Miata Mailing List: November 1994, Message #151
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   From: "Kate W. Hughes 607/974-3861" 
Subject: How Thoughtful
   Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 11:44:34 -0500

    	Well I've finally put in a stereo!  I installed a set of clearwater 
    speakers a year and a half ago, and was impressed at the time to find 
    speaker wires between a harness plug (behind the radio "blank") all the 
    way to the footwells.  How convenient.  All I had to do was add 
    connectors to the speakers and fabricate a weather-proof path to the 
    door (thank you, Mr. Phone Repairman, for leaving all that wire and 
    flexible tubing in my basement :-)
    	Now the stereo's in (Thanks, Jyri. Piece of cake.), and I am 
    pleased to find it's already wired for an antenna, too!  Just plug in 
    the stereo and bolt 'er on.  Less than an hour.
    	Next year, I think I'll get an antenna.  It looks like it will be a 
    20-minute affair, tops, to plug it in and tighten the bolts.
    
    	I am so impressed with those engineers at Mazda, thinking ahead 
    like that.  There's even these cute little plastic plug-blanks in the 
    back of the radio-blank panel to hold the wiring in place when you have 
    a base model with no radio.  Although it did make me giggle to see all 
    the wires plugged in to non-conducting plugs connecting nowhere to 
    nowhere.
    	And what an amazing difference in sound quality between the stock 
    stereo/clearwater speakers versus my portable panasonic boom-box.  And 
    more room for passengers, too :-)
    
    Kate
    Base '91 Mariner Blue (now with cassette capability)