Green Laker

With 105k miles over the course of 21 years, the Miata's stock shocks were more than tired. Not quite as gone as the ones were on the on...

Not much to update with the Miata over the past few weeks. But it's now 100% legal, having easily passed California's strict smog te...

Spark, fuel and air - the three essential ingredients needed for an internal combustion engine to function. With the bad coil and spark plug...

Having owned the Miata for a couple of months now, I've spent enough time evaluating the car and planning what I want to do to it long-...

US Department of Transportation-spec lighting leaves a lot to be desired. The beam pattern that the DOT dictates gives a blobby, non-uniform...

One of the weaker aspects of my Miata is the top, which I believe to be original. It's weathered twenty years of SoCal sun (when not pla...

A few small upgrades/fixes/mods made to the Miata over the past few weeks. Reattached the washer pump plug that was inexplicably disconnecte...

What a difference a month makes. Back when the Miata was acquired, I had planned on upgrading the 18.1lb, 14" x 5.5" stock steel w...