Bill's 2013 Miata (MX-5) PRHT GT
Purchased: July 2, 2021
Although I purchased this car 15 months before posting this webpage, I've only just gotten around to taking pictures and creating a web page. This car is my 6th Miata, in order here's a brief history of these cars:
1. 1990
"A" package
Once I learned more about the PRHT, I decided to purchase one. The only requirements were that the
car: It should be noted that I did find "almost" the exact car I wanted locally, but the exception to my list was that it had an automatic transmission. I drove it and found that it was "sluggish" compared to my previous stick shift cars, so this was the last time I would ever consider an automatic! I knew I'd never be able to find exactly what I wanted locally, so I spent a long time studying nationwide ads in cargurus.com and autotrader.com. Ultimately in CarGurus I found what looked like the perfect car for me at a dealership in Bryan, Texas (988 miles from our home in Tucson, AZ). After discussing the details with the salesman, I gave the dealership my credit card information as deposit and flew out the next day to look at the car. It was beautiful, so I closed the deal and the day after began an enjoyable 2-day drive west in my new toy. It should be noted that when I purchased the car it had only 11,129 miles on the odometer, which I believe was unusually low for any 9-year old car! Of course I immediately added another 1,000 miles to that total! :) Since buying the car I've made 3 significant
modifications: I recently mentioned to my local Mazda salesman that if they ever offered a new PRHT Miata (not an RF), I'd buy it. If not, this should be my last Miata! :) I also checked Google to see if there was another sports car which offered a fully removable power hardtop. I found only one current model ~ the Ferrari California which lists new from $325K and up, too rich my "beer budget"! A few older Mercedes also offered a PRHT, but these are no longer manufactured. But, both the Ferrari and the Mercedes PRHT cars had back seats, which IMHO means that these aren't really "sports cars". |
The following pictures were taken
during during October and November, 2022 . . . click on picture to enlarge.
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