Miata Mailing List: January 1995, Message #167
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   From: scrandel@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (S. Crandell         )
Subject: OK, the Miata DOES handle WELL! -Sean recants
   Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 14:48:10 -0500


    I know in a recent post I said I had driven better handling cars,
well, I said that after only having my Miata for 1 day and I hadn't
really had a chance to push it.  

    Well, last night I certainly had a chance. I live in San Diego and
we got a pile of rain and wind over the last day.  I bought the car Tuesday
night and it rained all day and night Tues and all day Wed.  I was 
driving in the rain, with the top up.  At about 10:00 at night the rain
quit for a couple hours and I hit the road, top down!  I know I had people
looking at me funny because it was cold and dark and here I am driving 
around with the top down, hours after the rain had stopped.  I didn't care,
I was having FUN.  Unfortunately, I forgot to unzip the window, but after
getting numerous responses, I will ALWAYS unzip my window when the top
goes down. 

   Anyway, because of this rain, many trees had fallen down and were in
the roadways.  Being mesmerized with my wonderful car I forgot about this
as I was zipping down La Jolla Village Drive (for you locals) when I 
suddenly saw a HUGE tree blocking all but the left most lane.  (I was in 
the middle lane going abotu 45)  The little Miata just swooped to the 
left and went right through the clearing and I freaked out.  I had reacted
more out of instinct and less out of actual planning. I had to do a u-turn
and go back and look at what I had missed.  WOW. The tree was BIG.  If I
had hit it at my speed, with the top down, I would have done serious damage
to my 2 day old car (it a 1990, but new to me) and I wouldn't been eating
major plants!

    I take it back....The Miata is the BEST handling car on the road!!
My old RX handled well, but not THAT good.

Sean Crandell
scrandel@sdcc13.ucsd.edu
1990 RED 1990 A  (Not yet named)