Hi,

Re: Miata: 1991 with hard top on and window slightly open.

I left the passenger side window open about two inches. A half hour rain
managed to enter the Miata and did the following:

(1) Wet the right side of the seat closest to the passenger side door. That
seems to be thoroughly dry after a few hot days under the sun.

(2) However, the rain also dribbled down, between the seat and the door,
onto the carpet along the edge of the interior closest to the door. I can
feel it wet under the seat but not bad. This is the part where I need some
help understanding the impact.

Worrying about water damaging the body under the carpet, I managed to loosen
the carpet along the door's edge and in front of the seat and I wedged some
material that will allow air to enter the regions that otherwise would never
get vented, in case the rain seeped in there. The carpet seems to be made of
rug ontop of a solid vinyl base. It looks as though Mazda has addressed the
rain problem by making the carpet have a self protective bottom where the
rain can eventually dry itself on the surface of the carpet and not enter
the body underneath.

Right now, the sun heats up the interior of the Miata to well over 100
degrees every day and I'm hoping that my makeshift tubes and sticks are
venting underneath the carpet. I don't want to remove the seat unless its
absolutely necessary.

Any information about this will be much appreciated?

Gary