Miata Mailing List: August 1994, Message #578
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   From: "Robert Cohen" 
Subject: Re: DAILY digest of "miata"
   Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 09:13:19 -0400

        Reply to:   RE>>DAILY digest of "miata" 
Ronnie B. Kon writes about accessories:

>I'd hold off on door sill protectors--I've had my car for a year now
>and have yet to get a scratch on the door sill.  In any case, the time
>to add the protectors is after the sill gets banged up.  There's
>little point in insuring that 15 years from now when you give up your
>Miata the sills are as good as new.

A friend has a '90 without any sill protectors, and both sills are
very scratched.  Worse, there's a lot of rust in the scratches (but
there's no rust anywhere else on the car that I can see).
Of course, he likes to drive it in the winter in Buffalo, so that
means road salt.  I guess the advisability of sill plates may
depend on where you live, and how careful you (and your
passengers) are when entering/leaving the car.

Bob