Where are you and your Miata?

'99 Black and Tan 120k Indianapolis Indiana

Steve

After further review (reply posts), .......... drum roll please ...........TX scores 4 (actually this was a p.m. and from my own sweet city of Sugar Land). But, not to be out done, one of those easterners had to jump up to 4 also, PA, tied with TX for the moment.

Later, signing off for now, Chris

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Pretty country! That's another one on my list to visit.

My Miata can actually be seen (!) at 40 38'23.19"N, 75 24'8.74"W in Google Earth.

I think it's the '90 though, not the '04 I have now. And it appears to be top down as well!

Iva & Vixen

2004 Classic Red No more winkin' Miata

Nah. IT department at W.S. Badcock.

There's another one in town though, same color. I see it around every now and then.

Russ and his 'Fancy' (Emerald Mica Green '04), Albuquerque, NM, USA

You might be. Haven't ever seen two Miatae in a driveway, though -- two original GT-40s, yes, but not two Miatae. 8;)

Might even have bumped into you at an MWCSCC autocross or a Miata day at Summit Point. Who knows? 8;)

We're over by Braddock Road Metro station, on the edge of Old Town. License plate is SNGL MLT, but it doesn't spend much time on the road. Going to turn 40K original miles this weekend -- pretty low for a '95, I guess.

-- Larry

I think it might go both ways; Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland will all be states of the EU, but the UK might cease to be!

Ah well...

R.

Harry and MaXin5 (that's Maxine with a silent 5), Carlux, Dordogne, France.

1999 MX5 1.8s Roadster Brighton, UK

I've got an email buddy in Perth with one... he isn't on this group tho.

miker

Well I guess I better get New Hampshire on the list.

Gordon Bennett - just been a lurker so far Alton, NH USofA

2000 White 5 speed

Tell him what we're doing and maybe he'll jump in and even become a regular. That would be cool.

Chris

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1st from France! Harry, which is the city / town? And is that a state / Province? Help!

Thanks for jumping in, Chris

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You're no longer a lurker now Gordon. Your message here is traveling into homes in (per the current tally) 22 states and 5 countries (incl'g ours). I think that's pretty cool.

Thanks, Chris

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Well like the saying goes there is no avoiding death or taxes :-)

The cheap dollar does make importing more interesting but it does not change the overall picture much.

If you import a 2nd hand car to Denmark as rule of you will have to pay

65% of what the normal price a car like it would bring. So the math for importing a US car looks something like this:

1999 Miata $9000 (seems to be the typical price) Shipping $2000 (Maybe a little cheaper or little more expensive) Car tax $21700 (A rough estimate)

------------------------------------- Total $32700

It may be that it can be done a little cheaper but all in all the difference is not big enough.

There may however be more than just saving some $ which makes importing a US car to Europe interesting. There is the whole "No rust in California cars" but that is not so much an argument with the Miata since many people over here put the car in storage in the winter and only really run the car when the sun is shining.

A more exciting argument and one that has me considering actually doing it someday is that the Mazdaspeed version is not sold in Europe. I know some guy in Norway has one but that's he only Mazdaspeed Miata I know of over here so it could be fun to get one. However it may not be trivial to get the car on the road since a EU approval is not likely to exist. And what the car tax will be is a big guess but if I can find the money I may try for it some day.

Kind regards Bruno

Thank you very much. I'm yet to meet anyone from the US not enjoying a visit over here so I think I can promise you will like it also :-)

:-) Thank you for the look. Seems like a nice place.

The whole Google Earth concept still amazes me. I use for all sorts of things - like for example if I have a meeting somewhere I check out the site up front so I get an idea of the place and know if parking is a problem or not.

Kind regards Bruno

An interesting read, Bruno. I think the UN always ranks Denmark as one of the best countries in the world to live, so it may be unfair to pass judgment on the tax situation.

I have a 2004 Mazdaspeed MX5. I bought it last summer with 24,000 km on it for $15,000 US. Miatas are very common here and most Americans (not in this group!) prefer larger vehicles with automatic transmissions. But for me, 15 thousand was very little money for something that was close to new and so much fun to drive.

Very nice idea but, yes, I see the problems with it.

Thanks, Chris

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Grove City, Pa

2006 True Red MX5