Miata Mailing List: September 1998, Message #121

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From:	"Kevin Morrison" <kevin@sunriders.com>
Subject:	Driving 5-speed, was Re: collective effects (Bose Buzz offshoot)
Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 1998 22:54:48 +0000


Nah, just learn to drive the 5-speed in the Miata on the way home from the
dealership.  By the third stop light, you'd have the hang of it.  Think of
the *several hundred dollars* you save by not opting for the A/T.

Kevin and Spider

-----Original Message-----
From: Nora Hague <nora@MCCORD.Lan.McGill.CA>


>
>It's not necessarily the time, it's mostly the money. We are car-less
>at the moment, friends all have no car or A/T's, and winter is coming
>on (again).
>
>I'd have to rent a standard, a feat in itself, and (no offense to my SO)
I'd
>rather take lessons from a professional teacher than absorb
>potentially bad habits from the SO.
>
>Which all costs $$$
>
>I'd rather put the $$$ into the cost of whatever Miata I can afford
>in spring, even if it's the basic model (hold the goodies...)
>
>Nora
>Eagerly awaiting spring 99 (for whatever M2)