Miata Mailing List: September 1995, Message #175
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   From: Eric_Rowland@BayNetworks.COM (Eric Rowland)
Subject: Petra Watch - Day 15
   Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 15:38:33 -0400

A quick report on Petra, our on-line colleague who came from the Netherlands
to buy a Miata:

She showed up in Santa Clara on Friday at 10:30pm after a day of driving down
Hwy 1 from Eureka - with the hardtop on.  #10 of the top 10 reasons for top
up - You bought your miata with a hardtop, and have to ferry it from Seattle
to L.A. for shipment to Rotterdam.
The first thing we did was to jettison the hardtop (quite easy, really) so
she could get her first top down ride in her Miata (after a bit of guidance
in boot installation).  Over the weekend we proceded to drive Skyline (Hwy
35) to San Francisco, Hwy 9/236 to Big Basin and Santa Cruz, Summit Road,
Pierce Road and Bear Creek - some of the best Miata roads around - either in
her 'blue dream' or my supercharged gumball.  It's fun to have two blue
Miatas in the driveway!
I've done most of the aggressive driving, but last night she decided to show
me what she's learned.  Wow!  If everyone who rides with me feels like I did
last night, I apologize to them!  I don't know if I don't drive as fast or
it's just because *I* wasn't at the wheel (probably the case) but man that
car can scream!!  Yes, a bone stock Miata is fun, too!  A short time later we
had a fun stoplight grand prix with a Del Sol.  (Five months with my
supercharger with noone to 'challenge' me and she finds on on her third day. 
Not fair!)  She said that she laments for her Dutch compatriots who don't get
to drive these roads, but something tells me she'd make any road exciting.

She'll be heading back to LA soon, so if you see someone with Mariner Blue
and the hardtop on - she's got a good reason!  (though we did discuss
shipping the hardtop separately...)

Eric Rowland
'91B gumball blue
Santa Clara, CA