Living With The 2019 MX-5 Miata RF!
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- This week Mazda USA sent me the 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF. This is quite possibly the best Miata that has ever been made, EVER. Yes, that does include the first generation Miata. This week I will be living with the most powerful Mazda MX-5 Miata ever made and see what it's like! Though this has its fair share of draw backs, this 2019 revised version takes the Miata right where it's always needed to be! Remember to like this video if you enjoyed it! Also, hit that subscribe button for more awesome car content!
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I never knew living with a miata video is about telling bout the features it got instead of magnifying how daily use is
I got a little disappointed as well, I didn’t see any difference between 2 hours with Miata versus a week with Miata. I was curious as well if it would fit 1 or 2 carry on on the trunk. But anyway, not 100% of someone’s channel is going to meet our expectations:m :/
Totally unbiased toO
And the fact that after he pushed it into a parking spot he forgot to put the E brake on lol heard some story people's who went grocery shopping n comes out looking for their lost miata ending up rolling down the parking lot somewhere 😅
Bought this car in August and I’ve never been happier! I love my girl!!!
Complaining about the cup holders in a Miata is akin to bemoaning the fact that your supermodel girlfriend defecates. And no one would be allowed in my car with a 92-oz. fountain drink in the first place.
Or the mess of Ripple Potato Chips 1 lb. Bag... LOL... :)
Hahaha ha... I agree
A Miata needs cup holders like a coffee table needs a steering wheel.
@@davidpritchard40 that would be a cool coffee table tho
LOL love this comment.
I ordered this car at the end of july and just got a call from the dealer that it just arrived today. Can't wait to finally get it :D
what color and what made u decide for that color? I cant decide man..
Polyrytmi Recommended the Grey one because i own my 2019 version myself
What made you buy this instead of the soft top?
juiuffophiguo Easier to Clean
How is it?
Thanks for this review. It was really different from most mx-5 reviews and gave great perspective. This special little car deserved it. I especially loved the fly-by shots starting at 8:28 and the night view of the exterior and interior lighting. Love the blueish white colour of the dials and that sweet 7500rpm tach.
"The cupholders are probably one of the worst parts of the Miata"
Welcome to 2019.
Not like they were ever good. More like, welcome to Miata.
Originally there were no cupholders. Only improvised ones. ie the Ashtray, right in the way of shifting.
I mounted a flip up one ($4 at ChinaMart) exactly where you stick the new passenger one. The flip up was the best type and place in that car.
The cup holders are movable and can be placed on the front right side of the center consoul. Check it our its pretty cool
If you had the older Miata's you would say the cup holders on a 2019 is a god send LMAO
Who cares about cupholders? 😂
i have 1000 dollars saved i just need 34,000 dollars more to buy it
you can do it
A used RF is around 23000
abram garibay Or you can fucking finance or lease it?
@@michaeldevin8301 he wouldn't be able to afford it.. very bad idea
Used they are 25k grand tour package
The cup holders would annoy me exactly 0.0 times. Related note: Hydrate BEFORE you drive your sports car.
klein
Shown in another review, cupholders are MOVABLE, can be relocated forward on console,
a clever fix for your interference problem. Check it out.
Yeah I generally don't feel any need to have large, sweating drinks in a car...especially where they will drip on the floor, seat, center console, etc. ;) Maybe a nice bottle of soda that I can securely cap, and where I won't worry about spills.
Unsurprisingly, spacep0d gets it. (Love your content brother, still riding a 'zx3r' myself) Not ditching the cup-holders into a parts drawer to save a few ounces is an insult to the design philosophy of the car anyway.
Same here. I never eat or drink in my car.
I think NC had the best cup holders, the ones embedded in the doors.
I always forget that you guys in the US actually use the cupholder
How else are we gonna hold our 80 ounce cup of pop ?
thats why we're also the fattest nation in the world.
We need cupholders to hold our diet soda when we order a Big Mac combo.
