Came here to say this as well. Would love to see Misha build a Miata. The NB's are probably a better platform to build on (but share all the same fundamental components) and are cheaper.
Yes! Since the RingTracktor is dead, would a MX-5 be a RingLawnmower? RingMower? No pun intended - not referring to the visit on the grass. Just the small footprint!
never drove one, but in principle looks like a good option: great chassis, good tunability stock, feedback, low weight, low CG, good balance 50:50, low running costs, reliability, plenty of aftermarket options. valid for all from. na to nd. nb seems the most interesting to me
@@mgcharoudin Are you also interested in laps with cars you already have driven? I would love to have you lap my NA Miata, but it would be basically this one except more stock...
Shoutout to my fellow Dutchie for lending his car to Misha! I laughed so hard when he needed to open the door because the window is broken 😂 Got the same issue! Miatalife I guess! Nice car man!
"The MX-5 Miata is a symbol of Mazda’s car-making philosophy, “Jinba Ittai,” which means horse and rider as one and expresses the type of fun-to-drive roadster engineers have intended to build since day one of the vehicle’s inception." This (probably) is the reason why all the miata (mx-5) give the driver the feelings you were trying to describe! Great car! Great lap! 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
"If you cant go fast with 90hp, 900ph aint gonna help ya" - Bob Hall, "Father of the Miata" Would LOVE to see a build story for a Miata! Ive owned 3 in my lifetime in the States and would love to get another since I moved to Finland, but the prices for "classics" late 80s-90s Japanese sports are getting quite high. And to think they called us Ricers back then,lol.
As a subscriber I am thrilled to see you drive “my” Miata. Mine will be 33 years old next week, still great fun and totally dependable. Happy holidays and thanks! Iggy in Oregon.
Nice! As a 1.6 nbfl driver, I like to keep the revs between 5 and 7 k and never go below 4 k. Now I'm doing a complete engine rebuild. And that in the German winter! But, no pain, no gain! 😂💪 The ZoomZoom must be ready for the 2023 season!
For me as a terrible co-driver it interesting to see someone being so calm about it. I´d be screaming and yelling at you like my grandma always does at me^^ Btw Mazda MX5 is an absolute delight to drive when well maintained
I was driving the black Golf you were behind at the end of the lap. I remember saying to my mate “im sure thats Misha behind” its a shame we didnt meet earlier on in the lap 👍🏼 next time
I really like these laps Misha! You see in the slower cars like the Miata or the Peugeot rallye that you drove that momentum is so much more important than in the faster cars. As an ex BRZ owner I really love these cars. Not crazy amount of power but great handling. Thanks for sharing this great fun lap!
Everyone should own a MX5 at least once, I've owned a few & still have 2, one for each of my homes, both slightly modified & just great fun, enough power to enjoy, not enough to get into trouble, Rj in Oz
Big huge love for this video. The thing that really caught me off was how open and exposed you look in the car. I have NA (with an NB motor) and am, as I write this, on a 3 day road rally with it. The camera angle kind of reminds me of my own mortality :)
People calling this little car very slow is underrated honestly. Ok , the acceleration might not be like a turbo engine or whatever, but it still reaches amazing speeds for such a small engine car !
Nice lap. Gotta love the MX 5. Such a legendary car. So versatile. Good drifters too.That off is not considered as a off. It was less than 2 seconds. Take care ✌
Woot!!! Miata content! Happy driver, happy passenger, happy car. Everybody wins! Wish I could let you try my ND2! On a related note, imagine the taxi a turbo-ed ND would make? 😁
NA Miata is a great car, had a 97 with 260,000 miles on it when I sold it. Still have a 2002 NB SE with a FM turbo kit and coil overs. Best fun for dollar and parts are cheap!
misha you should totally get one they are still cheap for what incredible cars the yare, so amazingly balanced and beautiful feedback through the steering, double wishbone suspension all around, incredible shift. everything you want in a sports car! new ring tractor? :D
You should try a lap with a turbo'd NA or NB, same handling but with double the power. Even with todays Mx5 prices and mods you get so much for the money :)
There is a guy who lives near my mother, and he's taken one of these and engine swapped a Vauxhall VXR8, which is essentially a rebadged Holden HSV E3 GTS. So it's an MX-5 with 576hp. It looks terrifying turning into his street, you would die on the Nordschleife even with Misha driving 🤯😎🤘🏻.
