It’s been years since my Mazdaspeed Miata brought a special twinkle to my eye. I’d say the disarray started shortly after an incident I had with my friend’s S2000. We had organized a canyon cruise with a bunch of our roadster buddies. Long story short, my friend accidentally forgot to fully engage his emergency brake and his S2000 rolled into my front driver side fender.
He wanted to pay for the repair work but I wasn’t in any hurry to take care of the matter. When I started thinking of how we could resolve the issue, the thought crossed my mind that I should get some fender flares and really make the Miata sweet. But I dragged on with looking into the matter and I other priorities started taking shape in my life. It was then that the Miata really started to become a low priority for me. I didn’t wash it as much, slipped a little on the maintenance. I started loosing the spirit of owning a roadster.
About a year ago, I started to change priorities. I decided to move on from a business venture I tried with a friend. I found a job in Los Angeles and moved out of Orange County to be closer to work. Although I was in good spirits with my career, the Miata started to become a major pain in the ass. With the daily dose of bumper to bumper traffic, I was starting to have second thoughts of whether or not I wanted to keep it. Miatas aren’t exactly the most practical vehicles and commuting in it is a bitch especially when you have daily encounters with traffic.
Then on February 14th, 2008, a horrible event happened. As I was dealing with my daily commute, the Miata got struck by a huge Ford F-150 that was driven by an uninsured Israeli man driving on an International drivers license. I was enraged by the whole incident. (more…)
