Miata Mailing List: December 1993, Message #145
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   From: "Michael Butler" 
Subject: RE>Miata brakes, tires (fwd)
   Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 15:09:35 -0500

Jenab  writes:
>
>Seriously though, you'll invite the insurance nazis & Ralph Nader types to
>brand the Miata Unsafe At Any Speed, and all our rates will go up.  Please

Or worse yet, Mazda will be obliged to "dumb down" the Miata so that complete
idiots can drive it without spinning -- i.e., inject massive amounts of
understeer.

>invest a couple of hundred bucks in a driving school, or find some snow
>covered parking lot and spend a few hours doing 360's, and practice recvering
>from spins.  Your Miata is an instrument; spend a little time to learn how to
>use it and you'll enjoy it a lot more.

I agree completely.

I'll also agree that the OE tires are of the low performance variety.  Actually
this is part of the Miata's personality -- you can easily drift the car at
low speeds.

On the other hand, if you do value performance, you should ditch the OE tires.
However, higher limits do not absolve the driver of responsible driving.
High performance tires will simply allow inept drivers to spin the car
at higher speeds.

Michael Butler