Posted on 10/09/2020 3:36:19 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
I agree on the 928. I don’t mind it when headlights are laying down, if only they stayed that way. That have to pop up to point toward the road is the big fail.
I have a ‘92 Miata and have had a soft spot for them since they came out just around the time I turned 16 and I grew up in the ‘80s when pop-ups were the epitome of cool. I know the market for Miatas because I want to get another one as a project car to work on with my teenage sons and have been blown away by how much they are going for these days.
I get what you are saying about evoking the MGs and Triumphs, but I like the second generation (NB) Miatas as they are. They evoke the old roadsters with all the best elements of the driving experience: top down, short wheelbase, very light and tossable, tight cornering, joyfully ripping through the gears. Ford’s influence on the third generation lost the essence a little bit but the newest generation brought it back, once you get past the squinty head lights.
One thing I really like about the NBs is carry a lot of the design language from the drop-dead gorgeous third gen RX-7. Now there is a car with pop-ups... whoa momma!
Dude. People around me are wondering what I am laughing at.
When you did get a nice day and could run with the top down, it made you treasure it that much more. I had the car when I was stationed at Ft. Riley, KS where it's pretty flat, and driving through rural Kansas on a clear night you could see the stars from horizon to horizon - it was glorious.
The Miata, of course, had all the great features of the MG, plus the mechanical reliability, heat, comfort and safety factors that the MGB didn't. Yes it was nice, but I also found myself taking some of those things for granted, and not appreciating the beautiful days just quite as much as I did in the MG, just for that reason.
I was car shopping one weekend ... drove a ‘67 Vette, Mazda RX7 and a Fiero...
Didn’t buy any of them (the RX7 was the most fun) couple months later I bought a used El Camino and loved it for years, gave it to my Dad and he gave it to my brother... no idea how many miles, I put more than 100,000 myself (Military, Coast to Coast trips for schools and transfers etc) I replaced the engine once and my brother replaced that engine it ended up back on the farm not road worthy but still working
>>>Maybe they should do it as an electric vehicle<<<
The C8 Corvette will have a Hybrid System with the front Wheels powered by Electric Motors. The Platform was designed with room in the Center Tummel to hold the Battery Pack and room for the Electric Motor(s) in the space used as a Frunk on the current Model.
Rumor is a fully Electric Version is being planned.
I have a 2020 Corvette Hard Top Convertible on order. Hope to have it by Thanksgiving.
Nothing like the rotating Headlights on a C2 Corvette.
The Racing versions used a clear cover that followed the front body line crease. Didn’t want a Vacuum Line problem when you need your Headlights at Le Mans.
Uh, the Tesla Roadster?
Thanks for chiming in, buddy.
I asked my friend about his today. He had an early one with the 4 cylinder. Nothing but trouble he said.
Which got us to talking about how Detroit just couldn’t make a decent 4 banger for so many years. No wonder they couldn’t beat the Japanese invasion. Remember the Vega? It was supposed to drive the Japanese auto invasion into the sea. What a horrible car.
Hahah. One of my buddies in high schools first car was a Vega. This was mid 80s time frame.. not sure what year the Vega was. At that age a car was a car...
A HS classmate’s parents bought one the first year they came out (1970). Disaster for them. Chevy mercifully threw in the towel on them in 1977.
You overheat one of those aluminum blocks and that engine is gone.
Detroit shoveled out a lot of embarrassing quality cars in the 70s. My 1978 Le Mans was my first brand new car and my last Detroit car until my 1996 S10 which I bought used. And that experience finished off my relationship with Detroit forever.
I did buy a 1988 Nova new, but only because it was a Toyota Corolla with a Nova nameplate so I did not consider it a US car. I bought it because it was about 20-25% less than the (essentially) identical Corolla. By the time I traded it ten years later its value was the same as the Toyota.
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