Miata Mailing List: April 1998, Message #65

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I probably will not get my '99 for a couple of weeks, but isn't there
someone that we can report these problems to so we will not have to deal
with the service managers.  If Mazda acknowledges a problem then we should
be able to get it fixed.

Thanks,
Hewey & Vernice
-----Original Message-----
From: Alessandro Di Sciascio <adisciascio@dialisdn.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@realbig.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 8:42 AM
Subject: Fellow '99ers keep an ear out for this one..


>Naw, not an April's fool joke...
>
>had the recall done last night, I was lucky enough that the guys in the
>service @ Marlin Mazda are really friendly and they spent a lot of time
>with me explaining what the problem was and talking about other
>maintenance stuff as well.
>
>Anyway... I don't know if you've had this problem or will but you might
>want to keep an ear out for vibrations from your door panels when
>playing music with good base in it with the BASS set on maximum (this is
>with the BOSE system that comes in the Leather package and is optional
>on several other packages, don't know if the standard will have a
>similar problem).  My car was absolutely perfect for about 15 days and
>then the sound started deteriorating as annoying vibrations started
>coming from the doorpanels.  I showed the service guys and they
>immediatelly acknowledged the problem (I know that's normal but my last
>experience with mazda service was with some a$$hole manager from Ed
>Morse Mazda who wouldn't admit there was a problem with the CD-Changer
>in the '97 I leased last year) and would have taken care of it at the
>time if it weren't for the fact that it was past closing time at that
>point.
>
>At any rate they said they would need to take the door panels off and
>put some additional insulation where the panel touches the door, when I
>get around to bringing the car back there and have it done I'll report
>back with my impressions.
>
>One last thing... last nite leaving the dealership I see this beautiful
>laguna blue '94 RX-7 next to me and as I look closely it's a buddy of
>mine I had lost touch with... so we stop by a McDs and chat for a
>while... I was surprised as he had been a "Jeep kinda guy.." at any
>rate, Snowwhite was parked right next to (about one yard apart) his
>beautiful car... and HOLY FREAKIN' SMOKES... now I know why I like
>SnowWhite soooooo much (I've started doing triple-takes now... YESSSS!)
>it is absolutely amazing how much the M2 has taken from that beautiful
>design from the 3rd gen RX7... the sides of the car are virtually
>identical... the whole area around the back wheels is a photocopy... if
>you stand between two cars and look toward either the front or the back
>(you want to be far enough back where you can't see the headlights on
>the M2 when you're looking towards the front) you will be hardpressed to
>see any noticeable differences!  Now I understand why before installing
>the Knobmeister car badges right behind my front wheels I was getting so
>many people asking me when the new RX7 convertible had come out.  By the
>way, the Knobmeister badges look really awesome when placed properly, I
>would highly reccomend them (and we all know what a great guy Joe is).
>
>Oh, and congratulations Gary on your new '99 and on your gorgeous Max!
>I really like the idea of both cars in the Miata of The Month!
>
>Ficarra, Lou wrote:
>>
>> 18 inches?  Go to www.bose.com.  I believe they have the  dimensions
>> posted.
>>
>> -Lou
>>
>> >----------
>> >From:  Quentin Clark[SMTP:qclark@home.net]
>> >Sent:  Tuesday, March 31, 1998 3:12 PM
>> >To:    Multiple recipients of list
>> >Subject:       size of speakers in 99
>> >
>> >Could anyone tell me the size of the speakers in the door panels of the
>> >99 miata?  I am planning on purchasing a 99 sport package this May and I
>> >would like to know if the Speakers I currently have would fit.
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance
>> >
>> >Quentin Clark
>> >San Diego State University
>> >qclark@home.net
>> >
>> >
>
>--
>Alessandro & SnowWhite
>White'99L
>Hollywood, Florida
>
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