EXCELLENT Video !!! Love it a lot, how you set all the cameras and showing us all details. Great stuff. I'm a HONDA guy, all the way, but one of these.... I would totally enjoy it a LOT!
What a fantastic car, great job owner and a nice dude ... Another fantastic video Misha ma man, I love the video angles and the arrangement of the cams. If I may add one suggestion it would be to add a shift cam also, that would have been so awesome to see your downshifts alongside the heal to toe in this ride ... You are truly an inspiration... I am so tempted to get me NB or NA Miata in Finland but this will NOT be easy to drive on the ice 😂😂
reviuild and mk1 and this a great video to show my son who is pushing for a supercharger upgrade lrean to drive the prean to handle more power is a great lesson
true story about the MX 5, it was in 1989 I was on the highway with my golf GTI 1600 always got on the foot on the floor🥲 and just before Paris porte de la Chapelle, brutal slowdown because a brand new Mazda MX5 Miata had fallen from a delivery truck, it was on the upside down on the doors‼️‼️ on the first line at right.
Great great driving there. What a purist car i love it. I personally also only invest in handling upgrades, brakes tires etc. for now bc. I know the car can still out drive me as is. But glad to learn it right before stepping up. This was a great motivation. As usual
Misha, Miata is always the answer. Lol. Lots of guys with big crazy fast cars have one of these in the garage too for a reason. I’m looking at an NB2 1.8 or NC for next year because they’re so cheap and just as good.
There are so many fun swaps you can do with a Miata. If memory serves me correctly there are or at least used to be some kits available for V6 and V8 swaps and there was one Miata named Balto, built by evil genius racing. It had a 100hp snow machine engine and it raced at the 24 hour of Lemons.
To be honest, that looks more fun than going full speed with a GT3 or BMW. Top down, flow driving, not to much speed that it gets dangerous on straights etc.
Best car as for fun factor driving experience at very reasonable prices......why go 300 kmh when doing 160 or 180 gives you even more "speed" feeling....and going "flat out" through some corners is fun too....just like a caterham S7.....
A MX-5 would be a great car for you, Misha! If I were you and getting one I would find one with a blown or damaged engine (but still nice trans) and swap a more powerful (but not something that will unbalance the car) engine like the V6 out of the MX-6, a Honda K-series, heck you could even turbo or supercharge the stock engine. However, I must admit I am holding out hope you will start work on the E39 M5 (unless you sold it, I don’t remember)…I’m sure Sreten would be excited to get started on it! Cheers! 🖖😎👍
It looks like the car is low on oil. The oil pressure drops below 2 Bar every time under hard breaking which is common for this engine when it's low on oil and can get pretty dangerous.
Low power cars seems to always be more fun than high power cars. Extracting every bit of performance out of a small machine is the most fun you can have in a car. Slow Car Fast > Fast Car Slow.
Thanks for doing the lap misha! 🔥🏁
Clean Miata bruh!
Looks very fun,very capable car in the corners just shows u don't need massive power to enjoy yourself on the ring.thanks for sharing Ur car with us
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@@fredmazzerjr 💪🔥
Gave MX man!
DO IT!!! BUY ONE!!! A series would be awesome! The journey from stock, to modded!
That would be so sick if he did that. So many aftermarket support for thoes too. Such a fun car to drive
Came here to say this as well. Would love to see Misha build a Miata. The NB's are probably a better platform to build on (but share all the same fundamental components) and are cheaper.
Yes! Since the RingTracktor is dead, would a MX-5 be a RingLawnmower? RingMower?
No pun intended - not referring to the visit on the grass. Just the small footprint!
Nice engine Sound!
To me, something like this is far more interesting than some 400+ hp car with all the bells and whistles.
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my thought to...MX5 is one of the best small sports cars ever in the old british sports car tradition....
These MX-5's are living proof you don't need power to have fun
Fun stop’s quick when they go upside down. ( from experience)
@@whatthe6532 That's why the first thing you do to an MX5 is stick a roll bar in it.
@@whatthe6532 How does it happen that the car rolls over? Is the suspension to soft?
@@matthewmud2030I the windshield/whatever the pillar’s called collapses you’d definitely be safer with a roll-bar than without one
@@matthewmud2030 Totally agree on that. Outside of roll-overs it just helps making the chassis a little stiffer
As a ND 1.5l owner i only can say "Miata Is Always The Answer"
Miata is the way!
Miata is religion!
