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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A pretty sick Suzuki RF600R with the fairing removed. A '90s sport-touring bike, though certainly looks more sport than touring here. [ #motorcycle #suzuki #rf600r #motorbike #motosky #cycle #sportbike #classicmotorcycle #photography ]

A fairing-less Suzuki RF600R at a Harley dealer in West Bend, WI during the dealer's anniversary celebration.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That double Alpine DNF was actually depressing

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What as long as a luxury sedan from the '70s? A luxury coupe from the '70s! [ #lincoln #continental #classiccars #photography #carshow #cars #carsky #1970s ]

A Lincoln Continental Mark series coupe at Kim's Pizza 2026. I remember the villain from Oliver & Company driving one of these.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thinking back to this post and the recent surge in gas prices have convinced me this probably ain't feasible anymore (plus my Jag buyer ghosted anyway). Probably do a hatch (or a hot hatch) and I can still get a kayak rack on top.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Always had a little soft spot for the goofy looking Chevy SSR. But I kind of love goofy cars in general. I mean, bubbly drop top pickup bed V8, basically an El Camino revival with a convertible top. [ #chevy #ssr #classiccars #photography #cars #carsky ]

The wonderfully bizarre Chevy SSR at the 2026 King of Car Shows. It was like they tried to revive the El Camino, and this was around the same time as the cancelled Bel-Air revival. Maybe they should have called this El Camino and it would have done better?

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hard to say, to some extent it was Dark Forces or Dark Forces II, and maybe to a much greater extent it was just Doom. I don't really call myself a gamer, though. There were a handful of formative games for me. I'd be remiss to not mention Zoo Tycoon and Operation Genesis. All very influential to me

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Being an import you just don't see the Nissan Stagea mich, statewise. Much less the Autech. Very cool, always love seeing imports. Reminds me, went to get a key made today and a Daihatsu Terios rolled up while I was there. [ #photography #cars #carshow #nissan #stagea #autech #jdm #carsky ]

Nissan Stageo 260RS Autech at a Cars & Coffee in Delafield, WI in 2026.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I try not to repost too much policrap here but like goddamn this Tommy Tuberville guy is such a fucking maroon. Also old douchebag ranting about Furry airline pilots while standing next to the pregnant man emoji is some kind of surrealism I don't have a name for. What a dumb motherfucker lmao

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a good day when someone acquires a Guzzi [ #motoguzzi #motosky ]

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ayy, a Neon that isn't losing body panels to rust. But it does appear to be, errr, losing them in other ways. [ #dodge #neon #ricer #cars #carsky #tuner #photography ]

A riced Dodge Neon at the 2026 AutoLab car show. Dig the bronze wheels. The number on the window could signify it's actually used in some kind of track setting. Or could just be for looks. Never saw the owner, never asked him. But who am i to judge regardless?

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Only maybe a month or so of good weather left. Once the salt and snow flies it's back to the garage again. If I could get it closer to home I'd love to supercharge it over the winter. [ #miata #mx5 ]

1997 Miata STO. It's not this clean anymore, we had some rain between this picture and this post.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Drinking While Driving ❌ Driving While Promoting Drinking ✅ [ #cars #jdm #classiccars #coors #itasha (sorta?) #honda #accord #photography #carsky #tuner ]

A Honda Accord wagon import sporting a Coors Banquet badge at the 2026 Waukesha Expo Tuners Forum

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Two Triumphs at the last Harley Museum bike night I went too. I'd love to get a smaller, more classic style bike again (as a 2nd), and although I'd prefer to go back to MG, the Triumph is also attractive. [ #motorcycle #bikenight #motosky #triumph #harley #motorbike #biker #photo ]

A Triumph Bonneville with some bags at a 2026 Harley Bike night, taken with my little pink Kodak digital camera keychain.

Triumph Speedmaster, I believe. My Fat Bob 107 sits next too it.

