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DOTS: Miata hunting! (part 9)

June 20, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

How about a red Miata Hunting post for a change? Well, I did find these two cars parked next to each other a few blocks away from my house:

Red 1991 Mazda MX5 NA vs Red 1968 Fiat 124 Spider
Which one would you choose? The 1968 Fiat 124 Spider or the 1991 Mazda MX5? Personally I would definitely go for the MX5 because of its reliability and (sorry to say!) the Fiat for its looks! I think the owner of these two cars had the same problem. ;)

Another red MX5:

Red Mazda MX5 NA
Not much to say about this one… Was parked at house while I was on my way to work and I took a quick picture with my phonecam.

And unfortunately I ran out of red ones, so here is an orange NB to make it up:

Orange 1998 Mazda MX5 NB
Certainly good for you if you are in a Dutch soccer mood. :P

DOTS: Miata hunting! (part 8)

May 23, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

Even though I have collected plenty of Miatas already to fill up another three parts I still want to keep this Miata hunt to one single Silver Miata I spotted:

Silver Mazda Miata
The Silver Miata was parked next to an small industral zone with some car shops. Since I spotted it on a Sunday I don’t reckon it was parked there by one of the shops and since I also just spotted earlier on some guys fixing up an old Celica on a driveway around the corner I suspect it is owned by one of them…

As you can see the Miata had a small bump on its nose but apart from that I must say this a nice looking Miata! It is not the looks I like, but rather the, I hate to say this word, stance of it. It has been dropped till the tires barely hit the fenders and, even though it does not have massive camber nor very wide wheels, it looks very nice this way! Only thing I would change were a bit wider wheels to fill the fenders to the max…

The Miata is owned by a member of the Dutch MX5 Club:

Silver Mazda Miata
I did have a look on the MX5 Club forums, but I haven’t been able to track down the owner. Perhaps anyone around recognizes the car?

Japanese cherry blossoms in Holland

April 19, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Last year I already noticed the trees next to the red Mazda Miata were Japanese cherry trees and I was hoping I could take a nice picture of the Miata with the cherry blossoms this spring. Unfortunately I only could take that picture:

Japanese cherry blossoms in Holland
As you can see: the Miata disappeared after the snow melted and a Vølvø S40 replaced it shortly afterwards. I was hoping it would return, but since the blossoms are almost dead already I really had to take this picture instead.

Dunno what happened to the red Miata. Maybe the owner got fed up with a convertible during winter time, had family expansion or even moved away. We’ll probably never know…

(btw: picture was taken with my new phonecam. Color quality is better than the crap cam, but the focus is terrible. I had to sharpen the picture twice to have as it is right now. So not a good replacement for the crapcam I guess!)

DOTS: Miata hunting! (part 7)

April 18, 2010 / banpei / 3 Comments

Time to hunt some more Miatas! Or actually some MX5s! And to be more specific: only NAs (first model)!

Down on the Street: red Mazda MX5
I spotted this red MX5 next to the trafficlight when I was cycling to work. Not much to tell about except that it was driven by a blonde elderly woman.

The blue MX5 is a bit more interesting:

Down on the Street: blue Mazda MX5
Since the owners have both motorcycles and presumably another daily driver this MX5 only sits on their driveway. Even though it looks hardly used it appeared to be in excellent condition. It also got an aftermarket exhaust, rims but the rest of it looked stock. Nice tourer though! :)

Now the silver one:

Down on the Street: silver Mazda MX5
It is a lowered MX5 with some Rota Flights rims (Racing Hart CPF Tune R knock offs). Since I was driving I stopped the car next to the sidewalk and took the picture without looking through the finder, too bad I left the camera on manual focus and didn’t notice it at all.

Did come back a few days later but couldn’t find the car anymore… :(

Tag: mazda mx5 (Page 4 of 4)

DOTS: Miata hunting! (part 9)

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Japanese cherry blossoms in Holland

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