Miata Mailing List: July 1997, Message #166
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From: 	Chris Wong <chris.w@ix.netcom.com>

Subject: Re: Does it hurt your Miata to.....

Date: 	Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:23 -0500



MX5Spinner@aol.com wrote:



> Hi, I was just wondering if spinning and fishtailing on wet pavement

> would or

> could hurt a miata.  I have a set of Grand Sport tires on the Spinner,

> the

> tires have absoultely no traction on wet ground.  So whenever there is

> a

> downpour i always take a friend up to a deserted parking lot and we

> fishtail

> and spin.  It's TONS of fun(it also helps my driving skills), but i

> was just

> wondering if it could hurt the car, as long as I don't run into a curb

> or

> something.

>



Talking about running into curb... I just ran over a curb and my Miata

cried out loud like it had a collision with the curb.  What possible

damage would this cause?  The surface looks ok... I am worried about the

exhaust.



Now, talking about the exhaust, a metal fence fell off a car in front of

me (it's about 24" x 1" wide)  I thought I ran over it, but after I

exited off the freeway, I heard strange noise from under the car and I

found out that the metal fence was stuck between the muffler and left

rear wheel.  I pulled it off and didn't know if there is any damage to

it.



Recently, I noticed that the muffler noise is not as smooth as before.

It sounds like the noise is actually from under the engine... Is this

related to the previous two events I had?  I'm puzzled.



Chris



> Thanks...Kirk

> '90 Red "Spinner" -129k