INFINITY Welcomes Careful Drivers

I haven't done too much in the way of modification to the 91 BRG. I wanted to keep it stock for a while, just so I can enjoy the peppiness of a nearly new Miata. The BRG only has 55,000 miles on it as of today, so beyond maintenance stuff and a Borla cat-back exhaust, she's bone stock.  read more »

Ever since I got my Classic Red 91, I've been looking for another Miata. Not that I needed one, or didn't like the one I had. My Red's a great car, even with the automatic transmission. But there are other Miatas I've lusted after since seeing them, and they have special names. Sunburst Yellow. 93 LE. 95-M. MSM. 10AE. And there is the 91 BRG.  read more »

Back in June, I bought a 1991 Miata as a daily driver. In July, I attended my first Miatas at the Gap event at the Tapoco Lodge on the NC/TN border. Some people have told me I am crazy for going to something like that, some wonder why I am so enamored with a "chick car."

Well, the Miata is far from a "Chick Car", and if you would like to see what it's all about, here is an excellent video I found on YouTube that shows a lot of what goes on at Miatas at the Gap.

NOTE: I have received interest in this. I am willing to make these brackets for you based on my 1.6 template. If you are interested in purchasing one, E-MAIL ME. Otherwise, these instructions should be enough to get you through fabricating a bracket for your car. If you have any questions at all about these instructions, please E-MAIL ME  read more »

Sunday morning came too quickly. It seemed that I had just arrived and set camp yet here I was breaking camp. My last breakfast was spent on the Little Tennessee below the Fontana Dam, eating cereal and watching the water flow languidly away from me much as large portions of my life had done. With breakfast finished, I proceeded to tear things down, fold, roll and pack tightly into the confined spaces of the Miata.  read more »

It wasn't until Friday morning that I started noticing that the Miata population of the Tapoco area was building. It started when I noticed a couple new ones in the camp ground as I ate my breakfast. After a meal of cereal, I hopped into the faded red and tore off toward the Deal's Gap Motorcycle Resort at the corner of 129 and 28. It was then that I realized the actual scope of this yearly event.  read more »

Tapoco, NC is a weird little place. It exists on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, yet as far as I could tell, there is nothing really there, beyond some Dams owned by the TVA, Deal's Gap, and of course Tapoco Lodge; Ground Zero for Miatas at the Gap. Tapoco got its name from Tallassee Power Company.  read more »

In the misty mountains of Western North Carolina, spilling over into Eastern Tennessee, there is a dragon. The dragon is fierce. The dragon has claimed many lives over the years. The dragon is one hell of a ride.  read more »

There's a wealth of things you can do to a Miata to make it yours. I don't mean yours as in Riced Out, but Yours as in not Stock. I considered a lot of different things to make my new-to-me 91 Miata something that was definitely mine. The first thing I did was get an official Virginia Tech license plate and frame. You can actually get a VT plate in North Carolina. It's kinda weird seeing all the writing in Carolina Blue, with the Maroon VT logo on the left side of the plate, but I am a Hokie for sure, so I had to have one.  read more »

Today I crossed into territory where not too many people dare to tread. I dug into the very innards and performed open heart surgery on my little red gem. She didn't necessarily need it, but since the last timing belt change occurred at about 80 – 90,000 miles, and now that she is at 170,000, the belt was long overdue. She still ran just fine, but I wanted to do this as a preventative measure to make sure she was good to go for another 60 – 100,000 miles.  read more »