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Sunday Sundown

Sunday, August 16, 2020

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#revchallenge

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

My pictures for a photo challenge announced on Instagram by my favorite Miata custom product guy Adam at revlimiter.net. It started on Monday June 8th and ran for the next 30 days, ending on July 7th. All the pictures, except about 4 of them were taken on the actual numbered day. I only missed one day, #15: Pride – I had a perfect idea for this one, but whenever we went there to take a picture there was a car in the spot we needed…

Day 00 - Rev Challenge List
A photo challenge announced on Instagram by my favorite Miata customer product guy Adam at revlimiter.net.
Day 01 - Reflection #1
From 18 years ago, our '95 next to freshly repainted flag mural in Aiken, SC. (6/8/20)
Day 01 - Reflection #2
From 18 years ago, our '95 next to freshly repainted flag mural in Aiken, SC. (6/8/20)
Day 02 - Interior #1
I was going to use the second photo from April 2005 of my '03 until I was corrected as to the spirit of the #revchallenge yesterday. (6/9/20)
Day 02 - Interior #2
I was going to use the second photo from April 2005 of my '03 until I was corrected as to the spirit of the #revchallenge yesterday. (6/9/20)
Day 03 - Sunset
Sunset in the age of #covid19 & #alonetogether. (6/10/20)
Day 04 - Wheels #1
Oil Change Day. While it drains, I rotate the tires that are mounted on my WHEELS. While they were off I succumbed to luxury car anal retentiveness and lined up the center cap logos with the valve stem [Caution: photo two contains a blatant suck up in case the challenge originator decides to award prizes...] (6/11/20)
Day 04 - Wheels #2
Oil Change Day. While it drains, I rotate the tires that are mounted on my WHEELS. While they were off I succumbed to luxury car anal retentiveness and lined up the center cap logos with the valve stem [Caution: photo two contains a blatant suck up in case the challenge originator decides to award prizes...] (6/11/20)
Day 05 - Passenger
99 and 44/100% of the time I am in the driver's seat, today I am playing PASSENGER and taking a selfie with two hands, so I won't drop the phone from a speeding car. (6/12/20)
Day 06 - After Dark
It is well onto day seven for everyone on the east coast, but the sun goes down way late here on the west coast above the 47th parallel. (6/13/20)
Day 07 - Curves
Not too many curves real close by. (6/14/20)
Day 08 - Track Day
Instead of our usual daily walk in the neighborhood, we drove up to Oregon Tech and walked around the running track. (6/15/20)
Day 09 - Hot Wheels
Which one is Mia and which one is Tia? (6/16/20)
Day 10 - Road Trip
Took a very short road trip to different section of the OC&E Woods Trail to do some geocaching. Found 9 of the 10 we looked for. (6/17/20)
Day 11 - Carwash
First sunny day and the whole club shows up to get their cars washed. (6/18/20)
Day 12 - Radio
The only radio here is a usb stick stuck in a grom adapter that is full of 8gig of tunes ripped from radioparadise.com (6/19/20)
Day 13 - Pornography
I had no picture in mind that wouldn't violate the Instagram decency policy except this. 🙂 (6/20/20)
Day 14 - Heart #1
The only sticker we "heart" enough to put on the outside of the car is the dragon from Deals Gap. The rest go inside the trunk lid. (6/21/20)
Day 14 - Heart #2
The only sticker we "heart" enough to put on the outside of the car is the dragon from Deals Gap. The rest go inside the trunk lid. (6/21/20)
Day 16 - Car Hole
This hole used to hold a decorative "fog" light, but now it just holds a decorative mesh grill. (6/23/20)
Day 17 - Detail
On my 2 NAs this blanking plate was swapped out for extra lighting, in my 2 NBs it holds a micro switch that operates the garage door opener. (6/24/20)
Day 18 - Shift #1
Shift: This brushed Voodo shift knob has been my constant companion since the early 90s and has been the first "mod" in my subsequent 3 Miatas. (6/25/20)
Day 18 - Shift #2
Shift: This brushed Voodo shift knob has been my constant companion since the early 90s and has been the first "mod" in my subsequent 3 Miatas. (6/25/20)
Day 19 - Envey
It started as regret a couple months ago for not buying this T from blipshift, but now has morphed into envy of any one who did. (6/26/20)
Day 20 - Slam/Tuck
My lawnmower is slammed so it can be tucked under the home A/C ducting. (6/27/20)
Day 21 - Magazine
The July 1989 Motor Trend. How I learned of the Miata. For the whole story click here. (6/28/20)
Day 22 - Guages
I have a lightly customized set of Adam's 10AE (grey instead of blue highlights) and having lived with them for couple years I have started missing the light colored faces. I might just roll back to stock while I wait on the Sharksgiving Sale to nab some Version Redline gauges. (6/29/20)
Day 23 - Memories
We have participated in the #mossmotoringchallenge since 2014 and the road trips taken in pursuit of points have generated great memories. This pic from 2015 is from one the best, it involves a Washington County, the kindness of others and emus. For the story click here. (6/30/20)
Day 24 - Detour
ODOT's website tells me I would have to drive 70 miles one way to I-5 to find a Detour Sign, so I've opted for a blast from back in 2018. (7/1/20)
Day 25 - Lights
Taillights by the light of a tiny moon. (7/2/20)
Day 26 - Rearview Mirror #1
Photo 1: My favorite mod on the '95 Laguna - NB mirrors on an NA. Photo 2: I misremembered the category as just Rearview... so we went out tonite and recreated my favorite Instagram #cargirl pose. (7/3/20)
Day 26 - Rearview Mirror #2
Photo 1: My favorite mod on the '95 Laguna - NB mirrors on an NA. Photo 2: I misremembered the category as just Rearview... so we went out tonite and recreated my favorite Instagram #cargirl pose. (7/3/20)
Day 27 - Take Out Drive
Nothing says 4th of July like BBQ. (7/4/20)
Day 28 - Solo
99.99% of the time the Miata is filled with both a pilot and a navigator. I am solo in it about once a month when I am sent a mile downtown to pick up and return with our pizza. This was me last time killing time in the parking lot waiting... (7/5/20)
Day 29 - Free Space
Sundown in the Klamath Basin. I was going to take a picture in an empty parking lot like I took today's challenge literally, but the navigator nixed it. (7/6/20)
Day 30 - Family
This is our family. She has a brother 500 miles away, I have a brother 3, 000 and the other siblings plus progeny are scattered all over. (7/7/20)
Tagged: Miata Photos, Mini Photos, Misc Photos

