Miata Mailing List: February 1994, Message #169
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   From: a.mccombs3@genie.geis.com
Subject: SAT Miata Sightings
   Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 23:57:25 -0500

Jack & Anne just returned from a week's vacation in San Antonio (wish we'd
had Kansei with us - the top would have stayed down the whole week).
Naturally, we were somewhat observant of MX-5s in the area.
 
In fact, after a short time, we really started looking - there aren't many
in the SAT area, for some reason or another.  SAT has a population right at
a million, and yet, in five full days spent in and around the city, we saw
only two Miatas on the street, one on a used car dealer's lot, and two for
sale in the paper.  Admittedly, we didn't deliberately set out to
investigate every used car lot in town, nor did we check the local Mazda
dealership (where I would assume there would be at least a couple new ones
available).  Still, one hour virtually anywhere in the DC area will provide
one with more Miata sightings than nearly a week in SAT did.  The two days
in Midland resulted in even fewer (zero, to be precise) Miata sightings.
Don't central and western Texans like two seat sports cars?
 
OTOH, SAT has some GREAT cruising down Commerce St. in the evenings.  First
time I've ever seen a genuine low rider actually use the trick suspension on
the street.  Lotsa pickups, but a lot of pretty nice cars, too.  Great fun
to just sit back and watch.
 
Nevertheless, I think for the most part I'll stick to territory where Miatas
are not an endangered species.
 
                                                --Jack & Anne M.