[MR2] sadly signing off

[Chris S]

I've been tempted by the miata..actually, it was th first car i ever 
'noticed' when i was growing up.  I got into a wreck in my celica (with a 90 
yr old GREAT grandma with her great grandchild in her lap..and a neck brace 
on....on her way back from the hospital bc of lupus...you can't make this 
up).  anyway, i test drove a lot of miatas and they were just really good, 
but i had my eyes set on an mr2 by that point.  1 drive in a mk2 turbo and 
bam., just hooked.  I see a few older miatas every now and then and i still 
think about getting one as a 2nd car...

You're gonna be missed, but i'm sure you'll be back

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAVIES, BARRY S (BARRY)" <daviesb at alcatel-lucent.com>
To: "Donald Chalfant" <dkchal at datasync.com>; "David Hough driving" 
<driver at oakapple.net>; <mr2 at mr2.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [MR2] sadly signing off


>
> You hear taps? Must be time to adjust the backlash.....
>
> Well, good luck with your Miata David. Got to admit I've been tempted, but 
> then how would I spend my weekends if I wasn't fixing MR2s?
> Cheers
> Barry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com] On Behalf Of Donald 
> Chalfant
> Subject: Re: [MR2] sadly signing off
>
> I hear Taps playing softly in the background
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Hough driving" <driver at oakapple.net>
> To: <mr2 at mr2.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:02 AM
> Subject: [MR2] sadly signing off
>
>
>>
>> I'll be unsubscribing shortly.    After 9000 miles for the original owner
>> and 170000 miles for me, my 88 SC has moved on to a new home,
>> not far away at all, so maybe I'll see it around from time to
>> time.    I miss it already, but between my getting older (arthritis,
>> tendonitis) and its getting older (plastic rotting and cracking, mystery
>> overheating and coolant not sucking back in but not showing any pressure
>> leaks, having to go back twice every time the tires get rotated, sun 
>> shade
>> locks rotting out, all symptoms familiar now on this list) it was time to
>> move on.
>>
>> 20 years ago it was Mustang vs Miata in my mind, but at that time Miata
> was
>> brand new and people were bidding on invoices of undelivered cars,
>> (see http://dhs.oakapple.net/photo/other/minnesota/spring-mn.txt all the
> way at the end)
>> and then I drove an MR2.
>>
>> But now it's Mazda's turn and instead of getting another car that my
>> kids would never learn to drive, I got a Miata with an automatic
> transmission
>> and a power hard top and, because that's the only way you can get those
>> features at the moment, every other option.
>>
>> A bare bones, minimal, ragtop stick shift Miata would have offered
>> everything I really need,
>> so I feel a bit sheepish about all the GT-ish luxury tacked on the one
>> I bought, but it looks good, sounds good, and feels good.
>>
>> I don't have to sweat the significance of
>> every little change in the noise level (unlike an old car)
>> and I don't have to sweat parking it on the street in the city as much
>> (unlike a ragtop).
>>
>> Best of luck to all MR2 faithful out there keeping theirs going against
> the
>> march of time.     Hang on long enough and they'll start becoming more
>> valuable over time.   This list is a great resource for finding the 
>> common
>> solutions to the common problems.    It's great to see such a dedicated
>> community of experts helping out, and compared to many other mailing 
>> lists
>> I've dealt with over the years, this one is a very positive productive
>> experience.
>>
>> David Hough
>>
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