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Car Forum / Mazda / Mazda Miata / April 2006Folding hard top picture (rendering)
I kinda like it. Wonder how much it weights... http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/18/rendering-mazda-mx-5-folding-hardtop/  SignatureScott Streeter ss@wpi.edu http://www.wpi.edu/~ss/ > I kinda like it. Wonder how much it weights... > > http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/18/rendering-mazda-mx-5-folding-hardtop/ It looks like Mazda has adopted that stupid "ass-in-the-air" look for the folding-hard-top version. That's too bad. At least the rag-top version still looks like a real car. SignatureGrant Edwards grante Yow! ... Just enough at time to do my LIBERACE visi.com impression... >> I kinda like it. Wonder how much it weights... >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > At least the rag-top version still looks like a real car. You mean like this? http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002424.html >> It looks like Mazda has adopted that stupid "ass-in-the-air" >> look for the folding-hard-top version. That's too bad. >> >> At least the rag-top version still looks like a real car. > You mean like this? > http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002424.html As Kelly Bundy would say, the mind wobbles... SignatureGrant Edwards grante Yow! Hmmm... A hash-singer at and a cross-eyed guy were visi.com SLEEPING on a deserted island, when... > You mean like this? > http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002424.html Ack! I knew I shouldn't launch my newsreader so soon after eating. SignatureLanny Chambers '94C, St. Louis http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html > You mean like this? > http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002424.html I need therapy now. you guys are killing me ;-) Well, what do you think of the 'spyder' version of the miata? I love it personally. Doubt there's a chance in _ _ _ _ they'll do it but I like it. Chris 99BBB >> You mean like this? >> http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002424.html > > I need therapy now. >> I kinda like it. Wonder how much it weights... >> >> http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/18/rendering-mazda-mx-5-folding-hardtop/ > > It looks like Mazda has adopted that stupid "ass-in-the-air" > look for the folding-hard-top version. That's too bad. Mazda didn't "adopt" any look; that's simply the styling required to stow the roof when it's folded. > At least the rag-top version still looks like a real car. <shrug> Sure, and my old man still thinks all new cars should look and drive like every car he owned in the '60s. The times, they are a-changin'. I don't have any problem with the hardtop Miata styling in the least bit, especially knowing why it looks like that. I already have one Miata that I'm tired of playing "vinyl top games" with. As it is, I leave the top down these days and don't even drive the car unless I won't have to mess with the top. I suspect this is the same reason I have yet to see a Pontiac Solstice with its top down. A retractable hardtop version would be much more user-friendly. Signaturetooloud Remove nothing to reply >>>I kinda like it. Wonder how much it weights... >>> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > A retractable hardtop version would be much more user-friendly. Can't get more user friendly the the current MX-5 top. The folding hardtop is cool, however. Weight could be an issue. Putting a Solstice top down is a major operation, plus you lose the trunk. I wonder how many people will realize how utterly unpractical the car is once they want to take an overnight trip to the beach with the top down? Well, there's the security issue, the spyder being a much more secure vehicle. My son doesn't feel he can seriously consider the miata because he works retail and his car has to sit in a mall parking lot all the time. He's mentioned an older SLK might work cause it closes up secure. Obviously, he could install a hard top but constantly taking it on and off would be a night mare. I see the hard top as a good option for extended periods (harsh winter months) or special occasions, for whatever reason. Obviously there are plusses and minuses and everyone has a different take on those. The weight issue is obviously one and complexity is another on the negative side. Chris 99BBB >>> I kinda like it. Wonder how much it weights... >>> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > A retractable hardtop version would be much more user-friendly. > Well, there's the security issue, the spyder being a much more secure > vehicle. My son doesn't feel he can seriously consider the miata > because he works retail and his car has to sit in a mall parking lot > all the time. He's mentioned an older SLK might work cause it closes > up secure. Obviously, he could install a hard top but constantly > taking it on and off would be a night mare. Strangely enough, I used to install and remove my hardtop on a frequent basis. It really wasn't that big of a deal--I kept it in the front of the garage in the space left ahead of the car (because it's so short) and simply backed in when I knew I was going to mess with the top. In fact, by all rights, one could argue that it's a simpler and easier process to take the hardtop on and off than it is to raise or lower the softtop on my stock '95 M-edition. I do have a window protector, so that slows me down a little. If you've got a second person handy, the hardtop is a joke to put on and take off--10 seconds or so. <snip> Signaturetooloud Remove nothing to reply I appreciate your point, I didn't realize it was that easy, cool. However, the second person thing is huge ;-) Chris 99bbb >> Well, there's the security issue, the spyder being a much more secure >> vehicle. My son doesn't feel he can seriously consider the miata [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > <snip> |
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