The silver Bonnie again. Or maybe a different one. I don't remember lol.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Ford Ranchero (GT model), Ford's answer to the El Camino. Didn't live quite as long, however. RIP to the American ute. [ #ute #ford #ranchero #classiccars #carshow #carsky #cars #photography #carmeet ]

A Ford Ranchero GT at the final 2026 Kim's Pizza car meet. A very, very clean looking example of a '70s Ranchero. I was always sort of amused that, save for the later Dodge Rampage, the American utes had these rather Mexicanish names. With that said, I think ute models from American makes survived for a longer time (past the 1980s) in some Central and South American markets. This isn't counting the Australian utes, of course.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here's something I only just found out exists, a WS6-suspensioned Trans Am with the Turbo-6 from the GNX! Factory! And only available in this limited Pace Car edition. (See Alt Text) [ #pontiac #transam #firebird #classiccars #racing #pacecar #musclecar #photography #carshow #carsky #cars ]

A 1989 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Indy Pace Car, or "Turbo Trans Am," at a 2026 Car Meet at Kim's Pizza in Wisconsin. This was supposed to be the final night of Kim's recurring car event for the year, featuring a food truck and a brewery, but bad weather post-poned it. Cars still showed up, and then virtually no one one showed up to the make-up day. Really sad.

As for this car, this is a more rare version of the Turbo Trans Am because of cloth seats (most were optioned with leather), and the fact this very car was featured in the Indy 500's driver's parade, making this not just a replica, but a legit pace car (sort of, it wasn't used as a pace car in the race, just for the pre-race parade. But that's still pretty official).

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Lil' Yellow MGB. Roadster superiority. And although I'm sure it's a bit far removed from the dialed in feeling of the Miata, I'd love to experience one of these. I feel like it'd be a little tighter than my Alfa. [ #classiccars #mgb #cars #carsky #roadster #photography ]

Yellow MGB at the 2026 King of Car Shows in Pewaukee, WI.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Chevelle SS, simple, classic muscle car. Also a guy in a bright yellow shirt. [ #chevelle #musclecar #classiccars #chevy #cars #photography #carshow #carsky ]

A Chevelle SS at the 2026 "King of Car Shows"

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Grainy-ass disposable camera-core photo of a Honda CBR. Glorious mini Kodak camera. From the last bike night I went to at the Harley museum in Milwaukee, WI. [ #honda #motorcycle #cbr #sportbike #photography #kodak #bikenight #motorbike #motosky ]

A CBR taken with a Kodak mini low res camera. That's my thumb in the corner

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Now that's a colorful car meet. And a little bit of everything in one pic. Sports, muscle, classic, American, Italian (*cough* German), British, some German in the bg... Variety is the spice of life. [ #cars #carsandcoffee #triumph #classiccars #photography #carsky #carmeet ]

A Triumph in the foreground of a Cars & Coffee in Nashotah WI, 2025. This location will be having another meet soon. Had great variety last time, hope it'll be similar this time.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Maybe I've shared this pic before but I've always liked it. A very nice AMX in AMC team colors against Lake Michigan. [ #amc #classiccars #amx #cars #carsky #photography ]

An AMC AMX in Kenosha, WI for the 2025 Kenosha AMC Homecoming.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Classic Corolla. The regular, common cars of an old era, I love seeing these pristine survivors. Sometimes more than the exotics and restored classics. These are the museum pieces that make you think "Wow, someone saved that thing." [ #classiccars #toyota #corolla #photography #cars #carsky ]

Late '70s or very early '80s Toyota Corolla at the 2025 Okauchee Legion Park Car Show. This show if I recalled also featured some run of the mill '80s and '90s Chrysler cars in very pristine condition. With that said, these classic Corollas are going up in price, but make for very unique classics in a bland sea of restored Bel-Airs and Chevelles.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

For all the generic white Bimmers out there, they do typically look good in blue. I actually like the stance and wheels here too. It's low but it's not trashy imo. [ #bmw #m3 #cars #carsky #photography #modified ]

Lowered BMW M3 at the 2026 Auto Lab Car Show.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Toyota Chaser import, lowered of course. I don't think I've ever seen a Chaser not lowered. In fact this might just be factory. I have no idea. I never bothered to look it up. [ #jdm #import #cars #carsky #toyota #chaser #photography #carspotting #photo ]

A Toyota Chaser at the 2026 Waukesha Expo Tuner Forum. Don't typically see these stateside.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

So I'm thinking about replacing my Jaguar, but I'm afraid my brain is too cooked to make any sensible choices. But when it comes to x-roaders, used Toyotas are too $$$ for their conditions and I just really don't want a Jeep. Plus I just like whatever it is that makes a Brit interior so...pleasant.

