One owner's explanation:
My Big Healey and my Midget live in my garage, with the tops down. They
get driven in the rain, but mostly only when caught out. My Miata lives
outside. It's just a modern car that's more fun to drive than an SUV or
truck and I mostly use it for driving to work. Because it lives outside,
the top is up most of the time because it is driven mostly on short trips in
town or to work. I don't want to raise and lower the top several times a
day, and I don't want to discover the leather seats full of water at work
because I didn't notice it was raining. The top on the Miata goes down when
I take it on the road, or when I will be driving it more than a few miles at
a time.
Steve Byers
'66 Healey 3000
'73 Midget
'96 Miata M Edition
-----Original Message-----
From Patricia Sauthoff <Patricia.Sauthoff at blvdmedia.com>
To: 'spridgets@autox.team.net' <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 6:59 PM
Subject: Miata question
>>>1 Miata, but it only comes out when the weather is perfect<<
>
>That reminds me, I've been meaning to ask, do Miata's explode in the rain
if
>the top is down? I know on the MG list there's a joke that the converitble
>ones are custom, but it hasn't rained in Boulder for more than 2 minutes in
>weeks, and almost all the Miata's around here have the tops up! I just
>don't understand!
>
>While I'm on the topic of Japanese roadsters, I was at the mall yesterday,
>and saw the new Toyota MR2 spyder. It had a mere 10 miles on it, and was
>already leaking oil (and quite a bit of it) into a pan underneath the car.
>The Toyota rep was pretty embarrased when I asked him about it, but I
seemed
>to be the only one who noticed!
>Patricia
>'59 Bugeye
>
>"If I survive this life without dying, I'll be surprised"
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