Miata Mailing List: April 1993, Message #1
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   From: (none)
Subject: abuse and headrest speakers
   Date: (none)

to check polarity of headrest speakers: pull the pins from the connector
that exits the seat just beneath the front of the seat.  No need to get
to the back of the radio.
On abuse:  I agree with Miq Millman.  Those who think the Miata is slow
are missing something.  Of course there are faster cars, some of them 
much faster.  But when driven aggressively, the Miata is a snorty, snappy,
handful.  It is unmatched for its combination of tossability/crispness
and balance.  Or especially for its taut, light feel.

I don't think that any hard driving will damage the car, even in the long
run.  Some things will wear more, of course, but it was definitely designed
for hard driving.  For my own two cents:  routinely my Miata sees redline,
I've found the rev limiter several times. (it's kind of a drag)  It's
seen an indicated 125 on a slight downhill on a Nevada freeway, for a 
minute or two, and done extended cruises at 115-120.  Lots of miles
logged at over 100.  Also lots of power-slide U-turns and clutch-brake
turns, wheelspin in second gear, (keep the revs high coming out of first)
and wheel-chirping downshifts. (abrupt clutching is better than riding it)
And at 40,000 miles I've seen not one of the problems discussed in the list.
And to drive it, you literally cannot tell the difference from another
Miata with, say, 10,000 miles.

To those who rarely let the revs get above 4,000- get a life or get a v8!
The Miata has a virtual motorcycle engine!  There's no power down there!
Get it spinning and it comes to life.  Otherwise it'll get    cholestoral.
this was BIX.