I believe they had both MGB's and Midgets in the background of their first
ads in fact!
And no, I don't think I'd always have the top down, but I think I see about
10 of them (at least) per day on my way to work, many of them in my
neigborhood. Only 1 or 2 of those ever have the tops down!
Patricia
'59 Bugeye
-----Original Message-----
From Gerard Chateauvieux [mailto:pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 8:33 PM
To: Toby Atwater; Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Miata question
Probably not news to most of you, but the Miata has it roots in the
(Bugeye) Sprite (along with the Lotus Elan). A friend of mine knows one of
the people involved in it's design, and he told me that the Sprite served
as inspiration for the Miata. Don't knock 'em if you haven't driven one.
They are definately reminiscent of their British inspiration.
On the top down issue, if you drove your "toy" every single day, and
everywhere you went, would you always have the top down?
Gerard
>
>There are actually pretty fun to drive and reminded me of my sprite (gasp).
>If I had $20k laying around I might go for one. And this one wasn't leaking
>oil either.
>
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