My dad has one. The low end torque on that 1.5 is absolutely mind boggling. Awesome balance in the suspension too!
never drove one, but in principle looks like a good option: great chassis, good tunability stock, feedback, low weight, low CG, good balance 50:50, low running costs, reliability, plenty of aftermarket options.
valid for all from. na to nd. nb seems the most interesting to me
@@Bassalicious is it better fun than 2.0?
Finally an MX-5! Appreciate these kinds of car since most of us viewers can relate.
More Miatas please.
YES
@@mgcharoudin If you're interested in a lap with my MX-5 turbo... Let me know (ps don't floor this one all the time 😅 ) Greeted
@belgianpetrolhead6224 sure!
@@mgcharoudin I let you know when I'll be at the ring next year!
@@mgcharoudin Are you also interested in laps with cars you already have driven? I would love to have you lap my NA Miata, but it would be basically this one except more stock...
Hahaha a little close. 😂 But hey , no damage = a win.
Shoutout to my fellow Dutchie for lending his car to Misha! I laughed so hard when he needed to open the door because the window is broken 😂 Got the same issue! Miatalife I guess! Nice car man!
Haha, my windows work but you kind of have to help them 😂
😂😂😂
"The MX-5 Miata is a symbol of Mazda’s car-making philosophy, “Jinba Ittai,” which means horse and rider as one and expresses the type of fun-to-drive roadster engineers have intended to build since day one of the vehicle’s inception."
This (probably) is the reason why all the miata (mx-5) give the driver the feelings you were trying to describe!
Great car! Great lap!
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This reminds me of starting a new career in old nfs underground... So slow, yet so much fun!
This comment brings me back so many memories of playing nfs underground 2 with my mom, thanks hahah
i have a 2.4l ecotec swapped miata 1997. i love it. roughly 190hp its a blast
Finally a Mx5. I´ve been waiting a lot for this moment. Nice!
"If you cant go fast with 90hp, 900ph aint gonna help ya" - Bob Hall, "Father of the Miata"
Would LOVE to see a build story for a Miata! Ive owned 3 in my lifetime in the States and would love to get another since I moved to Finland, but the prices for "classics" late 80s-90s Japanese sports are getting quite high. And to think they called us Ricers back then,lol.
As a subscriber I am thrilled to see you drive “my” Miata. Mine will be 33 years old next week, still great fun and totally dependable. Happy holidays and thanks! Iggy in Oregon.
Nicely done lap, very chilled-out co-driver, too 🙂
Nice! As a 1.6 nbfl driver, I like to keep the revs between 5 and 7 k and never go below 4 k. Now I'm doing a complete engine rebuild. And that in the German winter! But, no pain, no gain! 😂💪
The ZoomZoom must be ready for the 2023 season!
If a Miata was available for rent at Nordschleife, that would be my choice for the first few laps around the track. Fun video - thanks! 🙂
But steering on the left 😂
For me as a terrible co-driver it interesting to see someone being so calm about it. I´d be screaming and yelling at you like my grandma always does at me^^ Btw Mazda MX5 is an absolute delight to drive when well maintained
It's always fun.
I was driving the black Golf you were behind at the end of the lap. I remember saying to my mate “im sure thats Misha behind” its a shame we didnt meet earlier on in the lap 👍🏼 next time
I really like these laps Misha! You see in the slower cars like the Miata or the Peugeot rallye that you drove that momentum is so much more important than in the faster cars. As an ex BRZ owner I really love these cars. Not crazy amount of power but great handling. Thanks for sharing this great fun lap!
Everyone should own a MX5 at least once, I've owned a few & still have 2, one for each of my homes, both slightly modified & just great fun, enough power to enjoy, not enough to get into trouble, Rj in Oz
That looked like a super fun lap! Car also seemed well sorted and looked like a joy to drive
Big huge love for this video. The thing that really caught me off was how open and exposed you look in the car. I have NA (with an NB motor) and am, as I write this, on a 3 day road rally with it. The camera angle kind of reminds me of my own mortality :)
Love the 911/M car videos but as a shitbox owner the 106/mx5 videos are so much more relatable! What a perfect day for a roof down lap.
Finally a mx5 video! Wish the whole time to see Misha in one! Awesome vid
People calling this little car very slow is underrated honestly. Ok , the acceleration might not be like a turbo engine or whatever, but it still reaches amazing speeds for such a small engine car !
Had a 2003 nb 1.8 vvt , sold it, and I regret it until now. Unbeatable bang for the buck. Pure driving experience.
