Originally Posted by Chazmo (Post 24553115)

Patty, sorry, I just saw this...

Sadly, my S ("Nebuchadnezzar") was more than dirty... it had major rust damage after being driven daily through 13 New England winter and almost 200K mi.

The 2010 Miata that replaced it is no comparison... BUT, it is a nice car in its own right. It is, sadly, not a great winter car primarily because it has an open diff. I may address that in time with a replacement, but for now I keep it off the road if there's anything even remotely white or black (ice) on them. :)

A little ironic coincidence... a few months ago I gave Neb to my son, who is currently in the process of grafting some aftermarket body panels on it and restoring it. He is the one I just mentioned to Jerry that works at the dealership that Jerry sold his car to (Wagner). :) My son sent me that picture above, and I immediately knew whose car it was. Funny, small world of S2000s! :) Around here, there are scarce few Suzuka Blues running around, especially AP1s

By the way, best wishes :hello:

[edit: for the record, this is just one of the rusted out spots on Neb that my son is fixing :] Yeah, this is cringeworthy.

Originally Posted by Chazmo (Post 24553444)

Yup, dark blue interior, Suzuka exterior.

I sure did, Patty. Loved that car from the day I bought it, and I still do. I had to face reality, though, that it needed restoration. I'm still ticked off that Honda hasn't produced a new S, but frankly if it were anything like the NSX I wouldn't be interested anyway. Give me the formula that brought us the S2000 again, I say! Mazda has figured out how to stay true to the Miata concept for almost 30 years... I'm just sayin'! :)