Miata Mailing List: December 1999, Message #530

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--- "John T. Croteau" <johnc@geekopolis.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone.  I'm moving back to Minnesota this weekend and
> wondering
> if anyone on the list is from Minnesota.
> 
> Any Miata specific clubs in the cities?  How about good shops that
> know miatae well?
> 
> Thanks

John,

I just moved here (St. Paul) in August.  Haven't found any shops that
cater to Miatas and I don't think there are any.  I go weeks without
even seeing a Miata including my own (it's stored for the winter). 
People around here look at me funny riding around with the top down and
a rollbar.  There is a Northstar Miata Chapter up here, but they are
pretty much done until Spring.  I haven't had a chance to hook up with
them yet. Here's their site:

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Lane/6982/


FUNNY STORY:

The people from my wife's small town had never heard of a Miata let
alone seen one.  A guy that was in the gas station asked me what kind
of car it was.  I said, "It's a Miata."  "A Mariorta, who makes that,"
he replied.  I told him Mazda did.  He said, "WHO?"  After that I
thought I'd relate Mazda to something he might know about.  I said they
are partly owned by Ford.  He said, "Ford, hell I gotta git me one of
those!"  I just smiled and walked away...



=====
Derek Engelhaupt
Product Engineer
Hewlett Packard
'97 White Mazda Miata with RB intake(U), K0NI's, driving lights, 
15" K0NIG GT-Rs, T0Y0 T-1s, V00doo stuff, and Hard Core Bar.
St. Paul, MN
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