@@poncho828 I could put back 4 of those right now yummm !
That's because you always forget that commutes are longer in the US.
My God! This is my dream car at the moment!!
A. Ghouth guess you haven’t heard about the jaguar f type 2020 r
Berseria who tf wants a 100k plus car
Thunder 12 Not gonna like my dream car is a 2017 Viper GTS 😂
New unit of measure: Kneecaps.
Murican powa!
American use anything but metric to measure
9:00 Um, yeah . . . you might want to reapply that parking brake.
or put it in gear :P
After watching this.
Yup. Getting one.
The shots of this car at night are cool. Thanks.
Fantastic review! Very detailed and I specifically appreciated how you described the effortless feel of the clutch/shifter, and how the light flywheel enables lightning-fast shifts and throttle response. These are very important details to know, and too many reviewers don't go into details about them
13:03 wind noise is really bad in the rf with top down AND windows up. Try it with the top down and windows down, its still noisy but not as bad at speed. The fastback creates a parachute effect that catches all the wind and creates the noise just behind your ear. The soft top does not have this issue with the top down and windows up.
Driving through tunnel:
Forrest: wooohooo
Friend: :|
Great job, very unique perspective. Better presentation than all the other formulaic word talkers from the other car magazines. Thanks for your work!
Ordered mine today. Its the rf gt euro spec, only 160bhp but its my first rear wheel drive car so i need to get used to it first.
Should be here this friday 👍 dropped 35k on it 🤤 looking forward to hitting the irish countryside on the west coast. The weather is scorching hot at the moment 😉😁
The Lumberjackass congrats man i want one so bad! What gas do you usually fill it up with because some say Premium for full horsepower but regular is fine too. Just curious
Looks like you were having lots of fun! Great video!!
I've watch TONS of car reviews, by so many different car reviewers.
You, sir,....are the best. Nice work.
I'm all about the Soul Red, but I never knew a white Miata would look so beautiful 😍
The fact that you can see some of the individual flakes through a cell phone camera is insane
I just love that it has the :D face to greet you when you come out to it.
Says to use premium lol and uses 87 haha
6 dollars worth on top of that lol
I was thinking the same thing. WTF.
It will run fine on regular. Just won’t get the best performance from the engine but it won’t hurt it.
He's not trying to spend money on a loaner car ;)
not a good test when it only have 175hp probably With 87 octane
Good review man, it made me want one even more...
I’m seriously considering this over a 2017 BMW F30 335i, the 2019 MX-5 is more expensive but it seems to be such a perfect car all around for daily use and spirited driving. I’ll definitely go with the RF version for the road noise reduction on the highway.
hey danny,go for it man id not waste your time or funds w bmw,just saying esp if your seeking longevity with either of the 2 and i feel itll be in service and getting fixed vs actual enjoyment which is why "i" steered-clear from the toyota-bmw/supra 3.0 and focused on the 2021 miata-rf/gt=couldnt be happier,and you dont have the piece-of-mind you have/get with the miata rf or soft-top,just MY opinions.and this rf has plenty, plenty of torque very torque/rev-happy car,near perfect id not make it by no means a 'daily driver'.and i LOVE mine in pure stock-form,leaving it that way as well;...plenty of 'engine sound' and love the bose stereo clarity is top-notch at least to me.
Definitely should go with mx5..... 2nd hand bmw are more dangerous than mustangs drifting
That $2.03 gas, if only we could go back in time :(
A car reviewer just put unrecommended gas in the car they reviewing. Lost all credibility
modern cars sold in the us that run on gas are engineered by US law to run perfectly fine on 87 octane gas. the premium is only for getting that full horse power. it doesn't hurt the engine. if your engine has a super high compression ratio, then premium is absolutely needed, or if you have a turbo. all you have to avoid is pumping from unknown brand gas
@@thatroarboi2788fun fact: this engine actually has a very high compression ratio. Even though It has ion-sensing knock detection and can adapt to running on lower octane gas, I would not in a right mind put it in a skyactive engine, just like in a turboed one. Just shows lack of mechanical sympathy from this guy.
