[{"id": 10744692, "authorName": "cincycaddy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cincycaddy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great car! I should have kept it! :)", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1676651513, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10744708, "authorName": "wf758 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wf758/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks @cincycaddy - you were clearly a good steward.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1676651668, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10744723, "authorName": "GRguy251", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/grguy251/", "bidAmount": 8000, "content": "$8,000 bid placed by GRguy251", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1676651810, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10744766, "authorName": "steve_t", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/steve_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful Miata. It will be interesting to see the appreciation from April 2018!! GLWA!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1676652160, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10744844, "authorName": "KevsHondas", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kevshondas/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Always been a Honda guy. Now that I'm in my 40s, I really want a Miata. Is this normal?", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1676652742, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10744889, "authorName": "andrew1952", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andrew1952/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have a low mileage 91. This is one fine example. Wish I could afford this one. Just beautiful", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676652990, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10744899, "authorName": "cincycaddy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cincycaddy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No one can make the claim about timing belt and wp needing replaced! I did them in 2017 just before I listed it here. And it got a new tb and wp again in 2020. Any reason why it was done in 2020?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676653042, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10744900, "authorName": "Confidential251", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/confidential251/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Everyone is making a killing on this car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1676653078, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10744914, "authorName": "wf758 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wf758/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@cincycaddy - you are correct. Unfortunately, there was not a sticker under the hood, and I didn't realize it had been done (though it is clearly in the documentation). I took it in to the shop for normal service, and given the age of the car (and seeing no sticker under the hood), they recommended it be done (not knowing it already had). I just approved the service, and it was only when going through the docs for this auction that I realized I'd done it unnecessarily.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1676653208, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10745028, "authorName": "RWD-FTW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rwd-ftw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well it looks like $11,750 is the expected number LOL :)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1676654029, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10745048, "authorName": "SDCR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sdcr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@RWD-FTW,\r\n\r\nFixed it for you...\r\n Well it looks like $11,750 is the expected number ...Not!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1676654121, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10745058, "authorName": "RWD-FTW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rwd-ftw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SDCR - Except one would have thought the same from 2017 to 2018........", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1676654171, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10745123, "authorName": "GREENMONSTER1918", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/greenmonster1918/", "bidAmount": 8100, "content": "$8,100 bid placed by GREENMONSTER1918", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1676654699, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10745240, "authorName": "BrecksMiata", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brecksmiata/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks like a nice car!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676655442, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10745283, "authorName": "wf758 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wf758/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks all for taking a look at the auction. I've wanted a Miata since first seeing one as a summer bell-hop at a hotel in Bar Harbor Maine in 1989. Almost bought one as a newlywed in 1995 and finally bought this one in 2018. It has been a great fun car to tool around on the weekends, take my wife on dates, and run errands in. It is nice enough that you don't want to hurt it, but not so nice that you don't want to drive it--which I think is the sweet spot for classic cars. I hope you like it and bid accordingly. ;)", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1676655901, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10745419, "authorName": "SDCR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sdcr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@RWD-FTW,\r\n\r\nTrue, and the 2017/2018 prices look like veritable bargains, relative to current Miata pricing.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676656748, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10746601, "authorName": "eunos1990", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eunos1990/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I am repeating myself, but the '93 LE and the '92 SBY are tied for 2nd in my heart after my Mariner that I've owned for 30 years. Dare I say it? Will this one double in price over 2018? I think it just might! Beautiful @wf758 and GLWTA!\r\n\r\n@KevsHondas If you've never driven one, you owe it to yourself. I've owned 7 thus far; still enjoying my first, and fanning the flames as my son routinely drives the seventh in Classic Red (all NAs over the years).", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1676661393, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10746750, "authorName": "RWD-FTW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rwd-ftw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@eunos1990 Only one of my kids wanted to learn to drive a stick, and so it was taught to my youngest (last year) on my red '97 R pkg. After which he asked if that could be \"his\" car! Sorry, not a low-mile 1 of 47 but points for trying! LOL", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1676662051, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10747394, "authorName": "SwissMovement", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swissmovement/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very attractive interior and great overall color combo. May be this time it will break the record of past 2 sales which were identical numbers.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1676664136, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10748517, "authorName": "KevsHondas", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kevshondas/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@eunos1990 It's a good thing I'm incredibly compulsive. Will definitely own and drive one some day.