On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 11:48:17PM -0500, knarf wrote: > I know, I know. > > I think North America was the only place they were called Miatas. Everywhere > else they were always MX-5s (which latest gens are now called here). > > And first generation Miatas were called girl cars here. Pretty cramped for > the average North American male and underpowered they were derided by > power-hungry macho types.
Not terribly cramped. The trick is to take a bit of the foam out of the seat cushion to lower you in the seat. As to underpowered, my MGB with a supercharger on it, boosting it's power by 50-60% has about the horsepower of a 1600 miata with no catalytic converter. > > Otoh Road &Track said it had perfectly balanced power and handling with the > best shifter ever on a road car. > > Don't care what anyone else said, it was the Japanese perfecting the classic > British sports car. At some point I realized that if I did everything I wanted to my MGB, I'd pretty much end up with a Miata. I still want to get my MGB back on the road. Though what I really want is a Sprite with the horsepower of a miata. Though I'd settle for a Lotus Elan or Elise. > > Cheers, > frank > > David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Nov 6, 2013, at 4:53 pm, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> First gen Miata is still my fave. So tiny and pretty. > > > >Funny... They're called the MX-5 here and seem to be mostly owned by > >middle-aged women. > > > >Cheers, > >Dave > > “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
