Miata Mailing List: January 2000, Message #43

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Hey, I like your response up to the garage mistress part!  I keep my baby in 
the garage (not heated, but attached to the house so it's not freezing in 
there when it is freezing outside), and some us buy a Miata because we can.  
My neighbors think I'm nuts of course because I own a car that is only driven 
when it is nice outside.  Well, its a roadster, putting top up sucks, and 
some times it is just too damn cold to do anything outside.  Usually, if I 
take the dog out and she first whines then growls to go back into the warmth, 
I figure I shouldn't treat my baby any differently than my dog.  If she gets 
pissed at being out in the cold, she expresses herself.  I for one don't want 
to find out how my baby will express herself if she doesn't like the cold.  
Besides, my Avalon seems to appreciate being let loose on cold days, and she 
doesn't complain a bit (or hasn't for the last 75,000 miles).  As I said to 
my neighbor when he said, "I can't believe you'd spend that much money on a 
car you won't drive unless the sun is shining (him I can forgive, he's just 
ignorant)", "Shut up, kid, I can't believe you spent all that money on that 
huge home entertainment system that you only use during those four hours at 
night when I'm trying to sleep (and which by the way will not take that 15 
mph corner at the end of the road at 65 mph!!)."

Happy New Year!

Jim Peters
10AE #5428 aka "Frankenstein"
PACE Miata Club