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After Test-Driving the Miata and seeing how much fun it was, I thought maybe i wasnt the only one who has fun driving a miata and maybe the owners of other fun-to-drive convertibles would have many stories to tell as well. This is a place to tell all of your fun top-down driving stories. Whether you were driving on a mountain road, or just having fun around town, tell your story because you will enjoy telling and others will really enjoy reading! |
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| I'll start off by telling my story. I was with family looking for property in the shenendoa area. We looked at a couple properties in mauretown and really werent too jazzed about any of them. So heading out of mauretown, we still had a couple other properties we were interested looking at. To get to those properties we took the best road ever for driving! We took Zepp Mountain Road out of mauretown. Our Realtor had lived here all her life. She knew how her car handled on these roads. She had a '06 Subaru Legacy, we had a '06 Acura MDX. She was slowly pushing the speed limit on this mostly downhill twisty road. 30Mph... 35Mph... 40Mph... 45Mph... 50Mph... 55Mph. This is the best road in the world for a sports car. Two lane, one in each direction with no shoulder. My father who was driving was smiling, finally being able to push the engine of the acura for basically the first time since we purchased it. With this road you can really feel each curve. Each turn is sloped inward, like a real racing course. If anyone wants to just go for a drive in anycar with 100+hp and have fun this is your road. Not only does it offer an awesome experience, but when you are at the top you have some of the most amazing views in the world! For everyone, this is Zepp Mountain Road | |
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This car is so much fun. It is so quiet with the top up you would never know that you were in a convertable. Anyway, back to my story. My father and i test drove the hard top convertable miata. After exiting off the highway, my father refuses to put the top down at the stop light, so we pull into a nearby metro parking lot. We pulled in and passed a guy with his "pimped" nissan 350Z. We pull behind a neighboring car with the top up. Roughly 15 seconds later we pull out from behind the car and you should have seen the look on his face! You could tell he loved the car as much as we did. EVERYONE SHOULD TRY THE NEW MIATA PRHT! 
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Last week on Feb. 12, 2007 I was rear ended by a Peterbilt 18 wheel truck carrying heavy equipment! My poor little Y2K SE was shoved about 12 inches under the tractor trailer truck that was stopped in front of me. Folks, I did not suffer one injury as a result of this crash! Not even a bruise. My Miata on the other hand is totaled. Actually, the body doesn't look bad at all. Busted tail lights, popped trunk and hood, scrapes, but no frame damage. It's everything underneath that took the beating. I love my Miata, originally bought it saying I was going to drive it on special occasions. Ended up giving my Saturn away because my Miata was the only car I wanted to drive. When it died, my Miata had 110,000 miles on it and was still going strong. So if anyone is reading these posts while considering the purchase of a Miata, please take these facts into consideration; I walked away from an accident with 2 tractor trailer trucks, my 7 year old 110,000 mile Miata still looked as beautiful as the day I brought it home, it still got between 26-30 MPG on regular gas, I had put very little maintenance $$ into it, and what really surprised me the most, I received a pay out of over $9,000 for my car, which I'm using as a down payment on a new 6-speed Grand Touring Miata with retractable hard top. |
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Replying to: jbuttimer (Feb 21, 2007 2:06 pm) |
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Replying to: jbuttimer (Feb 21, 2007 2:06 pm)
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Replying to: bigbozer1 (Jul 20, 2007 2:54 pm)
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OK, to turn the mood around a bit, I'll share my last good road trip. My best buddy got divorced last year (it'll get better, I promise), so he flew up from Florida to spend some quality time. We drove out to the beach in my Miata. About 3 hours each way. Took our time, the scenic routes. Stopped for some good local foods, etc. Ate crabs at the beach, hung out a bit. Then drove back and had fun on the road trip back, too. I sort of helped him get over his failed marriage, and on with his life. Since then, he met a wonderful girl and is now engaged again. He'll be married in October and I'm really happy for him. He seems really happy and his fiance is very nice. Nothing like a good road trip, and some male bonding, to help turn things around a bit. 
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jul 23, 2007 6:06 am)
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Replying to: allcarsrcool (Jul 25, 2007 4:05 pm) Go to your closest track. I bet 30% of the cars there are Miatas. About 2/3rds of Miata owners are male. Mostly married, middle aged. |
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