The Mazda MX-5 Miata is Sports Car Perfection, and the Quintessential Hairdresser's Car 

It's a great day when we get a video from Bill, complete with weather & animal reports!!! The Canadians got screwed on this video!!! 🥃

“It was attractive to look at, but was a giant piece of shit.” If my mirror wrote my obituary. 😂

I owned a 77' MGB and 77' Fiat 124 in the 80s. Fun, but horribly unreliable. Finally got to drive a similarly aged Miata in the 90s and it was glorious. Everything Bill says is true! Anyone who can drive stick..and fits, owe it to themselves to at least test one out!

I LOVE my 2004 Mazda MX-5 Miata LS in brilliant sliver. I also have been in a Miata driving club since 1995. Great cars and great people driving them. You're so right Bill, they are bulletproof.

We called those the Tupperware edition. It’s a much prettier car without that stuff tacked on. I have owned 10 Miatas. Favorite is a ‘99 as it is very close to the same weight as an NA with a nicer interior and I think better styling.

I have a 2002 SE and absolutely love everything about it.

Proud owner of a 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata in St Petersburg, Fl. Supreme condition, 38K miles. Like Bill said, I never thought I’d love a Miata either. It’s all about usable power and balance. I love a C5/C6 Corvette but I’m going to jail in those cars. The Miata allows you to ring it out and have fun while keeping it simple. The answer is always Miata 😎…..

You are a funny guy and partially to blame for me becoming a 2007 NC happy owner. I love it .

2 yrs since this was broadcast! I especially enjoyed this video because I about to put money down on a 2002 with very low miles. Zoom Zoom!

I'm reminded of the "Two And A Half Men" episode where Alan Harper bought a new Porsche Boxter. Brother Charlie gave him a hard time about it, more than hinting it's the "chick Porsche". I can only imagine the grief Alan would have got if he purchased a Miata, lol! Personally, I think the Miata would make a great weekend fun car. Anything with a manual gearbox is fun.

Your skill at shifting while holding the camera and navigating traffic is amazing!

Thanks for the review and a huge THANKS for avoiding the wild cuts/edits. Well done.

Luv the car, I'm the proud owner of a 2001 edition, same color, but not a Mazdaspeed, with many modifications for performance. Still enjoy driving top down on a dry day.

I am a Miata convert. Managed to get into a 2008 GT PRHT cheap a few years ago and just love it as a fair weather fun buggy!

I guess I’m the only one who misses that one original intro Music in Bill’s old videos.

Crimony's sake Bill. Your shuffling right and left hand camera and shifting is very impressive..

Those were vicious looking does. I think you're right, that they were fresh off a kill. I could hear them sucking the flesh out from between their canines. Deer do have 4 pairs of canines, and have retractable talons under their hoofs.

Bill is my favorite Tuber. Zero F's given and I love it. Keep up the good work mister.

I used to notice them, from 1989 until late June 2018 when my wife said she wanted to go autocrossing. So, I bought her a 2001 with a 6 speed. She learned how to drive it and I fell in love with how incredible this cars handling is. My car still had its factory original, 17yr old tires. Even those rock hard donuts didn't diminish the excellence of this car. I replaced them a year later with Continental ExtremeContact Sport tires and whoa! Now, she wants to sell it because she would rather drive my GTO. So, I'm keeping them both. Her too.

Good evening Bill from Ron in a wet and cold Manchester. Glad you are feeling well, and the weather is cool. Glad the animals are keeping their distance

"You can see their teeth glistening from here..." LMAO

Awesome. I got a 2012 PRHT in August. I love it. Thanks Bill I love your videos you crack me up.

Bill is the best at car reviews

Oh Bonus Bill . A Tuesday video ! Marvellous 🤩. Love the MX -5

Miata is always the answer that's one hell of a acronym

I'm an NA Miata owner. Preferable if not only for the pop-up headlights. And Bill, now that the cool weather is here it's no time to give up the coronavirus whiskey! The cool weather is whiskey weather!! Here are a few things you left out. The battery is in the trunk to better achieve weight distribution especially back over the passenger side rear wheel. Also, something that didn't make it into the NB model is the headrest speaker from the na. Most people can't believe how great the music sounds until I tell them that two of the four speakers are in the headrests. Great idea! Something they should revisit if they haven't

The Miata is a top 10 car of the last 30 years.

Nice video. I had one I had a 90. I think you and I being the same age And taste in cars makes everyone very pleasurable experience.

One of your best reviews, Bill!

Funny, I was thinking “man that looks like a Viper” then Bill mentioned the styling influences.

I love the Miatas. Great review as always

I wish I fit in one of these. Nice review, sir, as always.

Great review of a great car. My wife has a white 2004 LS with parchment interior. It has the accessory hard top and she loves the car. We have a lot of fun with it.

