My wife has been suggesting that we get a minivan so I did the only sensible thing and bought a two seater convertible with essentially zero storage space.
I’ve been looking at Miata’s for a few months and was originally trying to purchase one used as I wanted a car I could take to the track but the market for used Miata’s is competitive I’d say. Started with a search for NCs but any NC that hadn’t been modified to hell was selling for 15-20K minimum. Started looking at used ND2s specifically for the increased power at higher RPMs but came to the same conclusion. People are paying in the high 20s for an ND2 with 20-30K miles on it. Noticed that Mazda had a $3,000 incentive on remaining 2022s. Searching the various auto sites there was only 5-10 manual transmissions left on the west coast and after having a few sold while I was trying to negotiate I ended up getting the last one west of Colorado I believe. Not an expert in Miata purchase prices but I’m thinking that 10% dealer discount and the $3K incentive should give me some protection against depreciation if I want to get out of this in a few years. Might hold it long term if Mazda ends up going the electric route.
Car: 2022 Mazda Miata Grand Touring 6MT Soft Top
MSRP: $36,265
Dealer Discount: $3,261
Incentives: $3,000 Customer Cash
Total after tax and fees: $33,456
Other Fees Associated with this purchase:
Flight: 16K points
Ubers (wife wouldn’t drive me to the airport at 3:30am, so rude): $65
Starbucks: 200 stars
Gas: $60
Trying to get back to the bay area through LA traffic: Painful
