Miata Mailing List: March 1996, Message #83
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   From: Keith Tanner 
Subject: extreme weight saving ideas....
   Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 10:02:42 -0500

>>It's not likely that anybody's going
>>to be taking their top off to weigh it, but I bet its in the neighborhood of
>>100 pounds--
>
>I've removed the complete top assembly from several Miatas.  I would
>estimate that it weighs about 40 - 50 pounds.

Isn't this going a little far to reduce weight?  There are a couple of easy
ways to drop weight if you're really deperate, and they don't involve a
whole bunch of compromises, as a bastardized top would.

-run with less than half a tank of gas all the time.  I don't know what gas
weighs, but 5 gallons of anything has to have some effect.
-clean out your glove box.  The owner's manual is worth a couple of pounds,
never mind all the maps and junk that accumulates in there...
-lose weight yourself.  Just think, if you're overweight, losing those 30
lbs will improve both your performance and the car's.  Not recomended if
you're already fit.  If that's the case - wear fewer clothes!  
-leave the passenger at home.  What better way to lose 150 lbs?  Heck, take
their seat out.

I do agree that the next Miata should stay away from "longer lower wider"
disease, and get lighter - but not at the expense of common sense.  My car
already has the wind-up windows, by the way - no AC or airbag, either.  If
you want a light car, get a '90.

Keith and Baby, who is not anorexic

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