Miata Mailing List: April 1995, Message #159
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   From: Blairs 
Subject: Re: Speeding in Ohio.
   Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 13:41:02 -0400

> 81 in a 65 amounts to $85.  If it had been a 55, it would have been
> $125 or thereabouts.

You're incredibly lucky you don't live in Oregon.  81 in a 65 would
be near $200, and in a 55 ... well, all I know is that 87 in a 55 is
$525 - or was it $575?

Oregon went a little crazy last year, and jacked up the prices.
Kirsten was just ticketed for 10 over the limit, and that was $96.
Fortunately, the officer wrote the date to appear in court as April
11, 1994.  No charges for her...ironically enough, my only ticket had
the same error. Weird.

Also, I'd appreciate some name ideas.  My family has a long tradition
of naming cars:

1979 VW Rabbit          -  ThunderBunny
1982 Chevy Citation     -  Silver Bird
1984 VW Diesel Rabbit   -  ThunderBunny II/Jr.
1987 Dodge Caravan      -  Big Bird
1995 Saturn SL2         -  Piewacket
199x Mazda MX-5 Miata   -  ???

(There were more before these, but I don't know their names)

I didn't say a long tradition of emotion-stirring, quality names,
just names.

Kirsten and I tossed around "Skippy" when we first thought of getting
a Miata (after seeing the somewhat smiley air intake), and half of me
thinks that would be allright, as that it's a fairly cute car, and
that's a fairly cute name, and it'll be her car to drive too - once
in a while, anyway.  ;) Part of me wants something with a little
snarl too, though.  (TurboSkippy probably wouldn't cut it.) At any
rate, this has grown long enough.

Paul, who is trying to make room in his signature:

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