Miata Mailing List: July 1995, Message #85
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   From: Aengus 
Subject: Re: Proud Father (take 2)
   Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 21:35:37 -0400

Sorry for the incomplete letter, folks; blame it on my clumsy fingers
(but my gearshifting is much better than that, honest!).

Jack M. said:

> (1)     I note that you have a '71 Zcar along with your Miata - I have the
> exact same combination of cars!  I know there are at least a couple others
> on Miatanet with early Zcars also.  I guess a lot of us feel the Miata to be
> the spiritual heir of the original lightweight, simple (relatively
> speaking), good performing Datsun 240Z, but with a top you can put down.  I
> feel the Miata captures the early Z car spirit much more so than anything
> built by Nissan today.

I have a friend with *3* 240Zs.  Was out driving one day and he pulled
up beside me at a light in one of them.  Of course, we both hammered
it when the light turned, and the Miata (stock) surprised me by
running level with him.  Of course, much of this was undoubtedly my
lightening reflexes and incredibly skillful shifting (uh-huh), but
what's the real scoop on performance between the two, Jack?  Was his
Z-car clapped out, or are they really about equal in acceleration to
the Miata?

Aengus
   whose server has been disconnected from the net (telco error) for
   several days and who used the time to forget how to type
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92 yellow -- who's glad my shifting practice isn't silicon dependent