Miata Mailing List: May 1993, Message #21
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re: any good stories?
   Date: (none)

Closest thing I have to a good story is that my wife and I dropped
by one of the dealers we had been talking to, and pulled into their
lot just as the truck carrying what turned out to be our car pulled
in.  This particular dealer wasn't taking names like most of them,
preferring to operate on a first-come first-served basis.  The car
we bought was the first one that dealer had received -- there were
two others on the truck, but ours was actually *unloaded* first --
and it was exactly what we wanted (Blue Package A w/ A/C and LSD),
so we bought it on the spot for sticker.  Remember, back in the bad
old days when Miatas were scarce as hens' teeth -- this was June,
1989 -- most dealers were gouging buyers for additional markups as 
high as $5000, but these guys were so excited to be putting one of
the first in the area on the street (especially given they knew I'd
be soloing it), that they virtually insisted on making sure that we
went home with it that day.  We did, and it's been nothing but big
fun ever since.

This is the same dealer, by the way, who has insisted on replacing
my catalytic converter, front brakes, and hydraulic lash adjusters
for me even though they know I'm out thrashing the car on weekends 
and despite the fact that none of the original parts were giving me 
any particular trouble at the time, because they want to make sure 
that the car continues to "just feel right" as we begin our fourth 
year together.  They are *not* all pondscum.

- Steve Bruun