Miata Mailing List: June 1992, Message #23
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Subject: Top - up or down
   Date: (none)


On Jun 5, 12:30pm, Brad Martinson wrote:
> Subject: Re: windows - up or down
> 
> To follow up on James Miller's, umm, comments, I personally am *appalled*
> at the number of Miatas I see with the top up!  If you wanted a coupe, 
> you shoulda bought an MX3 or MX6!  

(Or an RX-7.  Make mine a 93, red, with a touring package.)

Hear, hear! I am amazed how few Miatas are driven with the
top down here in Southern California.  I would say less than a third.

As this is my first convertible, I am figuring out how to keep the 
top down as often as possible.  I have found that you don't get wet in a
modest rain as long as the car is are moving.

I also like to wear a cap when it is very sunny or on the highway.
The cap's bill keeps the sun out of you eyes better than the cars visor.
The bill also reduces wind noise.  The local dealers have Miata caps,
and our local chapter of the Miata Club makes a really cool embroidered
one.
If I were to drive a long time in the sun, I would seriously consider
buying
one of those caps (what are they called?) that have a sheet running down
from
the back to keep you neck from getting sunburned.

I keep a camera bag with me to organize loose junk.  With the top down,

things fly all over the place, including out of the car, into the street,
onto the windows of tailgaters (oh, well), an into the eyesight of ticket
writing police officers.

Driving with the top down at night in town actually provides more light
in the interior than the cars map lights (but then, so would a candle).

I find the top can be raised one-handed pretty easily from the
drivers seat by using my left hand.  I just turn to the left, lean to the
right and lift for all I'm worth.  Comes in handy when you have been
driving in a drizzle that suddenly turns into a downpour.

Dennis Ordiway          
Systems Engineer        
Silicon Graphics        
djo@sgi.com		
Newport Beach, CA

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