The 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata is a Better Daily than I Thought 

Me: "Thats a funny looking hand.... that...... hard...Stick........ " Optimus : "Trust me, its my hand" ;;;;;;)

yep lul ain't my business

Too Funny! Almost pee'd myself, and had to listen to it a 2nd time!

Nice 🎉

I had a 2016 Club for three years, replaced it with an '18 Boxster GTS. I love the Boxster, but I also miss the light and playful nature of the Miata. I wish I could have both.

I'll try to incorporate it into all of my comparisons moving forward!

@@Realistick I agreed, though it would be great to test at 75mph as a standard for a more realistic experience

Amazing

For just about $30,100 to start at for the Sport ! Might be the best deal around.

I don't understand those things. You get the inconveniences of a car and a motorcycle with none of their benefits.

@@fabiors10its that they have those bioluminescent jellyfish lights running at night 😂

Thanks, maybe I'll get a real sound meter to use for more comparisons. It's definitely hard to find it with the manual but I'd agree, the tan is worth it, good luck!

@@Realistickit’s good to note that the Sport Trim gets less sound insulation in the soft top which may lead to more highway road noise. (At least that was the case for ND1 and ND2)

Thanks! In the Miata, the passenger is the cupholder😪

@@Realistick The passenger cup holder position gets used but I never use those cupholders in back of the control knob as the elbow hits them constantly.

Been doing that for 6+ years in Northern Illinois with my 2016 Club ST. I do the oil changes & the seasonal wheel / tire changes myself. Easy to work on but still fun to drive in all weather conditions. Its ability to handle snow / ice / below zero temps has been great.

Glad you enjoyed it, it was fun to make even if it took embarrassingly long to edit! I want to try messing around with my review layout more often.

I don't put mine away for winter as its a great car in the snow / ice / sub zero temps. I have a soft top 2016 Club & its been 6+ years of driving the car in some of the worst weather I've experience in 50 years of driving. Also would love if Mazda would just let us choose any interior color they have available no matter of the model. Black cloth seats have been really durable though.

Bloomington Indiana!

Indeed it is!

It's the only modern roadster That's like saying the Cybertruck is the best Cybertruck

@@zgSH4DOW*BMW Z4 HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*

It’s missing a real air filter for a true daily… because that means driving in dense traffic where cleaner air is welcome. Aftermarket has you covered, but changing the filter means unbolting your dashboard. Can be done with plastic pry tools.

Hell yeah, that has to break some people’s minds to see you hop out of it!

I've considered both, and both are excellent driving cars. The Mazda 3 is the more practical car, especially the sedan version. I like the hatchback version. It's so sporty, but the blind spot is for real. You'll appreciate the blindspot monitoring feature there. The MIata is a niche car, and you'll have to accept it for what it is. It is small, has limited cargo space, and doesn't come in AWD, unlike the Mazda 3. It is the more fun car to toss around.

I have both: 23' Miata (Soft top, GT, manual) and 22' HB turbo. Bought the Mazda3 first, Miata last October. Great combo. Live in the Northeast US and the turbo handles all weather seemingly better than the AWD CR-V'S and rav-4s that I'm constantly blowing past during rain storms and snow. Since late March I've been using the Miata for fun drives and daily tasks whenever it's not raining and whenever the construction companies nearby haven't left a mountain of red dirt on the roads. And every other day the Mazda3 is a great vehicle that I know will just get me and whatever I need to carry wherever I need to go, without fuss, and with a reasonable amount of fun and dynamics. Cons are I only have garage space for the Miata (both cars get to be inside only when the roommate is out of town), and I do have to do a bit of a car shuffle in the driveway to get the Miata out. I've needed to wax the 3 for a while now and only tonight will I have the chance. While I WFH, I'm in a small city and MPG on the turbo is not great. Pro is I can't get below 32mpg average in the Miata even if I'm taking it on spirited drives through the woods (just driving around on the freeways I'm getting high 30's low 40's). I love my turbo and it's more than practical enough for anything I've ever needed (even loaded up with three other adults, plenty of home Depot runs for mulch and seed, even a lawnmower). But if I had known I was going to move to a city, and rent a house with garage space to both work on and store my Miata through the winter I'd maybe have hung into my 2011 Mazda3 sedan (also practical enough) for a few more years despite it starting to feel the corrosive northeast and down on power. Or maybe a slightly used hybrid of some kind. Of course I say this sitting at my desk, but I know if I hated driving my daily I'd be miserable. Unless you're buying a Mazdaspeed3, hacking up and modding a non-speed manual 3, or your first car has NO fun dynamics of any kind it's a bit too practical to be a dedicated fun second car. It works great as a fun, practical, all-around good one car solution, or the practical alt to your fun car (like mine).

It's only available with the GT in the primer gray color (and it's $300 extra)

Thanks!

Depends on your build (and your knees), at 6'3, I had to adjust my seat to a less-than-ideal position but it wasn't tough to live with!

@@Realistick Seeing you sitting in the car with your knees touching the dash and being over 6’ myself, unfortunately the MX5 does not appeal to us tall guys.

@@AB-jk7tw Oddly enough, I only hit the dash in the passenger side, driver's side has a pretty big legroom increase. My size isn't preventing me from buying one personally.

Because it’s less than half the cost of a boxter, which i have driven :)

You should turn that into a convertible!

Pro Tip: Buy used.

Right, because that is a direct competitor to this car…

@@alexp6409 don’t be so negative towards them; let them get the older golf cart, ‘smoke a Miata’ then take a turn and roll the cart several times.

They added a few new shades, and they still stink. Lol