My Son, New York, and Nine Inch Nails..

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Toolfan66
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So my son flew in from Brooklyn NY last week for us to see the NIN concert on Tuesday night, on Wednesday he wanted to go look at cars, he is 28 and never owned a car, he packed up when he turned 18 and moved to NY, and has been there since, and and having a car out there has it's pros and cons IMO, well getting back to looking at cars he falls in love with this 2018 Mazda Miata, we take it for a test drive, next thing I know he is going to buy it and drive it back home to NY, and ate the cost of the plane ticket back home..

Took him three days but he finally made it back home, needless to say he had no problems till he crossed over into NY and got pulled over, cops said they couldn't see his temp tag.. (rolls eyes)..

I thought he was crazy but what fun it must have been to break in your first/new car in with a long a$$ road trip...
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
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    My son too lives in Brooklyn. He’s 30 and never owned a car. The company he works for gives him comp for subway use. City life I guess. Certainly not for me being in the biz and a car fanatic!

    BTW that Miata sounds like a good choice for tooling (pun intended) around the city!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,027
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    hope it's got a manual transmission, 'cuz if it does, in 2018 it should be virtually theft proof, even in NYC ;)
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,598
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    Pic of his car please!
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,314
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    The Miata is a fun little car. All my family is from NY or NJ. I have to say 80% have never owned or driven a car.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,598
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    Sweet! And it's black, too! He's brave!
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
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    Nice. But I’m liking the orange fj in the background.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited September 2018
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    Ya, well, the black color is only going to bother him if he wants to keep the car looking clean. lol. That’s a heck of a good looking little zoom zoom machine!

    This might be a good idea for a Christmas present:

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  • Clipdat
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    And before you use that, use this:

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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,204
    edited September 2018
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    Machine Gray Metallic?
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
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    Toolfan66 wrote: »
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    Needs a bumper sticker :smile:
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  • erniejade
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    Sharp looking ride!
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  • kharp1
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    Was looking at them online the other day...like the changes they've made to it. Looks good.
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
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    Black is not a color, it is a commitment.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
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    Clipdat wrote: »
    And before you use that, use this:

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    Shouldn't be necessary on a brand new vehicle. As time and contaminants accrue, yes, most definitely.
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  • charley95
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    miner wrote: »
    Black is not a color, it is a commitment.

    And a hobby too, I have two. I wash them, look at them for 5 minutes and wash again. They look so good when clean though.
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  • tonyb
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    miner wrote: »
    Black is not a color, it is a commitment.

    Yep, and white is no picnic either.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,314
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    Former Miata owner, what a FUN car to drive. Congrats to your son!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,093
    edited September 2018
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    I like the looks, just wish they were more original than copying the Jaguar F-Type.

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  • tonyb
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    Which copied the Austin Martin look.... ;)
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,093
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    Considering that Ian Callum was the design chief for Ford’s premier group, and penned the seed-car of AM’s current design principles, as well as Jaguar’s... I do agree.
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  • F1nut
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    tonyb wrote: »
    Which copied the Austin Martin look.... ;)

    Aston Martin
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  • tonyb
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    F1nut wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Which copied the Austin Martin look.... ;)

    Aston Martin

    indeed it is, my bad...again. :)
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  • afterburnt
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    Everything that comes out of a wind tunnel tends to look the same
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