about 6 months in '99, so I may have used the washer solvent at one time? I honestly can't recall. :D", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722312243, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15123905, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SnowyRS There is surface corrosion on the control arms and some fasteners underneath, mostly I would guess from the PO being near the ocean. There is not the feared rocker rust anywhere. I have been inside the wheel wells and run a scope between the panels behind the doors. Clean. All four top drains run free. It's the big reason I shipped it from California, they really don't seem to have rust out there....", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722359589, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15151814, "authorName": "mikealsip", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikealsip/", "bidAmount": 3500, "content": "$3,500 bid placed by mikealsip", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722565524, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15153019, "authorName": "rkjjeep", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rkjjeep/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is it in Hilldale OR Hillsdale TN?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722605774, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15153521, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Clarksville, TN, about 30 minutes northwest of Nashville. Hilldale is just a neighborhood in the city.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722610376, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15154884, "authorName": "rkjjeep", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rkjjeep/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "thank you. Are you seeing my email questions? thanks", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722618712, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15156153, "authorName": "rkjjeep", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rkjjeep/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by rkjjeep", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722622118, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15158238, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@rkjjeep I have seen your questions, sir. Check for a text to the listed number. Thanks!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722628205, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15163595, "authorName": "generic_username17", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/generic_username17/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Radio in a '92. When I got my SBY last year, I turned it on to see if it works and it hasn't been on since. The only reason to possibly use it is if I get a cassette tape from a pawn shop at some point just to feel the ol' 90s again. I was 11 years old in 1992, and cars weren't a thing for me at that point, but looking back, I'll take engine sounds and wind in my hair over music any day.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722694204, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15166837, "authorName": "Smick75", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/smick75/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Could you explain photo #93. Sure doesn\u2019t look pretty.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722710575, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15168752, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Smick75 That picture, along with #72, was just meant to show the condition of the frame rails. That is the left, whereas the right side in #72 is the one with some deformation, though quite repairable or shapable if someone was to install aftermarket frame rails. I agree it is not the prettiest, it's a dirty part of the car. The factory undercoat does have scrapes through to the metal, but the condition of the rails is sound.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722717255, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15168922, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Picture #52 bears discussion as well. If you haven't looked at previous listings for this car and seen this :\n\n 'This was caused by me when I purchased the car. I bought and installed harder door bushings from Flyin' Miata to add a little more rigidity, and they needed to be sanded slightly to fit. unfortunately, I grazed the driver\u2019s door jam. Fortunately, it\u2019s only on the inside of the jam (no external or interior scuffs). I\u2019ve uploaded photos of both jams. I learned my lesson on the passenger-side jam.'\n\nI have had the car since October '23 and have seen no oxidation in the damaged area and do not believe it to be an issue other than cosmetically. I include it in the spirit of full disclosure.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722717818, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15169534, "authorName": "araknid75", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/araknid75/", "bidAmount": 5100, "content": "$5,100 bid placed by araknid75", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722721215, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15169641, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722722556, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15169656, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Videos added. During the driving video, at the 22 second mark, that is not me. There were a couple of younger guys with a Go Pro and heavily modified 370Z in the same parking lot.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722722667, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15171646, "authorName": "Lord_Balfour_IV", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lord_balfour_iv/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "$9100 vehicle almost ten months ago; how much more value/inflation will this support?\r\n\r\nThis would be a great start to an autocross/track car: begin in street configuration and evolve with use.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722774669, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15171700, "authorName": "Questor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/questor/", "bidAmount": 7500, "content": "$7,500 bid placed by Questor", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722775757, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15171829, "authorName": "dani8dez", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dani8dez/", "bidAmount": 7600, "content": "$7,600 bid placed by dani8dez", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722777787, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15172393, "authorName": "Vtec4ever", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vtec4ever/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The truest version of the Miata", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722783960, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15172416, "authorName": "Questor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/questor/", "bidAmount": 7700, "content": "$7,700 bid placed by Questor", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722784169, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15172559, "authorName": "dani8dez", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dani8dez/", "bidAmount": 8000, "content": "$8,000 bid placed by dani8dez", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722785589, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15173842, "authorName": "aaronace", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aaronace/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "GOOD POINT, LORD BALFOUR IV !! ADD TO THIS THE COST OF SHIPPING (RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS USUALLY) AND NOT MUCH OF A BARGAIN.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722793347, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15174568, "authorName": "proturner1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/proturner1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hi Seller. Nice little offering here. Could you keep it for a few weeks after the sale ?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722795612, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15174580, "authorName": "Olecruisers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olecruisers/", "bidAmount": 8100, "content": "$8,100 bid placed by Olecruisers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722795647, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15174611, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@proturner1 There is no rush to pick up the car after winning, a few weeks is more than reasonable.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722795720, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15174694, "authorName": "4xFINDERS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/4xfinders/", "bidAmount": 8200, "content": "$8,200 bid placed by 4xFINDERS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722795992, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15174698, "authorName": "Olecruisers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olecruisers/", "bidAmount": 8300, "content": "$8,300 bid placed by Olecruisers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722796009, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15174706, "authorName": "4xFINDERS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/4xfinders/", "bidAmount": 8500, "content": "$8,500 bid placed by 4xFINDERS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722796036, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15174717, "authorName": "Olecruisers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olecruisers/", "bidAmount": 8600, "content": "$8,600 bid placed by Olecruisers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722796057, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15174751, "authorName": "4xFINDERS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/4xfinders/", "bidAmount": 8700, "content": "$8,700 bid placed by 4xFINDERS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722796164, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15174754, "authorName": "Olecruisers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olecruisers/", "bidAmount": 8800, "content": "$8,800 bid placed by Olecruisers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722796176, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 15174785, "authorName": "Olecruisers", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olecruisers/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 8/4/24 for $8,800 to Olecruisers", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1722796296, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 15174792, "authorName": "Dropthepuck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dropthepuck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice buy", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722796312, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 15174839, "authorName": "Ishmael73 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishmael73/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice buy indeed. Congratulations @Olecruisers, looking forward to getting in touch to coordinate pick up or shipment.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1722796442, "type": "comment"}]