Miata Mailing List: May 1993, Message #79
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re: Redesigned Miata?
   Date: (none)




On Wed, 12 May 1993 Joshua_Bloch@transarc.com wrote:

> steve@laforge.ksc.nasa.gov (Steve Davis) writes:
> 
> > Redesigned Miatas?  Hmmm... this always seems to happen to me.  I buy  
> > a new Japanese model in its fourth year of production, then a few  
> > short months later a replacement comes out and I'm screaming, "I want  
> > that!" like a spoiled kid.  :-)
> 
>     Why would anyone want a redesigned Miata?  The original ones are
> so nice!  In fact, I prefer the pre-93 (no badge on the hood, no trunk
> release) models to the current ones.  Contrary to popular belief, most
> car models suffer from the "improvements" that are inevitably made
> over time.  Why can't manufacturers leave well enough alone?

Not to mention that they softened the rear sway bar for 1993, to "improve
ride quality". Pfaugh! If I could do it, I'd put a *bigger* bar on both
ends. I can't do it because I'd have to get it past my wife, who watches
my automotive expenditures like a hawk, plus a rear bar would take me out
of C Stock. OTOH, I understand that Mazda has plans to put a larger engine
in for '94. That seems like a good move to me.

> 
> 				Happy Motoring,
> 
> 					Josh
> P.S.	Just to prove that I'm not a Luddite, I like the remote control
> 	mirrors and the cup-holders.

Power mirrors, yes. Cup holders, though? This is a driving machine! What
need do you have for cup holders? Pull over and relax if you need
refreshment! It only takes 10 minutes or so to drink a soda. :-{)

--
Ken (Del Val Miata Club)

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                         | full rotation of a race car about either its
  E-Mail: kenw@netaxs.com| pitch or roll axis."            Carroll Smith
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