Product Description

The Mazda Miata MX-5 has been a popular car among automotive enthusiasts for more than 15 years, and hardly a single one of the more than 700,000 sold has not been customized by its owner in some way. This book provides specific how-to instructions through 41 projects that include both maintenance and modification procedures for all cars from 1990 to 2005. Each project is treated separately, giving readers very specific information about the commitment in time, tools, money, and talent for each project.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62538 in Books
• Published on: 2003-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780760316207
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review

December 2007

“This one is a great handbook for any Miata owner … In fact, the DMV should hand these out to anyone registering a Miata.”

 

Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, January 2008

“Anyone who owns or is contemplating buying a Miata would do himself a service by picking up this book.”

Nov. 4, 2007 (views per month unavailable)

“Its great loads of great pics and tips and things about spec.”

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Customer Reviews

Great for all levels of Miata Enthusiasts
Keith Tanner knows the Miata and he is great at passing along his experience and knowledge.

I'm no mechanic extraordinaire but I have always wanted to have a fun car to work on so I bought a 1990 Miata. Since purchasing the car I have been through several of the projects listed in his book. Each time it was Keith's guidance and experience that made me feel comfortable with what I was doing. It is really nice to have re-assurance when you are drilling holes in your car and or bashing parts of it with a hammer. The older cars like mine don't always give up easily like the newer ones.

Thanks to Keith my car has achieved a level beyond stock that I'm very happy with. The overall cost/effort involved was quite reasonable and that was important. Keith does a good job letting you understand the cost (money, effort, etc..) versus reward (power, responsiveness, etc..). This lets you pick the projects that help you change your car into something that better suits you within limits that suit you.

I strongly recommend this book to any Miata owner with an interest in maintaining/modifying his own car. With this book in hand it is very unlikely my near 14 year old car will ever be back in the dealer shop again.

Not for beginners...
This book is a great start to give ideas to Miata owners of the enhancement potential of their cars. The book assumes a good fundamental knowledge of cars and starts from that base. The projects range from the mild to the wild - yet always staying within the property of enhancing the Miata; not turning it into what it is not. Miata enthusiasts will find the book a delight to read, even if none of the projects are done. Well-written, easy to follow, and the author does a good job of encouraging owners to take that first step to personalize this beautiful car.

Excellent book for services or a summary
If there's anything you want to do with your Miata it's probably in here. It doesn't go into heavy detail on each job, but it sums it up well, lists the needed tools and tells you about things you might encounter and how to handle them. If you are absolutely clueless about mechanical work you can't use this alone, but it's very nice for something Miata specific and how to do things easily well described by an expert that have done it many times. Keith Tanner uses easy to understand words and it is all basic enough even for us that haven't got an engineering degree. I recommend it for all Miata owners, worst that can happen is that you just look at the pictures.