Miata Mailing List: November 1992, Message #30
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   From: (none)
Subject: RE: Hello: Plates and Names
   Date: (none)

What exactly goes into a miata "C" package?  I've heard of A, and B, 
and a bunch of other misc options like air conditioning, but I've never 
heard of a "C".

MattSkew
mattsq@microsoft.com
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From: Garry Blake  
To: Miata Mailing List  
Subject: Hello: Plates and Names
Date: Monday, November 30, 1992 12:05PM

Howdy! I joined the mailing list a couple of months ago after
my wife bought a red 1992 "C" package. I've read the archive,
and I have a few questions that don't seem to have come up yet.
I'll ask them in another posting. Just now, though, I wanted to
say hello and thank all of you for all the great material in
the archive.

Karen and I like to think we have the best two vehicles a
child-free couple could own: the Miata and a Toyota 4WD pickup.
I guess we were influenced by a mailing-list member across the
street (Sandy Meek), who also owns a Miata and a Toyota pickup.
Greetings to Sandy and to the other Utah contributors, Dale
Emery and Kevin Parker.

A couple of old postings caught my eye, because they mentioned
an old Subaru (Puff the Tragic Wagon) and the question of license
plates. It was just last year I sold a 1982 Subaru (one of the
great loves of my life), I got the truck, and we began to think
about vanity plates. When Karen bought the Miata, the question
came up again.

I like John Keating's idea of calling a Ford truck "Frd," BTW,
because I used to call my Maverick "Rick." Later, a Plymouth
became "Katie-Q" because her plates included the characters KTQ.
The Subaru seemed destined to become "Susie-Q."

Anyway, Karen insists on calling the truck "Buck," and we thought
a BUCK OFF vanity plate might be fun. For her part, she wants to
put TOPLESS plates on the Miata. I guess both names say something
about how cars can express a person's alter ego; I hadn't thought
either one of us was so... expressive?

I wonder: have you folks given your Miatas names? How many of you
have purchased vanity plates? What did you put on the plates?

You should see the Utah centennial plates: I think it's Delicate
Arch with the LaSalle Mountains in the background. The design
committee argued about them for over a year, but the final product
is beautiful.

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