Miata Mailing List: February 1998, Message #7
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From: 	Eric and Catherine Amador <theamadors@earthlink.net>

Subject: Re: Power Steering

Date: 	Sun, 1 Feb 1998 00:40:15 +0000



Craig:



I've owned three Miatas; two with power and one with manual steering,

and I much prefer the manual.  I now have a '92 yellow, and yellows all

came with power steering.  I'm going to switch to manual.  It's

apparently pretty easy and should cost about $300, excluding (my own)

labor.  Your only sacrifice with a base model may be an LSD.



Miatas do have a notchy second gear (chalk it up to character), which

improves with Redline MTL.  Their synchros are fine and I've never heard

of any problems.  Very robust trannies.



Miatas are among the most reliable cars on the road.  Every car magazine

agrees and I've never been stranded.  Every time I work on (tune up or

upgrade, never repair) the car I admire its quality and elegance of

engineering.  In SCCA racing they've shown their mettle, endurance-wise,

time and time again.



You won't be sorry.



Eric Amador

L.A.