Side Mounted Front Plate

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

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76,000 Turns in a Couple Hundred Miles

Saturday, September 28, 2019

This weekend is a scouting mission for the annual Masters Miata Club gap trip in November. Sort of a good thing too because our go to Friday lunch spot in Highlands, NC is no longer in business. It has been replaced by a fancier restaurant that is only open for dinner. We ended up at a place just the next block over, but it was more expensive and not as good. Afterwards we wandered around town checking other places and think we have found one that might work.

Today was checking out an alternate loop for Saturday’s drive. There is nothing really wrong with the loop, but we have driven it a bunch of times and it is time for something new. They have opened up a new section of the Foothills Parkway and we wanted to incorporate it into the drive. We still want to end up at the Tellico Grains Bakery for lunch because no matter how many times we have eaten there we will never tire of their wood fired pizza.

I had Google Mapped out a nice little loop that included just the older section of the parkway because I wasn’t sure how much of the new section we could do. We drove the newer section for the heck of it and it turns out it wasn’t as long as I thought, so we are now going to include in our loop. The rest of the new roads were actually kind of fun, including the slower sections that wound through some houses and small farms.

Tomorrow morning we get up early and head on home. Seeing as we will passing through Hendersonville, NC we will stop and get some bagels at Joey’s and see if we can get my sister and her husband to meet us there.

Somewhere along the mountainous roads on the way up Friday the CTBNL zipped past the 76,000 mile mark.

Tagged: Miata Mileage, Miata Photos, Miatatude, Tail of the Dragon

Miata’s Got Soul

Sunday, July 14, 2019

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Treading Water

Monday, January 14, 2019


Having a mild case of Seasonal Affective Disorder, just haven’t felt like blogging recently…


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Happy 29th Miataversary

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

A 34 year old man and his 34 hour old car.

Twenty-nine years ago today I became a Miata owner and I have had one ever since. Along the way there have been a total of four and I’ve logged nearly 425,000 miles in Miatas. At this pace, by the time I’m 70 I will have reached a half a million Miata miles and probably will be on Miata number five. For now though, I’ll be enjoying the heck out of this current one for the next, say, at least 4 years.

A 63 year old man and his 16 year old car.

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