Miata Mailing List: September 1994, Message #3
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   From: Paul Phillips 
Subject: Re: Driving California in a Rental
   Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 06:30:38 -0400

Here's one possibility; after several consecutive weeks with my top down, 
I'm sitting at my terminal at work, and my friend Jimmy comes in:

 Jimmy: Didn't you hear your alarm going off?
    Me (startled): No, why?
 Jimmy: I just set it off.
    Me (semi-surprised): Why?
 Jimmy: I was putting a towel on your seat.
    Me (sounding repetitive at this point): Why?
 Jimmy: It's raining on your car, dude.
    Me: Are you serious?
 Jimmy: Yep.

I break all land speed records getting outside and find it's drizzling! 
In August in San Diego!! Fortunately it's very light and my top was up 
before any real damage was done.  

I chalk this one up to experience... I'll never take a chance with the 
top down under questionable skies again.  And, finally getting around to 
the quoted topic, maybe all those people with their tops up are just 
really paranoid about rain.

By the way:
  Me (later): Jimmy, perhaps next time you could set the interrupt 
  priority level of similar messages a bit higher?

 -PSP

On Wed, 31 Aug 1994 a.mccombs3@genie.geis.com wrote:

> Stephen Lasky reports on his CA experiences in a rental Miata.  We didn't
> rent while we were in San Diego a month ago, but we noticed the same thing:
> About 80% of the Miatas we saw on the road, had their tops up.  I made
> mention of it then, and it's interesting that others note the same thing.
> It would be interesting to stop those people and ask.  Is it an image thing,
> that they just want a neat looking little car, and don't want to put the top
> down?  --or what?