Discovery II. I'm pretty OK with going back in time to drive old tech. I dailied a Mach 1 for a while and aside from the shitty sound system it was fine. I really don't need that much, especially as long as I can mount my phone for maps and charge it through the cig lighter.

Am I going to do that much off-roading? Probably not, but I want the option because I wanna do some trail seeking and camping out places. I also kinda wanna get more mechanical again and I think that'd come in spades on a D2. With that said finding competing opinions on the 4.0 vs the 4.6. The latter seems to solve most of it's issues with some rewiring and modding the engine to simply run cooler. The 4.0 seems to just need coolant, oil, and a careful eye on the headgasket, but apparently it's more an issue with OEM parts. The following for these is large so there seems to be a lot of improved parts.

I've also been informed to avoid the sunroofs.

The thing that intrigues me about LR's "softroaders" is that they're all apparently far more capable than anyone else's. The Disco Sport is just the continuation of the Freelander and has all the same gearing. I mean, a lift, a winch, some A/Ts, and that's probably gonna cover all the offroading I need, plus a nice roof rack for kayak and tent, and plenty of space in the boot for my work tools. And I think because they're smaller and more Freelander looking, I think these look better than the big boy Disco5s, which lost the plot. THough they do have all the hardcore offroad stuff, which I'll never use. And I'll be too tempted to make a mall crawler and all the Disco5 parts cost way more than the simple parts I'd get for this.

All the Disco Sport needs really is a spare tire carrier on the butt.

Early Freelanders seem great although the K-series Rover V6 seems a) kinda underpowered and b) not the most bullet proof. But the problems seem pretty vague and I've seen some people rip these through offroad obstacles, but they might've been using torquey Euro-market diesels.

This is also the only picture representing an actual vehicle I've considered, though it's in WA state. But it's got the accoutrements, A-bar, rack, rock sliders (holy shit are these expensive), some armor, a skid plate. Plenty of space for lights and winch, and for a three door the rear space is fairly large. Plus the back roof comes off, and if I can find one there's a soft top I could use for the summer (maybe, I'd still have my work tools and I don't need someone slashing a soft top to take my power tools).

I just think these are really neat. A soft roader, but I'm not looking to mud bathe or rock crawl. Just something a little better than any regular car. And unique. And rare. I do derive some pleasure from driving vehicle you just simply don't see too much of.

Believe it or not, this is probably the most sensible option. The Discovery 3, or LR3 here in the states. The 4.4L V8s are apparently rock fucking solid, as are the transmissions. Plus they retain that beautiful offroad box shape. Interiors look decent, comfy seats. All the offroading gear you could need with the right options. Trick is to find an HSE with the locking diffs. These can also be found with relatively low miles and are rather cheap, but based on what I've heard and read 100k to 150k milers aren't a bad considerations.

I've totally given up on finding a Tonga Green one as pictured. Everyone wanted this color, they're all clapped out or miled up. A green Land Rover is, simply iconic.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is, apparently, a '90s Dodge Avenger. Their version of the Mitsubishi Eclipse. As you can see, this one got treated like an Eclipse. [ #dodge #avenger #tuner #custom #cars #carsky #carspotting #carshow #photography ]

A '90s Dodge Avenger given the Need for Speed Underground treatment, seen at the 2026 King of Car Shows at Point Burger Bar.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Always liked the nautical (?) theme of the Crossfire. Also knew a couple people who really loved them when they first got them, but those relationships always seemed to end after a couple thousand miles. Cool or nah? [ #chrysler #crossfire #sportscar #classiccars #photography #carshow #srt #photo ]

A pretty clean example of a Chrysler Crossfire. Iirc, these were running on the same bones as the Mercedes SLK Roadster, but with a Chrysler engine and transmission as a part of the Daimler-Chrysler era. I maintain these were super coo looking cars, but they always looked "nautical" to me and I've always been big on nautical aesthetics.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It was never perfect but I've always liked the Cadillac Allante from a distance. Distinctive Pinin Farina design, a cozy interior, had a cool hardtop. The engines ranged from okay to NorthStar, and maybe FWD wasn't the best choice. [ #cadillac #allante #classiccars #photography #carsky ]

