I live in the cattle pastures. Really. The area is prone to flooding as the Snoqualamie River spills over its banks, cleaning the farms, permeating the air with the Eau de Dairy. This has little to do with my point other than it is the place where the RX-7 and 280Z's go to die.

The thing about sports cars, especially convertible sports cars, is that you have to make a tremendous committment decision when making the inital purchase. You have to decide if you are going to have this car for the short term (3-5 years) or the long term (20-30 years). There is nothing inbeween. Either way you are committing to serious cash outlay.

A functional car can be written off as functional, even when style moves on. A sports car, however, unless vintage, is either new or crap. Thats it. And the less you spend initially, the sooner it needs to be replaced. The Miata (and I could be wrong on this but you be the judge), the poor man's daughters first car, has a 3-5 year shelf life max. Beyond that, it looks like the car your daddy bought you when you were in high school. Sell the car and lose the perm.

The problem is that it looks like you are hanging on to the dream Uncle Rico. You were cool when you bought it but when the cooler car came out, you lost all stock in Coolness Inc. And when 3,4,5 sometimes 15 new versions have come out and you are still driving the 89 Plymouth Laser (turbocharged)... I'm sorry. Its time to hang it up.

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