My gal's 102,000-mile '01 Miata NB is, like yours, silver w/ tan top. She christened her "Belle." Miatas are honest, genuine, thoroughly engineered, yet simple sport cars. ("Sport" single, according to Carroll Shelby, who certainly knew.) Like the NBs like yours and hers better than the first-generation NAs w/ their pop up headlights. NBs are more refined. The newest Miatas lost the happy A-H Sprite smiling radiator opening, too much styly testoterone. But the NBs don't have a bad line. Anyone can make a long, big car look elegant. Doing so on a car a Miata's size is high art. Thanks for the vid.

Makes your drive to work fun...you really hit the nail on the head there, William!

Love your videos Bill! Still chuckling over Dalton and the organ donation!

Beautiful review!

Love this review. Thank you for keeping it funny

I have a 2010 Miata, and my wife and I raise hell though twisty Pennsylvania country roads. 👍👍👍👍 Edit: I drove an MG Midget in 1978, while in high school. I’m 6’2”, so picture that. 🤣

Gorgeous! I remember when these were new on the lot there was a yellow "tupperware" one that had body colored headlight covers that trimmed down the perimeter of the headlight area.

Awesome cars! I had an ‘07 that I, unfortunately, had to sell. But you’ve convinced me to redouble my efforts to find another one! Thanks Bill! Cheers…

"You'd think one of them just ate a toddler," he softly stated. 👍🥃🥴

What a fine 'unused' example Bill. You've done it again

Perfect again Bill...Thank you

My mother's hairdresser drove a brand new '71 340 Duster. That was considered a compact car back then.

Excellent review on the history of the Miata. Bill knocks it out of the park and we expect nothing less. Can you please update us on Suzanne’s whereabouts and where her vehicle is? Cheers Bill. I never miss a review and often revisit a previous one.

I bought one of the first 200 Miatas built (43rd car sold in Mazda's South Central division, June 1, 1989) and drove it daily for 10 years, until it was taken out by a Chevy Lumina. Best car I ever owned. The kansei engineering really made the difference. Happy that Bill mentioned the importance of the Power Plant Frame, too. I continue to be impressed by the attention to detail delivered in the NA Miata.

When these came out I loved the fact that they were a return to the more curvy, sinewy styling of yore, since I really didn't care for the straight-edge bodylines from the mid-'70s through 80s.

I like this Miata also, always thought the early ones were girly but I was wrong. Very cool sports cars, I myself drive a 2011 Ranger, which shares its platform with the Mazda truck. I like the half back door like the RX-8 and the narrow wheelbase on my half Mazda truck.

Man this one is ultra clean for a 03. Zoom zoom. Can’t wait til the next one.

I remember when they came out, they were cute and with the front air intake they looked like they were smiling, a good little car and definitely a big tuner/racer community with them!

Bill I think it's way past time you take us viewers along when you go racing! NO EXCUSES! JUST DO IT!!

Bill just mentioned a DeTomaso Mangusta... hes my new best friend and doesnt know it yet

Thanks Bill, nice little car. Not a Miata fan, but the power to weight ratio in these cars has to spell fun. Watch out for those packs of snarling, carnivorous deer! 😉

Never liked how they did the body cladding on the NB. Looks tacked on so I prefer it without. Love everything else

Had a ‘99 and it was pure driving joy. For a small engine mated with a manual I could squeeze out a lot of power

I had the same 5 speed torsen diff. Great combination. Believe it or not but the torsen made the car quite good in the snow. 6' + works in cloth seats which are lower to the floor plan than the leather.

Great video as always. Greetings from cold Poland/

I got an NC.2 last summer, love it

Little Match Stick Girl? Dam! Bill can reference just about anything. I'm Bill's age and remember watching that movie in 3rd grade at the Catholic school I went to. I think it was produced by the same people who made Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

You are so lucky Ron if ur gov and u live in a free state 💪🇱🇷

Going 70 in a 45, one handing a manual, while filming - lol, you are definitely in Florida 🌴😆

My 2001 NB SE is my commuter car, gets me through 20 minutes of farmland backroads. Driving home everyday from work is one of my favorite things in the world.

I was impressed with the condition of the top and the interior leather, especially the outside bolster of the driver's seat. Then I saw the engine bay. Wow! That is one clean Miata. My 02 LS engine bay is clean but it looks grungy by comparison with oxidation on some of the brackets. But mine has 36,000 miles on it and lived in Delaware for much of its life.

Looks so nice bro

Woah..now we’re talking. I have an 06 MX5 Grand touring. Bought it in 2014 with 14,200 miles on it . If you look in a dictionary for the word fun. There is my car pictured.

We drive - what you call - a ND from new from 2019. We drive it every day and LOVE it. Quite a contrast to my Continental Mark IV. 🧐 Golf clubs in the trunk of a MX-5? Come on 🤣 You have to limit yourself, when you grocery shopping. To our taste the one you review is pimped too much with skirts. Complaints: Even the smallest door pockets would be nice, instead of using the door handle for i.e. my phone. Turn signal indicater is too easy to ignore visually with the top down, as you cannot hear it anyway. LOVE that you can put the top up or down in a split second whilst the traffic light is red.

