Re: Need tire/wheel advice, quick!

Jazz_Azz wrote:

> I have a 2000 Miata MX5, and not sure what is on there, without going
> out and looking, 

15 inch alloys with 195/50/15 tires.

> but me personally would not go with anything other
> than what comes stock. All this fancy 17" or even larger crapola is
> just asking for problems IMO. 

In this case, his Miata came stock with 17 inch wheels, what Mazda used 
on the Mazdaspeed. He is looking at going with 16 inch wheels, which is 
probably the smallest that I would go for on a Mazdaspeed, but it is 
also what I would do.
I think that 17 and especially 18 inch wheels are a little too big for 
the car, just my opinion.

> While my Wife and I were on the central
> Calif. coast last fall, there was this couple in the room next to us,
> with a brand new car (Can't recall the make or model), and he already
> had a damaged bumper and messed up wheel or two, saying that he had
> also hit some high bump and telling me how much that it was going to
> cost to replace the wheel and tire. Absolutely insane. 

You can order a used replacement wheel from planetmiata for $75.00, and 
people are always dumping off OEM alloys for a reasonable price, often 
after the car has been sold.
Makes it handy when you hit that curb or sharp pothole. All of the Miata 
special edition wheels are very expensive to replace at factory prices.

> Now if you have
> the money to just burn fine. But if one did, you probably would own a
> fancier roadster than a Miata, maybe a BMW or ****che. My Wife says
> that I go over board with my Miata, saying that I treat it like it is
> a ****che or something. I told her that it is the closest that I am
> ever going to come to one>>LOL LOL :-).

My roadster would still be a Miata, or at least one of them would be.

With true money to burn, it is hard to even imagine what vehicles I 
would end up buying. Kinda scary, really....  :-)

Pat