Miata coupe in 2010?

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Scott Streeter > wrote:

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Maybe for someone else but to me it's as desireable as genital
herpes... :-(



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XS11E > wrote:

> > http://www.leftlanenews.com/mazda-pl...or-the-us.html
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> Maybe for someone else but to me it's as desireable as genital
> herpes... :-(

Right, what's the point? I imagine the US market for a slow, 2-seat
coupe was saturated by the defunct (and ironically named) Insight. The
PRHT is a hit; a fixed-head coupe would be a dud.

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Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
'94C

I too underestimated the upside of the convertible and I too love the PRHT .

Anybody else remember how old this idea is? Almost that exact design was
floated as a concept cat by Mazda back in 96. I have the Car and Driver
calendar page (Oct 5, 1998) up on the wall in front of me! It was called
the 1996 Mazda Miata M Coupe.

Chris
99BBB

>
>>
> The PITA factor and the additional maintenance/replacement cost of a
> convertible top compared to a coupe did not seem to make up for the fun
> factor of dropping the top to me until I had driven it for some time.
>
> The initial reasons that I bought the Miata were almost entirely based on
> the price, handling and reported reliability of the car.
>
> Pat
>

I bought my 99 because it was
1. A "sports car" (and a good one for the money)
2. A convertable sports car.
If it had not been a convertable, I would have likely gotten something
else, perhaps an older sports car in good condition.

That aside, I get more queries concerning the car when it has the matching
hardtop installed. Seems the "Roadster" logo & the hardtop confuse some
people, even today. Sports cars should be Red, Silver, Green, or Blue. No
White, Black, Grey or Chameleon allowed. (G)

One of the funniest events occurred when the 99 was fairly new. I had
buffed it, removed any "orange peel" and waxed it with a very high gloss,
high carnuba content wax intended for boats and RV's. Then in the afternoon,
stopped by a "Classic Car" show at the local shopping center. I ended up
parking at the end of a row of cars to be judged, but just on the other side
of the "rope".

The first thing that happened was that a family with a small boy (about 3-5
I'd guess). The boy was bored with the classic cars, saw the shiny RED 99,
and went sorta ballistic. Seems he "WANTED THAT CAR". Parents had to drag
him off screaming and kicking.
Next, the judges actually started think about judging the 99, at first
thinking it was one of the older italian "exotic" sports cars, even though
it was on the other side of the saggy rope. They got a judging sheet
partially filled out before they noticed the lack of an entry number (The
sun was very bright on Marco Island that day, and most of the cars had the
number tag on the inside of the windshield, so that it didn't blow away.)



"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
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> I too underestimated the upside of the convertible and I too love the PRHT
..
>
> Anybody else remember how old this idea is? Almost that exact design was
> floated as a concept cat by Mazda back in 96. I have the Car and Driver
> calendar page (Oct 5, 1998) up on the wall in front of me! It was called
> the 1996 Mazda Miata M Coupe.
>
> Chris
> 99BBB
>
> >
> >>
> > The PITA factor and the additional maintenance/replacement cost of a
> > convertible top compared to a coupe did not seem to make up for the fun
> > factor of dropping the top to me until I had driven it for some time.
> >
> > The initial reasons that I bought the Miata were almost entirely based
on
> > the price, handling and reported reliability of the car.
> >
> > Pat
> >
>
>

We have a 2006 base MX-5.

It is interesting how people "see" the MX5 / sports cars.
Last year, we left a wedding to drive across town to the reception. Top
down of course! Several people left the church at the same time. When we
arrived at the reception hall - a guy told me he followed me because we
seemed to know where we were going. He said; "You were the folks in the
MG, right?"

To some -rather oblivious- people, a roadster sports car is a roadster
sports car is a ... etc

Chuck wrote:

> thinking it was one of the older italian "exotic" sports cars, even though
> it was on the other side of the saggy rope. They got a judging sheet
> partially filled out before they noticed the lack of an entry number (The

There's that Miata knowledge!

Chris
99BBB


>
> Yes, and I really liked it, even though they painted it yellow.
>
> Had it been in production and available in blue or black, I probably would
> have bought it in 1999 instead of the '96M that I went with.
>
> Pat

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:50:33 -0500, Chuck wrote:

> Sports cars should be Red, Silver, Green, or Blue.

Excuse me sir, but I am sure you mean Red, Silver, Green, AND Blue.

Leon
P.S. And cut down on the silver with a responsible driver, of course.
--
Leon Bess Bozo .)

On Feb 13, 12:47 pm, Scott Streeter > wrote:
> http://www.leftlanenews.com/mazda-pl...or-the-us.html
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The only thing I would like better than the ragtop or the retractable
hardtop would be an integral rollbar with vertical retractable rear
window. The main problem with this design is where to stash the small
removeable top. The Lotus Elise has a soft top between the front glass
and rollbar that rolls up, but that reintroduces all the noise that
the hardtop takes care of. A hard shell would be hard to store. It
sure would be nice to have a retractable rear window for ventilation w/
o the wind. And if the top could retract behind the seats, oh, joy!

What I would like better than a coupe is scissor doors. California
parking spaces are tiny.

> What I would like better than a coupe is scissor doors. California
> parking spaces are tiny.

So you want the SUV next to you to have scissor doors...

miker