How's it been going Bill is the weather shìtty enough or not enough.

love ur videos man haha

Bill, I absolutely love the MX5 and I'm determined to own one day, but I actually don't like the body kit on that car (personal opinion). What the British missed out on when they 'owned' that particular market segment!

1st again! And what a legend of a car. My 2004 MazdaSpeed MX-5 is happy to see the finest RU-vidr do an NB Miata. 👍🥃🥴

" Garage Queen ". I've never heard that one prior yet it certainly perfectly befits an ill used vehicle. Thanks as always Bill for the reprieve from what is the bat shit crazy state of affairs. Best

Had an NB and NC. Each is special in their own way. Loved the look of the hood from the driver's seat. Always reminded me of a jaguar. Agree with others that the car is better looking without the body moldings. The formula was simple, copy an british open top sports car then put a good rear suspension, don't let the top leak and most importantly make it reliable.

I'm going on my 3rd year with my NB. Which I thought was the most pristine NB until I saw this video. (From Canada)

👍thanks from sweden 🇸🇪

Bill get a go pro. I have anxiety about the on handed thing.

Bill, you rock! GOAT

My sister (24 at the time) bought the first Miata in our home town back when they came out for 1990. It was basic red with no options and a stick shift. Even though it had 116 horse it was a blast to drive in every sense of the word. So nimble and a shifter direct from God. This is literally the best executed car for what it’s meant to be. Light, nimble and the modest limits made it possible to drive a car at 10-10ths without prison time. By the way this opinion is coming from a guy who has owed endless classic muscle cars and new Z06’s, M5’s etc. The problem with Miata is that they made each update less attractive, fatter and less true to its mission than the previous one. This in between year model isn’t as bad as the newer ones but the aero package on this one is f***ing hideous. Same for the oversized wheels.

Once again bill you're on the Mark. I had Hey 1990MX5In 1997With 26,000 original miles I bought it from a dentist. I was a 130 plumber I ain't got a lot of crap For it. It was white With a black Top . Hand creek windows Pop up headlights Cloth interior. It was quick nimble And you can wind it out. But I loved it Thanks for the memories

"Long hard day at the Camp" whoa 😂😂😂

Ive said it since I was a kid, the 2nd miata is a mini viper and the fd rx7 is a japanese c5 corvette.

I love my NB!

The great thing about the Miata, no matter the year - its always in style… and damn it I want a ‘Bill’ t-shirt…

I remember watching the bidding wars at the Mazda dealership next door while I was selling Nissans.... :-/

I LOVE my 5K-mile '19 GT-S!

Dammit - wish I had known about this car earlier. I would have DEFINITELY paid more than what it sold for! Oh well, my bad. Another great vid Bill, save the inability to mention your wonderful Canadian neighbors this time (that's me ....lol)

Very nice car, great video too! It has the same interior color scheme as my 2008 Mazda 3 and I like it! But I'd much prefer to have one with the Mazda 3 2.0L engine than the ancient 1.8L. I had a 99 Protegé in the past with the 1.8L and it didn't had great fuel economy.

One time a few years ago I was out for a drive in my NA, just after sunset top down going about 25-30mph when a house sparrow swooped left to right in front of me as I drove, and went low enough that he got clipped by my passenger side popup headlight. I watched his dead little body fly over my head and land in traffic about 15 feet behind me, and I remember it like it happened today.

What a great car and showing. Damn, I wish I wasn't 6'6" after watching this. I have sat in the passenger side in one, and it wasn't pretty. I would really have a hard time driving the stick shift.

Hysterical, my aunt (who Is a hairdresser) is on her third miata.

Thanks for great video. I am watch guy and couldn’t help noticing your watch. Is ii a Speedmaster?

perfect cars for the 40 to 70 mph drive on the back road .. not going to go 150 mph , just great side road drivers .. I have cars of all kinds , just got a new plaid s .. that's a lot of fun lol :) :)

Finally this car was at Southcoast Classic auction and did not sell. Highest bid was 16.500$ 🥴

"...you'd think that someone on this road liked venison..."

Back in the 90s, a friend of mine left his 1st gen Miata with me when he and his wife went on vacation. Of course I knew that (and joked to him) that since I'm very very tall, it's physically impossible for me to get behind the wheel much less take it anywhere. I joked that if my house caught fire, I'd have to push the car away.

Robert sounds like my friend Steve...great guy if he likes you. If not? Game On!

Wife bought a 2016 MX5 softtop this past summer with 36k on it. I swear, I am about ready to trade my '89 Corvette six speed for a Miata lol

Nice car... I have been thinking about one of these... You forgot to mention it " only has room for single Canadian " ...who can actually remove his or her mask at this time.... Great vid...

Im amazed that you didnt mention the s2000 when talking about cars like the miata.

I love when you talk about Penelope shit sorry Robert. Ha well done again Bill you gave me a laugh mate