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#2477 of 4340 Barn doors, no thanks by WarpDrive Aug 07, 2002 (11:04 am)
I have to side with freddy. It took me 10 years to buy a Miata. Guess why?   Not to offend any M1 owners, but I would have bought a Miata years ago if they had changed the front end earlier. Some people can say the M1 is cleaner looking, I just think it lacks visual features.
#2478 of 4340 barn doors, love them! by lngtonge18 Aug 07, 2002 (5:26 pm)
I absolutely love the barndoors! They look cool when up, giving you the impression you are driving a Corvette, 928, 944, 3000GT, or RX7, and they allow the front to have a completely smooth seamless appearance when down ( it has the smooth shape of a speeding bullet, but I will admit it is a little bland). However, I don't like the limited light they put out. It still tickles me that I own a car with barndoors. They always caught my attention when I was growing up (it was the main reason why my mom and I thought her 86 Accord was so sporty) and I regret the fact there are so few of them left. Long live the barndoors!!!
#2479 of 4340 by ateixeira Aug 08, 2002 (5:15 am)
When I say clean I mean it looked like it was designed to look like that originally. The newer ones look like face-lifts, i.e. you can tell they weren't designed from scratch, but instead styling features were tacked on, like that rear hump.   Not that I care much, I'm sure I'll own a '99 one of these days.   Barn doors impress little tikes, for sure. If I could only get my daughter to stop deploying them for fun!   The down side is that they "date" the car, the look is very '80s.   -juice
#2480 of 4340 I guess I've seen too many.... by WarpDrive Aug 08, 2002 (5:25 am)
barn doors stuck on the up position in the winter. That and the fact that it dates the cars really turn me off them. No sports cars these days have them including my favorite 360 Modena. I like to drive around with my headlights on for maximum safety and the Miata's barn doors look completely ridiculous in the up position (and that explains why there are so many aftermarket options for the lights)
#2481 of 4340 by ateixeira Aug 08, 2002 (5:42 am)
People do that on purpose. There is a switch at the top of the center console to leave the barn doors up even when the lights are off. This is so that if ice forms, they don't get stuck.   So they aren't necessarily stuck, they are kept up on purpose to prevent just that.   I'll give another example of how a face-lift doesn't look as good - the Acura NSX. The new face looks hideous, actually.   BTW - the sealed beams do stink, but you can get E-codes cheap and easily. I paid $80 or so for both enclosures plus bulbs from Susquehanna IIRC, and the lighting is fantastic now. Easily worth the money. In fact I bet the lighting is better than the new Miata's headlights.   -juice   PS They don't change the look, just the amount of light and the light pattern (much more light on the road)
#2482 of 4340 I was also talking about the by WarpDrive Aug 08, 2002 (5:57 am)
one-up, one down phenomenon. Yes, I'd leave the doors up all the time in the winter too if I had 'em, and certainly the car doesn't look so clean if you do that!
#2483 of 4340 by ateixeira Aug 08, 2002 (5:59 am)
Hmm, I haven't seen many of those "winking", in fact I can't recall any.   I'll take your word for it. Mine rarely go up so it's a non-issue for me.   -juice
#2484 of 4340 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Aug 08, 2002 (7:47 am)
I think the new Miata looks pretty good but it does sort of throw the car into the anonymity of most Japanese front-ends now. Now the back end of the Miata is more interesting than the front, which doesn't seem right somehow. But the extra cockpit room ---yes!!
#2485 of 4340 by freddy_k Aug 08, 2002 (10:36 am)
Room, ah yes. I wouldn't know, my 130 lb frame fits in any Miata very comfortably   As for the little flip on the tale of the '99, I agree, it just doesn't belong, and looks like it needs to be filed down! It did actually make a difference in downforce and high speed stability however.
#2486 of 4340 by ateixeira Aug 08, 2002 (10:43 am)
A little extra room, maybe. I didn't notice any improvement, perhaps because I've modified my seat track so that the front is higher.   Guess I could still do the same on a newer model.   -juice

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