Long saga. I won't bore you with every detail. But I've been driving appliances for the last 6 months after giving up my truck and performance 6MT hatch in order to rearrange our household vehicle situation into something not only mutually usable between my wife and myself, but in which we can safely transport a baby. I've recently gotten a terrific tax refund and been selling shit on Facebook so that, with the wife's approval, I can get a used, old, cheap Miata.
I went through some abortive Facebook Marketplace sales before a friend and NB owner said that he'd been considering an upgrade, and if he decided to pull the trigger, he'd sell me his car for a price I could afford. Can you imagine the luck? This isn't a lifelong buddy, but a guy I met like 6 months ago. Not only am I lucky to have made his acquaintance (he's an awesome person, not just my Miata connection), but I'm lucky the Miata he intends to sell me has low miles, no rust, and the leather and PEP packages (read: Torsen LSD and Bose).
The issue, as it were, is that he ordered a spec the dealership didn't have, and he doesn't know when he'll actually take delivery. He spoke with them today and even they couldn't give him a ballpark idea.
So here's me, finally able to buy a Miata, finally ready to rejoin the performance car world and regain a stick shift, right at the start of the convertible season, with both the money and the wife's blessing…but absolutely no idea if I'm gonna be waiting days, weeks, or months.
Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers in this difficult time.