@@thatroarboi2788 "the premium is only for getting that full horse power". Then it still hurts his review considering he's saying that it goes 0-60 in mid 6 sec. With premium gas he'd probably get a smidge under 6..
The car is gonna get crushed by Mazda in a year anyway. Sadly the press car gets destroyed
When you fill your NA MX6 for half a tank and it costs almost 30 euros.
Cries in the Netherlands
Luuk Hendriks. Complain to your government. Your prices are mostly governmental surtax. Oil costs basically the same everywhere and the same cost to refine. It's the pump price that differs.
STOP MAKING ME REGRET MY CAMARO, MIATA.
If I wasn’t 6 4’ and 290 lbs, I’d buy one of these lol
The 2003 MX-5 SP is the most powerful Miata ever made with 210 BHP and 213 lb/ft torque. But, they only made 100 of them and they were only sold in Australia. Also, the Mazdaspeed MX-5 put out 15 more lb/ft of torque than the 2019 model and only about 3 fewer HP.
with just a few adjustments, (more boost, bigger after turbo piping), you could easily get the speed to 200HP... :)
The RF isn't even the fastest Miata made in 2019. The RF is heavier than the soft top with the same power train so worse power to weight. So yeah, this is not the fastest Miata ever. I still think Mazda needs to grow a pair and offer at least a V6 in the ND.
@@TheSteelTech a v6 completely goes against the philosophy of the miata. Reliable, easy to drive, fun to drive.
@@VincentVue13 I'm not saying you have to get rid of the inline 4. Not having more power though drives a few people away from it as a sports car or causes them to seek drastic options like a v8 swap. Why can't a manufacturer provide different engine options? They do it in Camaros and mustangs....they do it in bmw z4s....and when manufacturers do put a bigger engine in the car, it usually receives more recognition. Everyone knows the BMW M series and Mercedes AMG. Again, not saying take away the slow engine, but why not put some ACTUAL Zoom Zoom in a Miata?
Turbo's/V6's...additional weight, heavier components (brakes/suspension etc) how will it effect front/rear distribution and performance? Colin Chapman (RIP) is rolling in his grave.
Looks like fun. I had a 99 that was a blast but had to give it up for a WRX, since it didn't really have enough room for a 6' guy. One of the smoothest little sports cars I ever owned.
Mazda makes the smoothest manual transmissions ever made.
Honda actually does. I know i owned both.
@Sergio Aguirre So who does?
I love the RF Fastback. All the good looks of a coupe, but with some open air feel of a convertible (and less win) whilst looking way better than a convertible. I also like how the open/closing mechanism is automated. Very nice.
This is one great-looking car. I don't care at all about cup-holders. :D
well no hate but just wanted to say that RF stands for "retractable fastback" so u cant say "rff" 😅
My dream car. One day it will be mine. Oh yess..it WILL be mine.
This is the best video to introduce the Mazda MX-5 Miata. Overall from the video that Miata is a good car, I totally agree with you about the cup holder which really not a good design, except that, it is an amazing sport car!! I hope one day I could afford one of this beauty!
The best solution for the Cupholder problem...
Throw it in the trash and never drink in your car!!!
If you want to drink something, park your car and sit at a coffee shop! This would allow other people to apreciate a beautifull car.
man white and machine grey looks amazing dunno which one to get
A fellow Fort Worth-ian!
Dude, really good review. I think your channel has some great potential. Keep doing what you’re doing. You have found a nice niche.
Im leasing this exact spec miata. Only in red of course! Its amazing! The added hp is pretty sweet along with the increased rpm.
Holy moly, the gaz is so cheap in USA. In France for exemple, 1 gallon costs 6$~!!