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676669518, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10750287, "authorName": "wf758 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wf758/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@kevshondas - I think your day has come. Well, maybe in 6.5 days ;)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676679559, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10750348, "authorName": "Timturbo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/timturbo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@KevsHondas - don\u2019t wait too long. Prices just keep climbing! At least get a higher mile one so you can enjoy a Miata.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676680026, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10751115, "authorName": "Liqdsunshyne", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/liqdsunshyne/", "bidAmount": 11793, "content": "$11,793 bid placed by Liqdsunshyne", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1676688964, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10751226, "authorName": "FredRSmith", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fredrsmith/", "bidAmount": 12345, "content": "$12,345 bid placed by FredRSmith", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1676690444, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10751342, "authorName": "cincycaddy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cincycaddy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well there goes the $11,750 three peat! :)", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1676692604, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10751693, "authorName": "hans_groper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hans_groper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a '93 LE back in 2011. I purchased it in New Jersey and drove it home to the Ft. Myers area without any issues. 1 rim was slightly bent but I managed to find a new replacement on eBay for $125,which I was very happy with. A few days later, I managed to bring home a 43\" TV from Costco ~30 miles back home just a few days after I bought it. Got quite a few thumbs up on the ride home. I liked everything about it but needed something a bit bigger. I'd post a photo if it was possible.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676704746, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10752466, "authorName": "Lestat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lestat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As a fan of basic/unloaded NAs I must admit that even the 1993 LE has something special, probably the similarity with the JDM version \"Eunos Roadster S-limited\" is a reason.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676732216, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10774532, "authorName": "wf758 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wf758/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Convertible weather is here in Texas (and CA where I was this weekend), and right around the corner throughout the country. This will be perfect for someone to enjoy.\r\n\r\nThis is a shameless, yet true, post to be sure everyone continues to consider this listing now that the initial \"newness\" has worn off and the final hours of bidding are yet to come!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1676996694, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10774662, "authorName": "RWD-FTW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rwd-ftw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Trust me Seller, none of us Miata nuts have forgotten this one :)\n\nBut very true, yesterday was 65 and sunny and I took a half day and drove right past my house with the top down. Added over an hour of twisty country roads to my 30 minute drive.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1676997878, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10792694, "authorName": "wf758 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wf758/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Bidders--unfortunately I'm on the road through the conclusion of this auction. I will try to be responsive to questions, but BAT ignored my message about when I was traveling for scheduling purposes. Remember, this auction is no reserve, so as of now, @FredRSmith will soon have a nice ride in the garage--thanks to you and the others who have bid so far.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1677177560, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10798172, "authorName": "Aberas2529", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aberas2529/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The unofficial successor to the Lotus Elan\u2026 lightweight small and way more reliable!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1677209772, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10799075, "authorName": "wf758 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wf758/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "T - 5 hours and 20 minutes, and this LE will have a new home. Good luck to everyone participating.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1677247268, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10799380, "authorName": "Lord_Balfour_IV", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lord_balfour_iv/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "four and one-half hours to go and the bids have already eclipsed the previous sale price by $1000. time for speculation: I would have been surprised to see this car sell for much above where it presently sits. now will suggest that it has several thousand dollars more to go.\r\n\r\ninteresting to see how Miata prices are climbing. many predicted that Miatas would not rise to truly 'collectible' cars because of their ubiquity. we are seeing the 'special editions' already reaching heady territory. this one might be a good 'market indicator'.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677250398, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10799413, "authorName": "FredRSmith", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fredrsmith/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Lord_Balfour_IV While I would love the car to stay where it is, I expect we'll be several thousand dollars more before this auction ends. Prices have changed significantly since 2018.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677250752, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10799418, "authorName": "coldspark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/coldspark/", "bidAmount": 13000, "content": "$13,000 bid placed by coldspark", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677250786, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10799665, "authorName": "LBCfan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbcfan/", "bidAmount": 13250, "content": "$13,250 bid placed by LBCfan", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677252722, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10799719, "authorName": "SDCR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sdcr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@FredRSmith,\nI agree with the fact that Miata\u2019s are being appreciated more, and sale prices are higher today, than in 2018. \nBut, the dollar has inflated significantly as well during this time, and also is reflected in the higher Miata prices.