Miata Mailing List: August 1994, Message #175
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   From: Steve Ling 
Subject: Info request
   Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 12:48:04 -0400

 
 Here I am in Houston for two months, 250 miles from home, and Maria (my 
Miata) decides to start stumbling under acceleration. She has about 28K 
miles on her, and I suspect the plug wires are going. Probably the Houston 
humity got to her. (So humid this morning that my glasses fogged up when 
I walked outside.) 

 So, for the 100th time on this list someone wants to know what are the
aftermarket wires of choice. Since all my mags and catalogs are at home, 
I also need a phone number. 

 I recall some people having success getting the dealer to replace the 
wires for free. If the wires aren't too expensive I'll pay it just to 
keep the monkeys away from my car. 

 Speaking of monkeys, I've considered following up on this idea about 
tracking our collective experiences with dealers. I would expand it to 
include aftermarket suppliers, too. Since I'm on Netcom, I don't have to 
worry about my employer getting uptight about libel. Netcom is always 
uptight, so that's somewhat irrelevant. Here is what I propose:

 1. A two week trial period. You send me ideas. Limit to 1 or 2 per person.
I collect them and publish the results in some useful format. 

 2. After two weeks I can bail out and nobody, not even Drake (joke!), 
can lecture me. I've never attempted anything like this before so I can't 
anticipate what it will involve. 

 3. If it works, it may be worth adding to the FAQ. Or it may be large 
enough to live on its own.
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  Steve Ling              /                      1993 Mazda Miata 
  sling@netcom.com        \ --- /\ \  / /\       Lone Star Miata Club
  Plano, Texas            /  |  \~  \/  \~       Texas Region SCCA