Miata Mailing List: September 1999, Message #411

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My .02

1.        Electronic dash in a convertible - not my choice, but that's a
purely subjective personal taste issue.
2.        Power top.  Doesn't make sense in the LWS class.  Might make sense
Honda is after the SLK set.
3.        Reliability.  This is a non-starter.  Honda's are known for their
reliability more than anything.  I put 100,000 miles on a 89 Accord 2 years
and only did regular maint. and replaced one headlight.  The two other
Hondas I owned (ok, one was an Acura) were similarly trouble-free.
4.        Price.   I dropped into my local (SF Bay Area) Honda dealer two
weeks ago and asked.  He said low $30's, plus about $5,000 dealer markup due
to supply/demand. We'll see. Hype like the Miata?  I don't think so.  There
will be some excitement, but not on the scale we saw 10 years ago.

Tim Seiler
97 STO
San Ramon

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Barsalou <cbarsalou@satx.veridian.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@list.miata.net>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 10:57 AM
Subject: Car and Driver S2000, comparison


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> Howdy All,
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> I just finished reading the Car and Driver article on the comparison
> test of the S2000, Boxster, Mroadster, and the SLK.  From their tests, a
> lot of which is subjective, the S2000 beat the others, on all except on
> accelerations 0-60, and 0-100, where the BMW got it.
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> There are number reasons that I am not sold on the car.
> 1. Electronic Dash? In a retro convertible?
> 2. Power top in a smallish convertible.  The car already weighed in
> under 2800lbs, they could have saved some weight.
> 3. VTEC reliability. can you spin 8900rpm racing all day, and then drive
> home without worries?
> 4. Can the car come in for $32K?  will there be the hype like the miata?
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> Just a few of my thoughts.
>
> --Chris
> '92 Silverstone BS
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