I had a 92 Miata till I moved back from CA to someplace with a winter. It was a blast and had a bullet proof motor. Nothing fancy (it was a base model with roll-up windows even), but I could whip it around the twisty Bay Area roads in the hills with ease.
It certainly reminded me of my first car, a 69 Triumph TR6, except without the cowl shake, poor electronics, but also w/o any low-end grunt. That TR6 could pull stumps but ran out of breath pretty quickly. Sounded awesome though, which is something that first gen Miata didn’t have.
Nice! If I ever get another Triumph, it’ll be the TR6. Or maybe a GT6/Spit combination.
I went through a similar evolution, owning first, a '66 MGB, then stepping up to the MX-5.
It was nice to have a roof that didn't leak, enough BTUs so you didn't have to decide between defrosting the windshield or heating the interior, and no oil stains in the driveway :-)
I put a set of really soft, gummy Pirellis on that car, loved taking it to some twisty backroads in the hills of Pennsylvania...