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677253285, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10799749, "authorName": "LBCfan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbcfan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Lord_Balfour_IV @FredRSmith @SDCR\r\nI concur with your views; while S2000s and MR2s seem to have enjoyed significant runs, especially for lower mileage examples especially during Covid and well in excess of inflation rates, Miata's don't seem to have received the same degree of respect. I shall be very interested to see where this one ends up as, given its NR status, will of course sell today. \r\nI have a double vested interest: I am essentially only the second owner of a pristine example with 22k miles and not a mark on it anywhere just some driver bolster wear that is almost too \"perfect\" to drive so love to see the prices rise; at same time would love one such as this fine and just nicely run-in example that I could use regularly with less concerns about the odd ding were it to arise and then even sell/BAT auction on my quasi-showroom condition one to a collector. I'll be watching the closing bids closely ...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677253452, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10801000, "authorName": "PQI", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pqi/", "bidAmount": 13500, "content": "$13,500 bid placed by PQI", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677262553, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10801741, "authorName": "poorsche19", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/poorsche19/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is this one gonna go for 100k plus too? iykyk", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1677264758, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10801903, "authorName": "txmbnut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/txmbnut/", "bidAmount": 13750, "content": "$13,750 bid placed by txmbnut", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677265375, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10801927, "authorName": "PQI", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pqi/", "bidAmount": 14000, "content": "$14,000 bid placed by PQI", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677265452, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10801937, "authorName": "SDCR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sdcr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@poorsche19,\r\nProbably not. \r\nBut when one considers the level of fun that these cars deliver, they can be viewed as veritable bargains, at less than six figures.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1677265498, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10801952, "authorName": "Flpaindoc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/flpaindoc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My prediction: $23,900.00", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677265557, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10801972, "authorName": "appleguytexas", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/appleguytexas/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "$11,750 to $23,900 in four years? \ud83d\ude0a", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1677265625, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10802048, "authorName": "poorsche19", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/poorsche19/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SDCR was just making a reference to that R32 that just sold for $104,000! NA miatas are definitely still a barrel of fun for hopefully never six figures", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1677265929, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10802130, "authorName": "smooch724", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/smooch724/", "bidAmount": 14250, "content": "$14,250 bid placed by smooch724", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677266249, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10802148, "authorName": "PQI", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pqi/", "bidAmount": 14500, "content": "$14,500 bid placed by PQI", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677266308, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10802169, "authorName": "smooch724", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/smooch724/", "bidAmount": 14750, "content": "$14,750 bid placed by smooch724", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677266389, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10802170, "authorName": "PQI", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pqi/", "bidAmount": 15500, "content": "$15,500 bid placed by PQI", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677266398, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10802182, "authorName": "Tbraunski", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tbraunski/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Makes me REALLY happy that I bought my 2004 MazdaSpeed with many, many upgraded mods (about $15k worth of Flyin Maita, 949 Xida's, etc.) with only 36,000 miles for $13,500 when I did in 2018!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1677266460, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10802197, "authorName": "billybobbat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billybobbat/", "bidAmount": 15750, "content": "$15,750 bid placed by billybobbat", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677266515, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10802204, "authorName": "PQI", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pqi/", "bidAmount": 16000, "content": "$16,000 bid placed by PQI", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677266530, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 10802239, "authorName": "LBCfan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbcfan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "FWIW - saw the car and met owner (first class guy; turned out we knew each other from our kids' scouting days)) and car is in very nice condition as well described by owner, just sticky dash (not that bad) and some curb rash on couple of wheels (one pretty minor) to fix as some point if of concern to buyer.\r\nWhoever wins will like it (IMHO)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1677266666, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10802247, "authorName": "PQI", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pqi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 2/24/23 for $16,000 to PQI", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677266702, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 10802256, "authorName": "AdamIsAdam", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/adamisadam/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats @PQI ! You've been on the hunt it seems, so glad you landed one.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1677266732, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10802275, "authorName": "LBCfan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lbcfan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats to @PQI and @wf758 - brought a good and very fair price for both parties (and personally glad to see they're on the rise! LOL)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1677266790, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10802291, "authorName": "PQI", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pqi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you! Very excited create some memories with this car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1677266846, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10802365, "authorName": "Quadrifoglio", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/quadrifoglio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Lots'a value here!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1677267125, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 10805161, "authorName": "wf758 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wf758/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks to all and congrats @pqi \u2014 you will enjoy it.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1677277630, "type": "comment"}]