Miata Mailing List: May 1994, Message #48
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     In response to replacement tire selection from 
     UA426@freenet.victoria.bc.CA(Christopher Rowe):
     
     I have used Yokohama A509's on a Mazda Turbo 626 and a Honda CRX Si 
     and love the traction and grip in both the dry and the wet.  These 
     tires are also very good in snow.  Miata Club of America also 
     recommends these tires for the Miata.  My Miata wears a set of Dunlop 
     D60 M2's in the stock size of 185/60x14 on the factory alloy wheels 
     (1992).
     
     I have thrashed this car around Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in a High 
     Performance Driving Course taught by Bobby Rahal and loved the tire's 
     performance and predictability.  Except for the long back straightaway 
     (not enough Mazda ponies), I was right on the taillights of a Corvette 
     ZR-1 and Mazda RX-7 Twin Turbo all thru the rest of the twisty course. 
     
     Incidentally, both the Corvette and the RX-7 "mowed the grass" that 
     day and I never left the track despite occasional full throttle power 
     slides.  I would highly recommend a professional high performance 
     driving course to every Miata owner.  Call Michelle at Mid-Ohio Sports 
     Car Course, Lexington, Ohio, 614-793-4609.


Drake Daum
President, Miami Valley Miata Club
(Dayton, Ohio)

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Subjects of messages in this digest:
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Car-Spouse issues
AUTOCROSSING
Re: Shop Manuals for Old Miatas
Windy City
Car Histories ...
Re: Dual Weber 40DCOE
Re: Car Histories ...
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>From archive-owner Sat Apr 30 07:18:52 1994
From: a.mccombs3@genie.geis.com
Subject: Car-Spouse issues
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 07:16:06 -0400

Kate, you hit on a really good point in your comments:  "Sadly, it's hard to
describe how important this is to someone who doesn't think it's important"
  This could describe a LOT of things in life besides cars.  Once upon a
time, cars were relatively rare commodities, before Henry Ford and the Model
T, anyway (no, I do NOT go back anywhere NEAR that far).  When cars were
rare, they tended to be treated with a lot more respect than you see
nowadays.  (Yes, there are exceptions to every rule.)  Anyway, now that
every donut hole and his/her brother/sister can get a car and a driver's
license, a car ain't no big thing anymore - except to some of us with some
cars.  And it's awfully difficult to turn the light on for these people and
show them that your interests count for something too.
 
A parallel to the above is aviation.  Up to the end of WWII, it was a very
rarified field.  Then, along with the GI bill providing flight training from
ground zero for vets, the pilots leaving the service, and light aircraft
mfrs. flooding the market for the expected post war "boom," aviation became
popularized - and common.  No, not nearly to the extent of the automobile,
but relative to the pre - '40s era, at least.  My parents can remember the
"wow, look, an airplane" from their youth, rather than the "your airport let
one of those damn things fly over my house" (which, BTW, was built after the
airport was already there) of today.
 
Don't know much about boats, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them
generally treated with much the same disregard insofar as maintenance,
general seamanship skills, etc. are concerned, relative to the past.  Mass
ownership or involvement with anything has a way of lowering the standards
to the lowest common denominator, unfortunately, with the exception of a few
isolated pockets - like us Miata nuts.  And if you REALLY want to know how
much you can trust that friend or acquaintance, loan them a book.  Then see
what kind of shape it's in when (if) you get it back.
 
Enough philosophy already.  Now, can anyone tell me what the optimum camber
settings are for my stock suspension, Dunlop D40M2 Miata for autocrossing?
(any other interesting stuff also considered.)
 
                                                --Jack M.--