• Group dead?

    From XS11E@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 16 11:23:54 2018
    Can someone play "Taps" over it please?

    I blame Mazda, the first two versions of the Miata were more than cars,
    they were almost like family pets, not always well behaved but lovable!

    The third generation is a MUCH better car but.. a car amd nothing more
    than a car. <SIGH>

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  • From Robert Klemme@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 17 20:56:48 2018
    On 16.10.18 20:23, XS11E wrote:

    I blame Mazda, the first two versions of the Miata were more than cars,
    they were almost like family pets, not always well behaved but lovable!

    The third generation is a MUCH better car but.. a car amd nothing more
    than a car. <SIGH>

    What about the fourth generation? I personally own an NC (3rd gen) and
    love it. I find this great.

    Cheers

    robert

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  • From XS11E@21:1/5 to Robert Klemme on Wed Oct 17 14:16:07 2018
    Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:

    On 16.10.18 20:23, XS11E wrote:

    I blame Mazda, the first two versions of the Miata were more than
    cars, they were almost like family pets, not always well behaved
    but lovable!

    The third generation is a MUCH better car but.. a car amd nothing
    more than a car. <SIGH>

    What about the fourth generation? I personally own an NC (3rd
    gen) and love it. I find this great.

    Don't know anything about the forth generation, lost interest after
    driving the NC. As I said, to me it was a really GREAT car, way better
    than previous generations but..... no soul? Nothing to love. A car,
    no more, no less. Maybe to be lovable a car needs some warts and
    blemishes?

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  • From lorivanb@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 18 12:18:01 2018
    replying to XS11E, lorivanb wrote:
    I hope not because I have my first question: Water is leaking into the compartment below where the spare tire sits. There is NO water anywhere in
    the trunk, including all the junk I have in there, or on the carpet cover itself. Any ideas?

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  • From Robert Klemme@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 18 17:34:44 2018
    On 17.10.18 23:16, XS11E wrote:
    Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:

    On 16.10.18 20:23, XS11E wrote:

    I blame Mazda, the first two versions of the Miata were more than
    cars, they were almost like family pets, not always well behaved
    but lovable!

    The third generation is a MUCH better car but.. a car amd nothing
    more than a car. <SIGH>

    What about the fourth generation? I personally own an NC (3rd
    gen) and love it. I find this great.

    Don't know anything about the forth generation, lost interest after
    driving the NC. As I said, to me it was a really GREAT car, way better
    than previous generations but..... no soul? Nothing to love. A car,
    no more, no less. Maybe to be lovable a car needs some warts and
    blemishes?

    Yeah, could be. I am known for liking cars that work. I am not so much
    in mechanics and repairing. :-) But then again, I generally try to get
    rid of attachments. But that is another story.

    Regards

    robert

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  • From Robert Klemme@21:1/5 to lorivanb on Thu Oct 18 17:32:58 2018
    On 18.10.18 14:18, lorivanb wrote:
    replying to XS11E, lorivanb wrote:
    I hope not because I have my first question:  Water is leaking into the compartment below where the spare tire sits.  There is NO water anywhere in the trunk, including all the junk I have in there, or on the carpet cover itself.  Any ideas?

    I do not know that model, but it sounds like it could be the drains from
    the roof.

    All the best

    robert

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  • From Leon van Dommelen@21:1/5 to Robert Klemme on Sat Oct 20 00:45:14 2018
    On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:32:58 +0200, Robert Klemme wrote:

    On 18.10.18 14:18, lorivanb wrote:
    replying to XS11E, lorivanb wrote:
    I hope not because I have my first question:  Water is leaking into the
    compartment below where the spare tire sits.  There is NO water anywhere in >> the trunk, including all the junk I have in there, or on the carpet cover
    itself.  Any ideas?

    I do not know that model, but it sounds like it could be the drains from
    the roof.

    I would think so too. The model is obviously the NB, as the NC and ND do
    not have spare tires, and only the NB has it below the trunk. I believe the water that comes off the rear soft top area is ducted internally to holes
    in the bottom of the car. I think there are instructions somewhere on miata.net for how to clear those drain holes. They have some rubber
    one-way valves that you do not want to upset. My NC did. (And since
    I did not manage to clear the holes from the inside top area, I cleared them from the bottom of the car anyway, one-way valves be damned.)

    Leon

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  • From Leon van Dommelen@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 20 00:32:08 2018
    On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:23:54 -0700, XS11E wrote:

    Can someone play "Taps" over it please?

    I blame Mazda, the first two versions of the Miata were more than cars,
    they were almost like family pets, not always well behaved but lovable!

    The third generation is a MUCH better car but.. a car and nothing more
    than a car. <SIGH>

    Having owned all four generations of Miata (including two of the NB, 2nd
    gen, I agree that the NC, third gen, was a good car, and definitely *not* exciting. But I disagree strongly that the third generation was a
    *better* car. It was more reliable than my NA, first gen, but that was
    just because my NA had been heavily modified and seen some tough
    circumstances, including the dirt on the Cassiar. (And maybe just had a
    bad timing belt.)

    My ND, 4th gen, Miata is again very nice. (Here I am ignoring the obnoxious electronics gadgets, which, though less obnoxious than other recent vintage cars I have driven, including an extremely obnoxious BMW mini, are still really, really, obnoxious.) I think the ND is quite exciting again.

    Then again, I know at least one person who really likes the NC and auto-crosses it. (As did I when I had one, but only because it put me in CS rather than
    in BSP as my second gen grey Mazdaspeed did.)

    Leon

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  • From MarkA@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 22 19:44:24 2018
    On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:23:54 -0700, XS11E wrote:

    Can someone play "Taps" over it please?

    I blame Mazda, the first two versions of the Miata were more than cars,
    they were almost like family pets, not always well behaved but lovable!

    The third generation is a MUCH better car but.. a car amd nothing more
    than a car. <SIGH>

    I have an NA that I race. It is not street legal. There's LOTS of NAs
    and NBs on the track, every weekend. But most of the chatter is on web-
    based forums. I still have a soft spot for Usenet.

    --
    MarkA

    Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it. -- Mark Twain

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  • From Kevin Overbeck@21:1/5 to Robert Klemme on Sat Oct 22 14:57:33 2022
    On Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 11:33:01 AM UTC-4, Robert Klemme wrote:
    On 18.10.18 14:18, lorivanb wrote:
    replying to XS11E, lorivanb wrote:
    I hope not because I have my first question: Water is leaking into the compartment below where the spare tire sits. There is NO water anywhere in the trunk, including all the junk I have in there, or on the carpet cover itself. Any ideas?
    I do not know that model, but it sounds like it could be the drains from
    the roof.

    All the best

    robert
    Check the tail light gaskets, they are notorious for leaking after they age.

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  • From MummyChunk@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 25 05:41:28 2023
    XS11E wrote:
    Can someone play "Taps" over it please?

    I blame Mazda, the first two versions of the Miata were more than
    cars,
    they were almost like family pets, not always well behaved but
    lovable!

    The third generation is a MUCH better car but.. a car amd nothing
    more
    than a car. <SIGH>

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    Group is still
    here. Google Groups might be closing February 2024 but the group
    lives on via NNTP or many web based front ends.


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=443348885#443348885

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