A Cadillac Allante at the 2026 King of Car Shows. Always thought there were pretty cool, if imperfect cars. The NorthStar had the power, but early N*s seemed problematic. But I'd dig that 200 HP 4.5L for some simple cruising.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Slick Honda CX cafe racer. I like the little guard for the opposed twin. The Japanese Guzzi, you could say. [ #honda #hondacx #motorcycle #motorbike #caferacer #bike #photography #motosky ]

Custom Honda CX cafe style bike in the parking lot of the 2026 Waukesha Expo Tuner Forum. Some neat cars in the BG too, like my Miata, a Type R, and an Elantra N.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A very green and blue Jaguar XKR. I'm assuming it's not a factory color but this would have been around the time of Ford's Mystichrome so I dunno. It's pretty cool looking, though. [ #jaguar #xkr #jaguarxk #xk8 #british #classiccars #cars #carsky #carshow #photography ]

A green/blue Jaguar XKR at the 2026 King of Car Shows.

A green/blue Jaguar XKR at the 2026 King of Car Shows. Wheels certainly aftermarket pretty sure. Based on grille I'm thinking a 2005 or 2006 model.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The always classic and sexy Lotus Esprit V8. 2nd owner only, apparently! Very glad to have seen and photo'd it! [ #lotus #esprit #britishcars #british #cars #carsky #classiccars #exotic #photography #carshow #photo ]

A 2-owner Lotus Esprit V8 at the King of Car Shows 2026.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I got one of those little gimmicky Kodak mini cameras for my bike's key ring and honestly this thing is kinda nifty. Charming, really. [ #photography ]

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A Toyota Venza, if you can believe it. Not the only one at this show, and the third local "tuner" Venza I've seen. Why? Why the Venza? And is that a club name? How many tuner Venzas do we have in this state? [ #toyota #cars #tuner #carsky #photography #carspotting #venza #carshow ]

A heavily modified Toyota Venza at the 2026 Waukesha Tuner Expo.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Man I got so many 2025 Automotion photos yet I haven't shared anywhere. Including so many Miata photos. Like this one. [ #miata #photo #photography #mazda #mx5 #classiccars #cars #carsky #automotion ]

A red Miata with purple Halos at the 2025 Automotion. Nice little fender flairs and lip spoiler too.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

W I D E Genesis Coupe. This is what they should bring back to the Genesis nameplate. [ #genesis #hyundai #cars #sportscars #carsky #photography #automotion #carspotting ]

A wide body Hyundai Genesis Coupe at 2025 Automotion.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Went to another bike night at the Harley Museum in Milwaukee. Massive turnout tonight, three full lots and tons of crazy custom shit, including this intricate horror themed paint job. Pretty well done. [ #motorcycle #harleydavidson #horror #pennywise #terrifier #motosky #custombike #motorbike ]

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In what may be a hot take, I've always felt that the Z32 300zx was the pinnacle of Nissan Z cars. At least design wise. I've never driven any of them. [ #nissan #300zx #cars #classiccars #tuner #photography #carsky #carshow ]

A 300ZX Turbo (with custom work) at the 2026 Auto Lab Car Show.

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I've started working on my Audi again, and if I get it driving...mm, I'm tempted to get very silly. [ #cars #audi #audis4 #carsky #girlsfrontline ]

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Équipe Radar Love @midnightdorifto.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

it’s been a minute since we’ve checked in on the Japanese lowrider scene and wouldn’t you just know it, they’re doing great www.carsensor.net/usedcar/deta...

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I Drive a Miata @idriveamiata.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I remember reading somewhere that for Leprechaun: In The Hood they wanted Warwick Davis to say the N-word but he refused, and so whenever it showed up in the script he said "Ninja" instead. A genius marketing ploy by Kawasaki. [ #kawasaki #ninja #motorcycle #motorbike #motosky #photography ]

I have no idea if that's a true story or not but it's funny. Here's a Kawasaki Ninja at the 2026 Auto Lab car show.

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