Miata Mailing List: November 1996, Message #4
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   From: Mike Lastort 

Subject: Re: Porsche Boxster (miata content)

   Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 10:30:12 -0500



Seth Hamilton wrote:

> 

> I'm a miata enthusiast so don't get mad at me here. But if I had

> the cash I would be driving a boxter. I've been following the story

> and the technology releases for about 8 months now. I think the

> final version is fine looking, and the top (sorry) kicks the miata top.

> It automatically goes down and hides under its own cover completely

> hidden in 12 seconds flat (ok, you put yours down way faster on the

> miata, but you can't put it down and put the cover on in less than 12

> seconds. It also has a wind screen and roll bar built in. Plus it has

> a dual overhead cam version of the the famous Porsche Flat 6 (dry

> sump, however liquid cooled) which puts out 204hp. It doesn't accelerate

> much faster than a miata (I think) 7.2 seconds to reach 62mph. But

> it sounds like it handles very nicely. The instruments look interesting

> also. It goes 155mph and also comes in Porches tiptronic format for

> finger control shifting (if thats your thing, I would rather have the

> stick).

> 

> It does have style. However with my budget the miata is a fine car that

> does what I need (it provides me with GOOD stress relief, and its fun).



I have to agree with you. There's an elitist attitude from many others

on this list that I can't begin to understand. People seem to say "I

have a Miata and I'm much cooler that you  owners."



Don't get me wrong. The Miata is a great car, and I firmly believe that

its popularity caused the current renaissance of the roadster. The 50's

and 60' gave us the classic two seater (Thunderbird; Corvette; Triumph;

MG; Porsche; Alpha Romeo, Fiat and Porsche Spy(i)ders; Lotus; and way

too many others to mention). Then came the '70s. V-8 power reigned

supreme, and the small sports car prety much disappeared. 



Then, in 1989, Mazda had enough sense to reinvent the roadster. They

gave us the MX-5 Miata. It was (and is) immensely popular. Other car

companies noticed, and have now started to make roadsters of their own.

Car companies have also responded to this trend by making more sports

and sporty cars in general. This is A GOOD THING!!!!! Especially when

you consider that of the top ten "cars" sold in America, over half are

trucks or SUVs.



Why must so many of you denounce any other sports car or roadster as a

piece of crap? Speed Racer drives a VW GTI in a commercial, and this is

somehow the a sign of the apocaplyse! BMW releases the Z3, puts it in a

James Bond movie, and nearly everyone here says Z3s are terrible cars!

Porsche, one of the most respected sports cars companies EVER, decides

to release a roadster, and people have to say it sucks!! Honda releases

a great commercial for the Del Sol (the beach towel one), and everyone

has to say how sports cars can't have FWD! I'm wondering if it's ok in

some of your closed minds for a sports car to have 4WD. (BTW, the Honda

Del Sol and the VW GTI are sports cars).



Loving Miatas does not preclude one from being able to admire other cars

in the roadster class, or from loving sports cars in general. There are

some that are not as good as the Miata, some that are just as good as

the Miata, and others, like it or not, that are better cars than the

Miata. Learn to deal with it. If I could afford to spend $45k on a

Porsche Boxter, would I do it? Hell yes!!!! Would I rather drive a

Porsche than a Mazda? Is the Pope Catholic?



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