Miata Mailing List: August 1997, Message #69
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From: 	Al Roethlisberger <aroethli@cisco.com>

Subject: Re: From the "I've Seen It All" Department

Date: 	Fri, 1 Aug 1997 16:13:29 +0000



At 02:31 AM 8/1/97 +0000, you wrote:

>Butch Said...

>

>> Just viewed the unbelievable.  In the October issue of Kit Car

>Illustrated,

>> a fellow by the name of Steve Terteryan has developed an "amazing Miata

>> based replica of the BMW Z3 roadster".  I don't really know how to take

>> this.  It would definitely be a mechanical improvement as far as the Z3

>> goes, but a drastic blasphemy for the Miata.  There is a picture of a

>> made-over Miata in the magazine.  It also says he has 2 turnkey cars for

>> sale.  To quote Ripley, "Believe it or Not" (I'd just as soon not)

>

>Man.

>

>Now I'm gonna have nightmares.  Thanks :P

>

>	-John

>

>



I'm not flaming the Z3, as that is usually taken care of already ;-p



But, I am having a hard time understanding the reasoning here..... is it

cost, is it performance, what??



If it is just cost 'savings', I bet that by the time you bought a used(going

for cheapest option here) for $7000 and then bought the kit, which has to be

about $20000 to be worth a damn, and factor in all hidden costs like your

own time...... you now have an 'almost Z3' for probably what it would have

cost you just to almost buy a used Z3 anyway.





If it is for performanc(getting a better Z3 than a Z3), well who knows.  I

am sure the Miata chassis will help, but I bet the fit/finish of the kit is

not as nice as either the Miata or Z3, so now you have an ill fitting,

squeak machine, that may or may not handle as well as the Miata anymore anyway.





Seems like a no-win all-around.   Who knows.



odd....



Al