Miata Mailing List: July 1994, Message #137
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   From: Jeff Maurer 
Subject: Re: all hail the miata
   Date: Thu, 7 Jul 1994 12:15:29 -0400

> I realize that I am somewhat of an expatriot to the miata list just at the 
> moment (okay, *YOU* write these grants!) but I wanted to report that old red 
> '91 is not immune to hail storms.  We had one here (Detroit) yesterday with 
> marble sized hail and I now have approx. 75 paint chips on the trunk alone. 
> Probably twice that many on the hood.  I love the miata and I'd buy another 
> (if they would just make one I could afford), but it *ain't* perfect.  The 
> paint job is c-minus, imo.  Is there any sign of improvement in Mazda's 
> effort with the '94s?
> 

July 4th Autoweek:
"Owners still complain about lousy paint quality, just as they did back
in 1989..."

So I guess, no - they haven't done much to improve paint quality.  Other than
that they basically raved about the car (for it's niche), and felt that
the '94 changes were all positive (excepting price increase), and were
particularly enthusiastic about the R model.  Oh yeah, their classifieds 
list:

	Cartech turbo Miata, 1990 - 8600 miles, Red, A/C, loaded, roll bar, HKS,
	quick.  As new $15,500 obo (708) 513-6629 (IL)


[I'm affiliated with Autoweek, yeah, and I get a _big_ kickback, yeah that's
it, and I drive around in my Miata with the QUEEN of England.  That's the
ticket...]


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