Miata Mailing List: September 1995, Message #115
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   From: schmegma@cris.com (PS)
Subject: where to locate radar detector?etc.
   Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 01:02:47 -0400

Where do Miata experts put their radar detectors? I have had my car for a
couple of months, and I am perplexed/ puzzeled /befuddled. I am not talking
about remote mounted, 2 peice units, just a plain old Passport radar
detector (about the size of a credit card and 3/4 inch thick).

I have been putting it on the poor excuse for a sun-visor, but bumps cause
the thing to bounce and bang on the frame. This is annoying and is
scratching the frame. (Bumps cause the CD player to skip too - grrrr)

So - I could stick it to the instrument cluster, but I don't know if I could
bring myself to put some mega-sticky  permanent thing on the car. 

Any ideas? I haven't been using the detector often lately - I just keep with
the traffic. There's much less turbulence at 65 than 75.

Side notes: just waxed my car this weekend with Meguars. Nice shine. But how
many applications should the 16 oz. bottle be good for? Based on my usage,
2.5. Did I use too little?

One more question - where can I get a hard top? Winter is coming, and I plan
on driving the car. I read $900 is the going rate - who can I call for a
catalog, and does that price include a finished/painted top?

Top up vs. top down? I drive 40 miles each way to work off of 128 in Mass,
and I always have the top down (luckly, I have a buzz cut, or a baseball cap
handy). I enoy the wind and noise, and the looks of other people, checking
out my car but trying to not make eye-contact with me. (For some reason, I
notice alot of mini-vans loaded with kids and they all go hyper, giving me
the thumbs up, and waving.)

Follow up to a previous question I asked about egine tapping at start-up -
it has minimalized now that it is no longer hotter than heck out, but I will
go to synthetic when I get it chnaged in a week or two.

Thanks for any tips,
Pete S.

93 Black /Tan,