I owned a 92 Miata and it was a fun car. For $7000 you can get a heck of a nice one and a lot of people use them as 3rd cars so if you look around, low mileage examples can be found. The bonus is that they are really easy to work on. Try the enthusiast forum, Miata.net. They have a for sale section.
OMG. No, it certainly does NOT suck to be you. Merry Christmas and since you are in Ball Ground, please bring this the The Po Boys cruise in this spring in Canton. Man that thing reminds me of High School. I didn't have one but a friend had the exact car in Root Beer brown. Cheers!
Mike the mechanic on 92 in Woodstock or up in Canton on Tonigh. I think he has a new one on Bells Ferry. Honest as the day is long and reasonable. Been going to him for years.