Miata Mailing List: September 1998, Message #85

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Ken:
	I hope that you kept the MIATA!

	I did an informal non-scientific poll of our club and MOST members had
a 4x4 PLUS their Miata!!!!!
	We are even thinking of a OTM [other than Maita] trip to Canyonlands NP
with just club members!
	What a LIFE!

Ken.Walker@frco.com wrote:
> 
> So,
> 
> After two strenuous years in the White Salty North of Minnesota, I couldn't
> stand the though of driving the Miata in all of that salt and chemical snow-melt
> crap and sludge for one more day.  However, since I have four excellent snow
> tires and a hardtop, I don't know if I could stand to go 5 months without
> driving it either.
> 
> SOLUTION:  I bought the linear opposite of a Miata!!  Ready?
> 
> 1983 Jeep CJ-7 (license plate "MUD BUG"), Front locking hubs, real 4x4 wheel
> drive, 4 inch lift kit, 32 inch tires, hardtop, softop, and a small block Chevy
> V8 ripped out of a Camaro, rebuilt, and stuffed under the hood of my Jeep around
> 10K miles ago!  There's even Cow-print seat covers and a fire extinguisher
> fastened to the roll bar!
> 
> Ahhhh, Four barrel carbs and a wholesome rumble that says "GET THE HELL OUT OF
> THE WAY!"
> 
> This vehicle only cost me $4200.00 and it will be great for taking the mountain
> bike out to the trails and for driving on those days that make the ordinary
> winter Miata driver want to stay home.  Here's a comparison:
> 
> Miata - 25mpg
> Jeep - 11mpg
> 
> Miata- Takes Freeway clover leaf ramps at 25mph over the posted "Recommendation"
> Jeep - Is lucky to get on the freeway at the posted limit without tipping over!
> 
> Miata - Decelerates from 60 to 0 on a dime
> Jeep - Decelerates from 60 to 0 "sometime today"
> 
> Miata - Top down driving is windy but pleasurable
> Jeep - Topless and doorless driving will pull your shirt off if it ain't
>        tucked under the seatbelt, and will rip the sunglasses right off
>        your face.
> 
> Miata - Four wheel drifts into tight corners like a dream
> Jeep - Four wheel drives THROUGH corners like a dream
> 
> Overall, I can't complain... For the first time ever, I tossed the mountain bike
> into my vehicle and I didn't worry about chipping the paint, getting grease on
> the leather, or bottoming out in a pothole somewhere in the gravel lot.
> 
> kjw &
> ICE-CUBE &
> MUD BUG

-- 
Joe Portas "The KNOBmeister"
Littleton, Colorado USA

'91-RED"A"   "KNOBzilla"       
'85 CJ-7     "MUDmagnet"
'78 GMC Van  "Bessy the MIATAhauler"

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