Folding hard top picture (rendering)

Oh ya! I can hardly tell the difference! Whatever! I swear, no matter what
you show some people they feel like they are obligated to say oh well, that
looks just like _ _ _ _ _. Come on man, it might have some resemblances to
some other cars but it's quite a stretch to see that one.

Chris
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"Christopher Muto" > wrote in message
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> not bad looking, but that side view looks an awful lot like the new audi
> tt coupe that will be in the los angles auto show in november...
> look at the last pic on this link... http://tinyurl.com/hyvqn
>
>
>
> "Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Actually, that isn't a good picture (it's just part of the picture) it's
>> a small pic so hopefully I can just attach it here w/o causing turmoil. I
>> don't know if this is breaking a rule or whatever.
>>
>> I think it's a bad-ass looking car, much better looking than the 'coupe'
>> miatas that mazda has been playing around with.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>> 99BBB
>>
>> "Grant Edwards" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 2006-04-18, gto > wrote:
>>>
>>>>> It looks like Mazda has adopted that stupid "ass-in-the-air"
>>>>> look for the folding-hard-top version. That's too bad.
>>>>>
>>>>> At least the rag-top version still looks like a real car.
>>>
>>>> You mean like this?
>>>> http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002424.html
>>>
>>> As Kelly Bundy would say, the mind wobbles...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Grant Edwards grante Yow! Hmmm... A
>>> hash-singer
>>> at and a cross-eyed guy
>>> were
>>> visi.com SLEEPING on a deserted
>>> island, when...
>>
>>
>>
>
>

clearly it is not the same car, the audi is much bigger and in competition
with the big boys. but the flared fenders and the chiseled lines are the
new boring look of all new cars coming out today... every car on the market
used to look like the ford tuarus, like it was squeezed out of a eye
dropper... not the new boring are these angular things trying to achieve an
aggressive angry like a stealth bomber. in my opinion they usually end up
missing the mark and just look like insects. look how bmw and volkswagon
(and soon to follow audi) ruined their well designed cars with the recent
new designs... ugh.

"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
...
> Oh ya! I can hardly tell the difference! Whatever! I swear, no matter
> what you show some people they feel like they are obligated to say oh
> well, that looks just like _ _ _ _ _. Come on man, it might have some
> resemblances to some other cars but it's quite a stretch to see that one.
>
> Chris
> 99BBB
>
> "Christopher Muto" > wrote in message
> news:tEg1g.3043$UK5.1074@trndny01...
>> not bad looking, but that side view looks an awful lot like the new audi
>> tt coupe that will be in the los angles auto show in november...
>> look at the last pic on this link... http://tinyurl.com/hyvqn
>>
>>
>>
>> "Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Actually, that isn't a good picture (it's just part of the picture) it's
>>> a small pic so hopefully I can just attach it here w/o causing turmoil.
>>> I don't know if this is breaking a rule or whatever.
>>>
>>> I think it's a bad-ass looking car, much better looking than the 'coupe'
>>> miatas that mazda has been playing around with.
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> 99BBB
>>>
>>> "Grant Edwards" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 2006-04-18, gto > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> It looks like Mazda has adopted that stupid "ass-in-the-air"
>>>>>> look for the folding-hard-top version. That's too bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At least the rag-top version still looks like a real car.
>>>>
>>>>> You mean like this?
>>>>> http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002424.html
>>>>
>>>> As Kelly Bundy would say, the mind wobbles...
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Grant Edwards grante Yow! Hmmm... A
>>>> hash-singer
>>>> at and a cross-eyed guy
>>>> were
>>>> visi.com SLEEPING on a
>>>> deserted
>>>> island, when...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

tooloud wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>>On 2006-04-18, Scott Streeter > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I kinda like it. Wonder how much it weights...
>>>
>>>http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/...lding-hardtop/
>>
>>It looks like Mazda has adopted that stupid "ass-in-the-air"
>>look for the folding-hard-top version. That's too bad.
>
>
> Mazda didn't "adopt" any look; that's simply the styling required to stow
> the roof when it's folded.
>
>
>>At least the rag-top version still looks like a real car.
>
>
> <shrug> Sure, and my old man still thinks all new cars should look and drive
> like every car he owned in the '60s.
>
> The times, they are a-changin'. I don't have any problem with the hardtop
> Miata styling in the least bit, especially knowing why it looks like that.
>
> I already have one Miata that I'm tired of playing "vinyl top games" with.
> As it is, I leave the top down these days and don't even drive the car
> unless I won't have to mess with the top. I suspect this is the same reason
> I have yet to see a Pontiac Solstice with its top down.
>
> A retractable hardtop version would be much more user-friendly.
>
Can't get more user friendly the the current MX-5 top. The folding
hardtop is cool, however. Weight could be an issue. Putting a Solstice
top down is a major operation, plus you lose the trunk. I wonder how
many people will realize how utterly unpractical the car is once they
want to take an overnight trip to the beach with the top down?

Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
> Well, there's the security issue, the spyder being a much more secure
> vehicle. My son doesn't feel he can seriously consider the miata
> because he works retail and his car has to sit in a mall parking lot
> all the time. He's mentioned an older SLK might work cause it closes
> up secure. Obviously, he could install a hard top but constantly
> taking it on and off would be a night mare.

Strangely enough, I used to install and remove my hardtop on a frequent
basis. It really wasn't that big of a deal--I kept it in the front of the
garage in the space left ahead of the car (because it's so short) and simply
backed in when I knew I was going to mess with the top.

In fact, by all rights, one could argue that it's a simpler and easier
process to take the hardtop on and off than it is to raise or lower the
softtop on my stock '95 M-edition. I do have a window protector, so that
slows me down a little. If you've got a second person handy, the hardtop is
a joke to put on and take off--10 seconds or so.

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tooloud
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I appreciate your point, I didn't realize it was that easy, cool. However,
the second person thing is huge ;-)

Chris
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"tooloud" > wrote in message
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> Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
>> Well, there's the security issue, the spyder being a much more secure
>> vehicle. My son doesn't feel he can seriously consider the miata
>> because he works retail and his car has to sit in a mall parking lot
>> all the time. He's mentioned an older SLK might work cause it closes
>> up secure. Obviously, he could install a hard top but constantly
>> taking it on and off would be a night mare.
>
> Strangely enough, I used to install and remove my hardtop on a frequent
> basis. It really wasn't that big of a deal--I kept it in the front of the
> garage in the space left ahead of the car (because it's so short) and
> simply backed in when I knew I was going to mess with the top.
>
> In fact, by all rights, one could argue that it's a simpler and easier
> process to take the hardtop on and off than it is to raise or lower the
> softtop on my stock '95 M-edition. I do have a window protector, so that
> slows me down a little. If you've got a second person handy, the hardtop
> is a joke to put on and take off--10 seconds or so.
>
> <snip>
>
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> tooloud
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