The system automatically switches to low beams when it detects oncoming traffic and/or a vehicle ahead.
As you turn a corner, the headlights pivot in the direction of your turn, improving visibility and allowing you to spot potential hazards ahead.Īvailable High Beam Control helps the driver see better at night by maximizing opportunities to use the high beams. I have never bought into this whole American Christian work ethic that suggest that a man is only as good as the fruits of his labor – I am already enough of a fruit.This available system is designed to help you see around corners at night. Honestly, I wish every day were a PTO day. and why would you get a workhorse as your Sunday fun-day car? By comparison, I love the Audi TT and every Mini Cooper I have ever driven, but when you really have work to do, these cars don’t cut it …. This is a sports car, first and foremost, though it is being marketed as an all-around car. It’s a bit snug inside, and if any of your friends meet the definition of Fatso – and you take them with you everywhere – the MX-5 might not be a popular option, especially after you hit your first in-road drainage ditch. Keep in mind that there is limited practicality to the MX-5 Miata. Personally, I’d hire some hunky auto geeks to do that for me – even paying for their Speedos, Coppertone and carb-free kale salad would be cheaper than buying, say, a TT or a Mini. Here’s a guy who just recently put an LS3 performance engine in an MX-5 – just because he could.
Yeah, yeah, not exactly a high-performance engine, but as previously stated, if you are a working stiff, love speed, like it loud and cranked up high but still want your parents to enjoy the ride, well, you get the picture.įor all you gear heads who can’t wait to break something down and rebuild it again, the 2016 Miata can handle a bigger engine if you so desire to install one. The 2016 MX-5 Miata comes with the basic four-cylinders, and it really does prove to be more than enough power, even with a 2.0 liter, 155 horsepower engine. Other than girls named Tabitha and Pebbles, who knew?) Miata is also apparently a trending name for babies. News to me, since I thought Miata sounded more like a Japanese word. (According to Google, an obscure reference on a website with no graphics suggests that the word Miata comes from a German word ‘meed’, which means reward. If you like to drive to work or the gym or the coffee bar every day and feel like you are tearing up the road with a car that really can, the 2016 MX-5 is one of your best bets. (It’s lighter and has more technology, so I’m told.) The Miata has always been the sports car for the working stiffs who don’t do high-end racing in England or Scotland or other exotic places where lotsa white people speak in high-falutin’ accents. To be honest, I was hard-pressed to see what was so new about it. The 2016 MX-5 is an all-new incarnation for the Miata lineup. Also, before you even ask about it, that also means you can’t buy this to do dispensary supplies runs either – they really will be rain or worse on your parade.)
(Again, don’t buy this as your main getaway car for the states that currently have legal recreational marijuana. The one I test drove was a hard top, but I understand the convertible really is worth a spin. And the Miata nameplate has come to be known over the last few decades as sporty and fast. Starting at around $25K, it is affordable by comparison to similar roadsters like the Audi TT or anything Mini Cooper puts out.
Rear-Wheel Drive and a manual transmission are standard, so make sure you don’t drive in the snow or ice ever. It’s peppy alright, giving you a low-to-the-ground (sorta) sports car grope grip on the road.
Basically, if you need an affordable sports car/roadster, this is one you should test drive.