One word: RELIABILITY.

We finally had a warm day here in Boston today, and I felt like taking my Miata out for a spin. I turned the key and she started right up. No hiccups, no pauses, nothing. It was as though I had turned her off 10 minutes before. Mind you, it has probably been a good month or two since the last time I started her.

Reliability is by far my number one criteria for any car, including a sports car. A car that doesn’t run when you want it to is no fun at all. In fact, it turns into a paper weight, and I hate paper. Do I love insanely fast, heavily modified cars? Of course, but never at the expense of reliability.