Miata Mailing List: December 1992, Message #47
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re:  Trading a Miata for another one.
   Date: (none)

Herb Samuels  writes:
>I have a 1990 Miata Red Package A, limited slip, with air which is
>slightly over 3 years old with about 15,000 miles.  It is in excellent
>condition and has been very well maintained.  My local Mazda dealer is
>willing to accept it for a trade in for a 1992 or 1993 Miata.  Cost
>would be my car + %6,400 for a 1993 Package B or $5,900 for a 1993
>package A.  The comparable 1992 Package A or B would be each $500 less
>than the 1993 models.  Has anybody traded in their Miata for another
>one?  Do you think that these are good deals.  My car is out of
>warantee and needs some routene work, brakes fluid changed, new brake
>pads, wheels aligned etc.  Also in the next year other services as
>well as replacement of the battery and muffler will likely be required.
>All this will likely cost between $600 to $900.  This might not be an
Do you really need new brake pads, battery and muffler after only 15,000
miles?  My car has 60,000 and I just relined the brakes for the first
time and I've auto-xed the car for 3 years, one of those with two drivers.
My battery and exhaust are OK and I have a normal steel Millen muffler,
not the stainless stock one.

Just wondering if you've had some unusual problems with your car...

>appropriate post but I would like to find out from those who traded in
>their Miata for another if these prices or good or out of line.
I haven't traded in a Miata but those prices seem a bit high given
the good resale value of used Miatas and the deep discounts I've seen
on new ones.

For autocrossers (and other racers) Mazda Motorsports has a vehicle
purchase program that will sell you a car for $300 over dealer cost.
Of course you'd have to sell you old car outright first.

- Alan