Yeah. But you can get from Brest to Lauterbourg with like $130 even at those prices. Your country is about 1/3 as long from EastWest as the United States.
In other words, you don't have to drive as far to get somewhere.
Damn oil prices are crazy in france.
America FTW ;)
In the USA minimum wage is 7.25$
@@dchawk81 You don't need to drive as far to get somewhere? Unless he needs to go to another country/other part of the Europe.
Or if you in USA don't need to ever leave your state.
So yeah, gas in US is way cheap compared to Europe.
7:49 that phrase would have worked in nearly any other circumstance but this! 😄 great review, thank you.
Just bought a 2016 Miata GT a few months back. Not hardtop, but still absolutely crazy beautiful and fun car. Tip: GET IT IN MANUAL! You won't regret it. I certainly don't regret a single cent buying it - managed to snatch a wonderful deal at $16k for 23k miles.
When it says premium fuel recommended, it means you will lose power running regular as it retards timing to prevent knocking. In case you were unaware.
kleinbottled79 you could still run it but you need premium for the full power experience
Is there an echo in here?
Somewhat dickish reply on my part. Kaidude makes a useful clarification here. 'lose power' is potentially ambiguous slang. I apologize.
Everybody’s dream car.
Totally agree
Tomoko Kishi Nobody’s. I have a 99 Miata modded out. These cars are pretty overhyped.
I have one - and i L O V E it! Its an amazing car and so much fun. Ok - everything is small...but as i said: its fun. Special here in Germany - our runways are straight as airpot runways and u can drive as fast as u like. I just can recommend it to everyone!
Dude, you never put 87 in 91! 91 in 87 ok from time to time. Your engine's timing is based on the octane. Putting different octane, albeit over time, will cause the engine to misfire. The only reason to put higher octane, on rare occasion, is to clean the lines.
That segment about the cup holders was the dumbest thing I've seen all week.
Receiving my car from the dealership next week, and picked the soul red color. Sadly no manual transmission available in my country, only automatic. Tho looking forward to finally drive the car :)
That 87 gas. My heart hurts.
Seriously what a cheapstake
one of the best mx 5 reviews
Very Fine done. Greetings from Berlin, Germany from a MX5 Driver since 2006.
I have it! The RF is what I wanted, and I found it at Carvanna. So far I have loved it!
Those seats look amazing. So few cars have high end leather anymore.
I like it that you can easily make the car slide when you come out of a corner!
Stop talking about the cup holder😆: this car is not a family car, it’s a car for lovers of driving, not eating in the car
I'm certain I will own one of these when it's almost thirty years old, just like my NA is now. I think Mazda really hit it out of the park with this car. Hopefully they will stand the test of time!
Yeah I know what you mean. On the bright side not many are worth saving anyway. @Ben Passlow
RF is quieter with the top up, and temperature control is better in extreme temps - this seems to be the consistently discussed advantage over the rag top. But RF drivers complain about the "top down" experience vs the rag top. Can anyone comment on this? I think I still prefer the rag top for the top down real convertible experience.
You're always going to have more buffeting with just a removable top (what the RF does) compared to a real convertible. I drove both and found that in an extremely hot climate, 99% of the time its better to have the top up and a Mustang Ecoboost Premium is a better buy, as it has far more comfortable seats, more luggage space, the seats themselves are even airconditioned, and it can easily outrun a Miata in a drag race while still having great handling thanks to having wider tires that provide more grip than the Miata's.
My wifes 3 has the same pearl. Looks beautiful after wash and wax.
That car is perfect.
Hey man love your balanced review, greetings from England!
I have to go test drive this thing
FR I just test drove one yesterday! It was AMAZING! Made me want it even more now! Hoping to get one sometime this year 😍
@@SamieSocal I might have trouble with leg room and headroom hopefully I can get an extended test drive
Great video. White RF will probably be my next car, fingers crossed.
Only if I don’t have many guests visiting me for work I would sell my RC350 and get this right away!Miata FTW.
