Miata Mailing List: January 1994, Message #55
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   From: Will Zehring 
Subject: Winter driving celebration
   Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 08:28:51 -0500

Fellow fiends:

Well, at last we got the first "big" snow of the season (still going on
as we type) and boy is this great or what!  Only two inches on the ground for
the drive in but sheer delight.  I can go to the KMart parking lot tonight
and do some fish tails (just like in grad school with my roommate's
VW!)  People in the "parking structure" looked at me this morning,
getting out of my red '91, as if I was just in from Mars.  How I pitty
those unfeeling fwd econo-sedan drivers!

On a more serious note:  I have a question for hard top owners.  I am
having a hard time making sure that all adjustments on the top's clamps
and such are optimized.  Depending upon the temperature, the top seems
very loose and on hard bumps I hear what almost sounds like a craking sound
from the rear window area (tho I have adjusted the slide clamps under the
chrome pieces at the back).  I am also concerned that the top is in some way
stressing the door windows (pushing down on the glass during hard bumps).
Am I just going crazy worrying about this stuff or have others had
"trouble" getting the top "tuned" to the car?

I understand that temperature changes might cause the top and the car to
expand or contract slightly wrt each other.  Maybe there is no perfect
combination of adjustments?  Hints?  Comments?  Needless-to-say, I also
wonder if the hard top was even worth the $$$.  Am I warmer, safer,
dryer or anything but poorer for having it?  I ain't so sure.

Many thanks,
Will Zehring (aka wzehrin@cms.cc.wayne.edu)
"Its bad for business, see?"  Humphry Bogart, it "The Maltese Falcon"