Miata vs 370Z

Inspector71

It is common for drivers of Mustangs, Camaros, and Challengers to come up next to me and try to get me to race. They seemed to have confused a muscle car with a sports car or not know the difference. I remember when the Miata first came out. It was considered the Japanese version of the British sports cars only, reliable, easy to maintain and fun to drive. The Rx7 I had at the time had more power but flinging the Miata through corners, especially on mountain roads was a blast and that was what it was designed to do. As to automatic versus stick, I've had both and prefer the a manual gearbox. It is not that one is better than the other, the auto is faster off the line for me, but that the auto is kind of boring. With a manual gearbox I am more part of the driving experience using the transmission to control the car along with the brakes through corners and so forth.