Here is a slightly more troublesome car, but this is a pretty cool run
at Nurburgring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mEirkQN8o

Pat

xs11e: i'm afraid to agree with you for fear i'll trigger something
in our (roubletra reefra) '91 with 150k on it. so i won't say anything.
thanks for breaking the three-day silence, as golden as the latter
purportedly is.

I was without my '06 Miata from Tuesday AM until Friday PM after I took it
in for the 30K service. I had mentioned that the seatbelt wasn't retracting
properly and that there was a rattle in the center speaker area. They did
their best but when they ordered a new seatbelt retractor they found out
that it couldn't be shipped overnight and had to come regular freight.
Seems that they didn't take the tensioner squib into account. Oh well, at
least that part was under warranty.

They service manager said that the tech checked the center area carefully
for anything loose that might have been making noise and then installed
some "sound deadening material" all over the area. Haven't heard the noise
yet but it always was very sporadic.

But the bill for the 30K service came out to about $300 which was a bit of
a kick in the teeth. I don't think I ever spent that much for any single
service on the '91 except for major things like a new clutch or new shocks
all around. I don't even recall paying that much for the timing belt change
although that was a lot of years ago and my memory sometimes sucks.

BTW, it was seriously weird driving the Mazda 3 loaner. Sitting bolt
upright in a front-wheel-drive automatic econo-box is a a big change from
17 years of Miatas.