Miata Mailing List: September 1992, Message #28
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   From: (none)
Subject: Is it worth it?
   Date: (none)

Valery,

> Is this car really worth the 16K?

That's really a subjective question, and one that you'd need to decide.
I would guess that all of the people on this mailing list would say yes,
but then, we have already made the commitment to pay that (or more).

> I keep hearing that it is a death trap.  

Well, insofar as strapping yourself into a wierd contraption of metal
and plastic and hurtling down bumpy pieces of ground towards within
what amounts to inches from other wierd contraptions of metal and
plastic (some of them coming *at* you!) amounts to a death trap, yes,
it is.

I, personally, have not heard of anything that makes me think that the
Miata is any more or less a death-trap than any other small, topless
sports car.  (However, do not take my word as gospel.  Anything you do
with my statements reflects on your own wisdom, or lack of it.  I am not
responsible for anything that you may ever do in your life, afterlife,
or rebirth as a spotted owl. --  I hate legal stuff...  But, some people
like making a quick buck by breaking their nose, or spilling hot tea on
themselves, or    Please ignore Igor, folks, he tends to jump on
a soapbox at a moments notice...

Anyhow, I love my Miata, and I haven't heard anything that makes me worry
about driving it.  (Other than that convertibles are good targets for car-
jackings..)  I am willing to take the other risks inherent in driving a
car as small and open as the Miata is for the pleasure of driving it...

Anyways, where did you hear that the Miata is a death trap?  (Maybe I ought
to rethink my thunks...)  Are ya gonna buy one?  Huh?  huh?

John Keating, happy and slightly demented Miata owner.

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