I feel like a tadpole swimming among giants in this thread lol I couldn’t imagine making 6 figures. It’s daunting to me. It’s a goal for sure.

Unless this Miata would be for track use only, I’d highly recommend staying away from it in that case. There’s always Miata’s popping up on the marketplace. Sadly they aren’t as cheap as they used to be.

Let’s say you are able to after it’s inspected; your insurance is going to be a nightmare and it’s resale value will be pennies. Miata’s aren’t a cheap project car like Donut Media hyped them up to be 8 years ago. If you’re stuck with this one already, I’d either part it out or build it specifically for the track.

I usually deliver for DoorDash Thursday - Monday. My “weekend” is Tuesday Wednesday. I’m still on the job hunt after graduating. I’ve had a few interviews and a couple of offers, but nothing satisfactory. I have a few more coming up this week though.

Yknow not too long ago I was super excited to return some bottles. I thought I might get like $20 or something. I had acquired enough to stuff my entire car and leave only room for myself. It’s not worth it. The majority of bottles won’t scan/won’t be accepted via machines from stores. And when they did scan and go through, the credit you get isn’t even enough to get you a black and mild cigar. Your car then smells like whatever was in those bottles. And you feel like you wasted your time. When I lived in a rough part of east Hartford, I’d separate my bottles and put them on the sidewalks for the needy. They’d often be gone in minutes. That’s what I’d recommend you do.

I think certain parts of East Hartford are fine (Manchester line towards MCC and close to Glastonbury). But as someone who lived in EH for the majority of their life, I wouldn’t do it again. I know you don’t want kids, but the school system sucks. I lived really close to Burnside Ave. If you didn’t hear car backfire going off at 3am, it was ambulances all the time. The drivers suck. I deliver for DoorDash currently too. East Hartford residents have single handedly tried to report lost/stolen food the most out of any town (and ironically the second is Manchester). I’m one for going out late at night, and I’ve never really believed in “Nothing good happens after midnight.” But EH is one of the places that that saying holds true. Manchester on the other hand is interesting. I personally wouldn’t rent from, but I’d buy a house there. The houses up towards Glastonbury and even towards South Windsor are really nice (I don’t plan on buying anytime soon, but I’ll acknowledge some parts are nice like EH). However, the traffic in Manchester is HORRIBLE. I do enjoy buckland, but I find evergreen walk boring. The food options are fantastic. But personally it’s not worth the traffic. As someone who drives basically 10 hours a day, Vernon would be my #1 choice for an apartment, East Granby and Windsor come in a close second.

There’s a lot more cowboy hats here than you think. Boots are a big thing here too.

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You’ll still need to do it regardless. Honestly it never hurts to have an emissions test or an inspection. Bring it to Firestone or economy and do an oil change while you’re there (unless you do it yourself already and save money. If that’s the case good for you). But honestly the only reason to not want to do an emissions test is if you’re hiding something.

Reservoir road in Vernon heading towards tunnel road.