Many people have told me so.
Actually, most of it was done by the PO. It is fun, but I often wonder what I am doing driving a near-race car on the street. It is very rare that I am using all of the power even at 10 psi. She also wants premium gas and synthetic oil, plus bigger tires. She is a more demanding mistress than the last one. Curb-surfing on $1400.00 rims also makes me nervous.
I modified my last miata to the way that I wanted it, though I did want forced induction of some sort. I don't like the color of this one or the fact that you can't use a glass window top or a hardtop on it. I could always swap the rollbar.
A/C has been a big factor as well, this should not be a primary daily driver in Texas, but up north it will obviously be better.
Anyway, I bought this one because he was forced to sell it for a very low amount of money because of a sudden overseas job offer, right after dumping an absurd amount of money and time into it. He started at $9500.00 and came way down as the departure deadline approached.
His plan was to turn it into a full racer with the dash removed, racing seats, etc. It was obviously not his only vehicle. I guess that he was not planning on any mandatory-hardtop racing with the rollbar that he chose.
Pat