Honestly surprised by how little wind noise there was with the top up... if anything it didn't sound much different with the top up, at least from the GoPro standpoint
Great review man, gives a more familiar view of how everything would look thank you, and yes i want this car even more now.... that night view of the car was amazing!
Fantastic review! I’ve decided to pick one of these up as my next car because of this.
great car. the miata is a rare litle gem in todays era of cars. of light rear wheel drive car thats driver oriented, pure, raw, and engaging. and it can drop the top. its magical it really is
Nice review!
You’re lucky enough to have 93 octane (we can only get 91 in California), so why not use it! (Never 87)
lol. in poland we have 95 and 98
Paweł S Europe uses a different rating system for fuel. Your 98 octane would be like 91 octane here I think.
Use the lowest octane you can without having any detonation (pinging). Using higher octane than that is just wasting money. 93 might make sense in hot climate in summer, but in cooler climates, 87 or 89 usually does the trick.
In Italy '' Shell say 100 ottani... But she is 98
@@leesonneville1817 Exactly right, we use RON+MON ratings /2. In Europe, they only use RON, which is the higher number. The US way is actually more accurate averaging out the two anti-knock measurement systems.
My dream car.
I LOVE mx-5 RF + MT👍
I love the RF for sure and this just made it like it more
Great video and great car ..
2:50 you can take that off completely. Just pull it up.
what diff it makes to have it on or off? Im curious mate
@@Polyrytmi more windy
Great review, and it's refreshing to see someone who can actually shift properly doing a MX-5 review. Good job
The Miada actually has detachable cup holders that he could have set to the right tide of his shifter and solved that problem
Small point: a Google search shows the weight of the RF is basically 2,500lbs (2,453-2,493).
Looks like fun! Thanks for the review
Very tempting! Well done review!
Love your videos, and love that car!
Awesome car and fantastic review 👌😎🎶🎶🎶👏👏👍
Great video dude! I can't wait to grab one
Excellent review.... sweet car! Subscribed
Great job, Forrest! Thanks for the review.
Newsflash. A week isn't leaving with a miata. That's just an extended test drive.
I watch several parts of this video in slow motion. Whewwwww.
Very nice video and fun to watch. Have a nice day.
Man this would pair nicely with my Infiniti Q50. Love it!
I literally had to pause cause some of those highways reminded me of Dallas. And beholdthere was a sign that said Dallas.
@10:00 when you were saying your elbow hits the drink when operating the multimedia control button - I suggest move the drink to the other holder. It worked for me and it's also easier to access. It's not the most comfortable angle but I got used to it. This or, put the holder on the passenger side if you don't have a passenger. I agree it's not the best setup and it will take some time go get used to it but I think the cupholders' location in Mazda 6 is actually worse. It takes up a big chunk of the armrest and instead of your elbow resting on it, you end up resting it on the drinks or the cupholder's lid- which obviously is not solid or comfortable enough . I found this much worse in day to day usage. If you have a large/tall cup 400-500ml or bottle you end up hitting it every time you switch the gears too...With that being said, as always, great video. I always enjoy your car reviews
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Hello. It’s very strange this habit of drinking and eating in his car in the United States. I never do that in my car and in any case it is prohibited while driving in France. So for me the cupholders will end up in the trunk at best. Otherwise this car is still just as great and even more so with this new version. Thanks for this review dear Miata lover. JB
Well you know ..... In France we hate eating and drinking, that’s well know everywhere in the world ..... 😀😀😀😀😀😀.
A very very nice car and for France also ! Viva Mazda
Great review. Shows you everything you could want.
i rented one for the day on turo for $100. best money i ever spent.
its a pain in the butt to get in and out, it lacks top end speed and obviously interior space. Other than that, its great for what it is...a roadster.
Thanks for the size comparison shown. Although not exactly shown, an aerial angle would be appreciated. However, nice vid man.
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