Nice lap. Gotta love the MX 5. Such a legendary car. So versatile. Good drifters too.That off is not considered as a off. It was less than 2 seconds. Take care ✌
Woot!!! Miata content! Happy driver, happy passenger, happy car. Everybody wins! Wish I could let you try my ND2! On a related note, imagine the taxi a turbo-ed ND would make? 😁
NA Miata is a great car, had a 97 with 260,000 miles on it when I sold it. Still have a 2002 NB SE with a FM turbo kit and coil overs. Best fun for dollar and parts are cheap!
So good. I hope you do buy one. Also early NB is a great base too, almost same weight.
So happy to see a mx5 video. Great track tools, and the most raced car in the world apparently!
misha you should totally get one they are still cheap for what incredible cars the yare, so amazingly balanced and beautiful feedback through the steering, double wishbone suspension all around, incredible shift. everything you want in a sports car!
new ring tractor? :D
Later NAs did have ABS, and the 1.8 engine is also available in the NAs for a little more poke
The first ABS aren't so good... For example, Mazda 323 BJ models with ABS ( 1999-2001 ) have the same problem than Miata NA.
Special editions in the early '90s (talking at least '91) had ABS as well
I like the pedal placement, very ergonomic when downshifting and braking.
As a multiple MGF owner (incl. cup car), I must hate this …
Jokes aside, great fun and good to see this going around the Ring. Have Fun !
Love the pedal cam. More of that please. Cos it would be interesting to see how you manage badly spaced pedals
This looked amazingly fun! Sounded great too
As a ND Owner, I appreciate this video 🙂🙂
Nice camerawerk. Specially in the footwell but the combinatie of 4 camera's does the trick 💪. Mx5 forever!
You should try a lap with a turbo'd NA or NB, same handling but with double the power. Even with todays Mx5 prices and mods you get so much for the money :)
Amazing lap with an amazing car!!! I love the MX5's even they aren't very fast. A car for beginners like a perfect school car. Thank you for the lap
Thanks 👌
There is a guy who lives near my mother, and he's taken one of these and engine swapped a Vauxhall VXR8, which is essentially a rebadged Holden HSV E3 GTS. So it's an MX-5 with 576hp. It looks terrifying turning into his street, you would die on the Nordschleife even with Misha driving 🤯😎🤘🏻.
lovely car, relaxed vibes.. and some brown pants, lovely vid!
Miaataa
EXCELLENT Video !!! Love it a lot, how you set all the cameras and showing us all details. Great stuff. I'm a HONDA guy, all the way, but one of these.... I would totally enjoy it a LOT!
every mistake is a learning oppertunity. so happy to see you give thoughtfull insight and explanation
id love to see an FTO GPXr come one day! surely some one has one over there hiding away :P awesome vid fantastic car!
What a fantastic car, great job owner and a nice dude ... Another fantastic video Misha ma man, I love the video angles and the arrangement of the cams. If I may add one suggestion it would be to add a shift cam also, that would have been so awesome to see your downshifts alongside the heal to toe in this ride ... You are truly an inspiration... I am so tempted to get me NB or NA Miata in Finland but this will NOT be easy to drive on the ice 😂😂
reviuild and mk1 and this a great video to show my son who is pushing for a supercharger upgrade lrean to drive the prean to handle more power is a great lesson
this video proves that the Miata indeed offers the most smiles (giggles in Misha's case )per mile.
good that theres some extra asphalt (for the left front wheel to utilize)
true story about the MX 5, it was in 1989 I was on the highway with my golf GTI 1600 always got on the foot on the floor🥲 and just before Paris porte de la Chapelle, brutal slowdown because a brand new Mazda MX5 Miata had fallen from a delivery truck, it was on the upside down on the doors‼️‼️ on the first line at right.
That looked enjoyable 👍👌
I wish I could fit in this car. 😢
I got an 106 rallye instead..
Try my light-modified NB2 with 1.8vvt next year, I would love to hear your opinion!
Yes pls!
When i see the combination MX5 NA + Misha is a good for me
Great great driving there. What a purist car i love it. I personally also only invest in handling upgrades, brakes tires etc. for now bc. I know the car can still out drive me as is. But glad to learn it right before stepping up. This was a great motivation. As usual
Great little car and looked like fun. Love the split screen setup on the lap and how you edited it like that. Greg 🇬🇧🚘🏁
It is very important in cars without ABS to choose the best tire.
I love my Mx-5 too. Got an 03 NB. Not a cool as the NA but cheaper and has ABS.
