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Old October 20th 18, 06:32 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata
Leon van Dommelen[_2_]
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:23:54 -0700, XS11E wrote:

> Can someone play "Taps" over it please?
>
> I blame Mazda, the first two versions of the Miata were more than cars,
> they were almost like family pets, not always well behaved but lovable!
>
> The third generation is a MUCH better car but.. a car and nothing more
> than a car. <SIGH>


Having owned all four generations of Miata (including two of the NB, 2nd
gen, I agree that the NC, third gen, was a good car, and definitely *not*
exciting. But I disagree strongly that the third generation was a
*better* car. It was more reliable than my NA, first gen, but that was
just because my NA had been heavily modified and seen some tough
circumstances, including the dirt on the Cassiar. (And maybe just had a
bad timing belt.)

My ND, 4th gen, Miata is again very nice. (Here I am ignoring the obnoxious
electronics gadgets, which, though less obnoxious than other recent vintage
cars I have driven, including an extremely obnoxious BMW mini, are still
really, really, obnoxious.) I think the ND is quite exciting again.

Then again, I know at least one person who really likes the NC and auto-crosses
it. (As did I when I had one, but only because it put me in CS rather than
in BSP as my second gen grey Mazdaspeed did.)

Leon
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