Miata Mailing List: January 1994, Message #34
sponsored by



     


   From: Jonathan Webb 
Subject: top down....
   Date: Wed, 5 Jan 1994 04:43:01 -0500


    PUGET SOUNDERS ARE A BUNCHA WIMPS!!!  Gollee, putting the top up and down
    while you're STOPPED, forgoshsakes!  --and when it's WARM???  Come on, we've
    had all kinds of Miataphiles talking about driving around with the top down
    in the SNOW, forgoshsakes, and how they can put the top up/down at red line
    in fourth or whatever.  Let's get with it and have a REAL competition.
     
    I'll stand by the side and judge.  Meanwhile, Alex's thoughts on an east -
    west competition sounds sufficiently rational so as not to attract the
    attention of the law.  Let's try it!

>> Sorry did I miss something here ? Anyone need a co-driver from the UK ?
     
    (P.S:  Way back a couple decades or so, the soaring enthusiasts who were
    partial to a specific type - the Schweizer 1-26, to be precise - used to
    include in their Nat'l Championships, a competition to see who could
    assemble their sailplane the fastest.  This involves putting the WINGS AND
    TAIL on!  I wasn't around at the time, but as I recall from my reading, they
    had it down to around 2.5 minutes from trailer to flight line ready.  Then
    you had to FLY the thing!  Well, it was inspected by an impartial authority
    first.  Even so, Miata top up and top down competitions may be somewhat more
    sane.)
     
                                                            --Jack M.