Miata Mailing List: June 1999, Message #2

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>An informal and unscientific survey of mine while driving around West
>Texas last week and this weekend is that Miatea have a high Top Down
>Quotient (TDQ) while most convertibles seem to be very low.  In fact I
>don't see why Mustangs and Camaros even come as convertibles.  The
>weather has to be almost perfect before you see the top down on one of
>those.  Sebrings and LeBarons score the next highest in TDQ.  Any other
>observations out there?
>
>TDQ is measured by counting the number of convertibles with the top down
>for a given car and dividing by the total convertibles for that car.

Over the past few really nice days, for New England...

I've seen lots of convertibles I went to Boston and
had to do a lot so I saw a lot of cars and.
Heres what I saw, no exaggeration.

Saab Convertibles: all UP
Camero: 2 down; over 7 up
Mustangs: 1 down; over 6 up
Miata: 1 up; over 12 down
VW Cabrio: 2 up; about 9 down
BMW various series: all UP
Jaguar: 2 up; 1 down
Various older muscle cars: mostly tops DOWN

This is pretty close since I didn't write down
what I saw just what I remember, Temp sunny and
around 80-85 deg.