Miata Mailing List: April 1993, Message #133
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   From: (none)
Subject: Buying a miata
   Date: (none)

Well, I'm getting ready to take the plunge and buy a miata.  I've been
eyeing them since I first saw a red one parked with the top down in the 
summer of '89.  Now my old Rx-7 is dying quickly and I'm looking for a
replacement.

I'd like to ask people here for some advice on getting a fair deal.  I
saw this blurb in the Dec-92 miata archive:
> For autocrossers (and other racers) Mazda Motorsports has a vehicle
> purchase program that will sell you a car for $300 over dealer cost.   
> Of course you'd have to sell you old car outright first.

Sounds good to me.  Anyone have a contact number for Mazda
Motorsports?  Is there a membership fee?  A test? :) I'm not an
autocrosser currently, but I am interested.

I think I'll get a package A model: I like the wheels and headrest
speakers (new in '93 I was told), power mirrors sound nice too, I don't
care too much about power steering.  

What I would like is to put in a CD player.  Any advice?  I'd like
something with a detachable face plate, or else a trunk mounted
cd-changer.  Can anyone tell me if the standard radio can control a CD
changer?  I mean in the sense of really having the CD controls, not
just tuning to some frequency and having the changer broadcast.

Any other words of advice?

cheers,
--mike (carlton@isi.edu)