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I had a fully sorted out (with basic bolt-ons) NC Miata in my younger days, and I miss it dearly everyday. A couple weeks ago when I was at the autox, it was blatantly obvious that my current sports car, despite it being much better on paper in every possible way than the Miata was -- it was a far lesser autox car, and probably less of a motorsports car as well enough though it'd almost certainly be faster at the track. Don't get me wrong, I love what I have now, but it was a totally different visceral feeling with the Miata, esp with the top down.
At the time when I sold the Miata, it was something just that "made sense" -- I was dealing with some health issues at the time, and couldn't really drive the car for any meaningful amount of time at all. There was also no telling how soon I would be able to make a full recovery (if ever) that would allow me to drive the car again, so it was the "correct" decision to make at the time.
I have since made a good enough recovery to a point where I think I should be able to meaningfully drive my old Miata again, but of course she is no longer with me. In hindsight, if I hadn't sold the car, and knew that I would make the recovery that I did, I probably would have kept it, and continue to keep the car.
The only time I am able to enjoy a bit of my old youth again is to sacrifice sleep and either go out for a cruise late at night, or wake up super insanely early for a Saturday/Sunday morning drive, and come home by the time the wife and the kids finish breakfast.
But that's how it's gonna be in the near and medium future. By the time the kids hit their mid teens (or maybe even earlier), I wouldn't be able to get them to spend time with me even if I want to. And then I'd be able to go back to doing the car things that I did in my younger days LOL~
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