He said "We need to remember it" and he needed it That's hilarious.
Misha you need to find a soft top NC Club Miata 2.0L to drive. That engine is magical.
The later year ones I think 2013-2015 have a nearly 8000 rpm redline
Misha, Miata is always the answer. Lol.
Lots of guys with big crazy fast cars have one of these in the garage too for a reason.
I’m looking at an NB2 1.8 or NC for next year because they’re so cheap and just as good.
There are so many fun swaps you can do with a Miata. If memory serves me correctly there are or at least used to be some kits available for V6 and V8 swaps and there was one Miata named Balto, built by evil genius racing. It had a 100hp snow machine engine and it raced at the 24 hour of Lemons.
I thought Misha'd enjoy a MX-5, but I didn't think he'd love it this much, nice to see.
Well now I want one even more than I already did.
Looks like it needs just 40 more horses for the hills - looks so much fun!
That was too close for comfort. Glad you kept it together. You definitely need a project track car of your own. One of these is a pretty good shout.
To be honest, that looks more fun than going full speed with a GT3 or BMW. Top down, flow driving, not to much speed that it gets dangerous on straights etc.
I remember car magazines writing that the best Italian roadster is being built by the Japanese. To the day they are right.
Best car as for fun factor driving experience at very reasonable prices......why go 300 kmh when doing 160 or 180 gives you even more "speed" feeling....and going "flat out" through some corners is fun too....just like a caterham S7.....
Awwww... I miss my old MX-5 NA!
Ive been waiting for some miata reviews! I am currently on my 5th Miata! They really are great!
A MX-5 would be a great car for you, Misha! If I were you and getting one I would find one with a blown or damaged engine (but still nice trans) and swap a more powerful (but not something that will unbalance the car) engine like the V6 out of the MX-6, a Honda K-series, heck you could even turbo or supercharge the stock engine.
However, I must admit I am holding out hope you will start work on the E39 M5 (unless you sold it, I don’t remember)…I’m sure Sreten would be excited to get started on it!
Cheers! 🖖😎👍
Me and my son taking our mx5 next week can’t wait
my na6 is so much more unstable over 110kph, I need to get that looked at xD
I missed my nb miata... I crashed mine last month. I'll come back to it once I get myself a house
It looks like the car is low on oil. The oil pressure drops below 2 Bar every time under hard breaking which is common for this engine when it's low on oil and can get pretty dangerous.
What's the oil correct pressure for this model car ?.
I miss my old Miata NA. Fun car.
Miata is always the answer! Can't wait for more videos with japanese cars.
Low power cars seems to always be more fun than high power cars. Extracting every bit of performance out of a small machine is the most fun you can have in a car. Slow Car Fast > Fast Car Slow.
The MX-5 hosts confirms that it's more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow!
power to weight is not bad, the power to air drag factor ( CdA )is terribly low. otherwise it’s a very nice car for low speed tracks and street.
This is the first time I watched a Misha lap and wondered what the trees smell like on the ring.
I'd love to bring my Turbo NB (mk2) over! Shes running 243hp, ME221 ECU, HSD Monopro Suspension, LSD, Wilwood 4 pot brakes etc.
Never seen for long time ago Mazda MX 3 V6.Even as a project car.And nissan 100NX too.Wish to see them on a track
I’ve owned a few Miata’s and still own a boosted one. They are such fun cars, I’d love if you got one Misha! Loved the video!
Impressive drive although a bit close to the wall 🥶😎👍
Great video but I did not like the 3 cameras. Pedal camera maybe a small window and using the extra room for the bottom camera looking at the road?
Having recently totaled my car, this one was very nerve racking to watch
Definitely agree with more MX5 content
I personally have a NA miata too but idk mine stock seems faster idk 😭 I went 215kmh with it once…that one is struggling to reach 180
Nice to see something else and thanks for sharing despite the little mistake!
Great lesson how easy it is to misjudge non-abs vehicles when accustomed to abs standard fitment vehicles.
A lot of race cars have not A.B.S ( race regulations ). Besides, the first A.B.S are very bad...
Love MX-5's, should've brought a 1st gen before they skyrocketed lol.....hmmm....12A Bridgeport, 3 rotor, or go blasphemous and drop in a K20 😅
Ooh I mis my NA :( best car I ever had.
I love my NA!
Great handler - same colour as my old Eunos Roadster from 15 years ago. 👌
what a great drive , so much fun!