Miata Mailing List: October 1996, Message #2801
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   From: linx@wesnet.com (Scott Waldrop)

Subject: MR2 A Scary Halloween Story

   Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 14:51:26 -0500



Hi, this was taken off the MR2 mailing list.  (I've owned both a miata and a

MR2 so I subscribe to both... :)  Anywayz this looks like fightin words!

I'll decipher a few of the MR2 terms down below.



>Hi Digest

>Well i can tell it's Halloween. I was on my way to work this morning,  and 

>stopped at a light,  just before the on ramp. A Miata pulled  up  next to me 

>and honks at me. I thought nothing of it. He honks again. So i look over and 

>it's some punk kid.  He started revving his engine. The light turns green 

>and he hits it. SO i play along. Mistake #1. As i blow by him i come upon 

>the on ramp, this on ramp  is a 25mph type thing. I didn't think nothing of 

>it because i always take it at 40-55, mistake #2 ,  on a hot summer day. 

> Now this being a winter morning and it just rained, changes the whole 

>picture.  I did slow down from 65mph. I thought to my self "Ok 65 is a 

>little fast" so i let off to about 50, when i noticed that the Miata was on 

>my ass.   As we hit the turn at about 45 my rear end starts to go. 

>"SHIT"....  The next thing i know i'm in fish tail heaven. OR Hell. Let's 

>just say i could have opened my window and shut the trunk.  As I go back and 

>fourth trying to control my MR,  how ironic that the song from IRON MAIDEN 

>"HALLOWED BE THY NAME"   was playing. The only thing i could think of was a 

>verse from the song, SOMEONE CRIES FROM THEIR SELL, "GOD BE WITH YOU".   As 

>my MKII comes to rest 1/2 a foot from the wall,  the guy with the Miata , 

>right behind me just looks at me like "You Dumb Shit" and i look back at him 

>like " I'M a Dumb Shit". Oh well. " SHIT HAPPENS". Could it be that the 

>Miata can out corner my MKII? NO F ** K N Way. My tires must have been cold. 

>And the road was wet.  " I'll see him in the summer " when the road is nice 

>and sticky........

>

>

>Patrick Smith ---Still learning how to drive a rear wheel drive MKII...... : 

>(

>WILLOW SPRINGS < WILLOW SPRINGS< WILLOW SPRINGS

>93NA TT

>CAL " QCK MR2 "   

>

93NA TT = 1993 Natural Aspirated T-tops (130hp, 140lbfeet tourque, curb

weight around 2600)

MKII= the second generation Mr2s, or the "good looking ones"

if anyone wants a my opinions after owning both I would be happy to oblige.

l8r

scott

96 black Mx-5

91 Red MR2>













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