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Car Forum / Mazda / Mazda Miata / August 2008Who's here?
Well, it's been entirely too quiet around here lately. The only really interesting posts I've seen lately on this thread were political (off topic) and as much as I love this groups ability to stay on topic (unlike most newsgroups), it was at least nice to see human communication taking place. And hey, miata guys are so civil that even the politics didn't get totally ugly (good work guys). Anyway, at the risk of going off topic again here, I decided to re-post the info I previously gathered on who's hanging around here and where they are from. It turned out to be HUGELY entertaining for me and others seemed to get a kick out of it too SOOOO, just to stir the pot, here's the info again. I'd love to hear from anybody that's still hanging around and I'll even add / update my info and re-post it after (assuming I get SOME responses). I've got a follow up that I want to do but thought I'd stir the pot before I threw a soup bone in there ;-) I have t appologize to Brunno, we had some great conversations back and forth comparing and contrasting the US of A and Denmark (VERY interesting) and my computer bit the dust and I lost my address book and all my old inbox / sent items so, I dropped the ball (the conversation). I imagine he's still lurking here ;-0 Thanks, Chris 99BBB rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata (RAMMM) Last Updated: 12/1/2007 # Identity: State: City: Country: Province: 1 Chris D'Agnolo TX Sugar Land (sw Houston) 2 Clark Fredricks IL Aurora (w/sw Chicago) 3 XS11 AZ Phoenix 4 Jack McGann MA Chelmsford 5 Jim OH Columbus 6 Larry(pltrgyst) VA Alexandria 7 Todd Benson OR Portland 8 Barry CA Pasadena 9 Bruce Haskin WA Normandy Park (Seattle) 10 Richard Phillips Wales Swansea U.K. 11 Eric Barber Cambridge U.K. 12 r0lliSl1fe CT Storrs 13 Fred Martin AL Hoover 14 Roland Smith CA Wrightwood 15 Geary Morton NC Raleigh 16 Trent Woods NC 17 Iva PA Bethlehem 18 Michael Gies OR Beaverton 19 Miker MN Minneapolis 20 Scott Streeter MA Auburn 21 Frank Berger TX Dallas 22 CR IL Springfield 23 Jim McDonald NY Newburgh 24 Chas Hurst PA Beautiful Bucks county 25 John McGaw TN Knoxville 26 Leon van D. FL Tallahassee 27 Carbon FL Lakeland 28 Beemer AZ Glendale 29 Don Moore OH Cuyahoga Falls 30 Miata Bill (BK) MO Saint Peters 31 Stephen Toth PA Landenberg 32 Michael FL Jacksonville 33 Rich Lowe OH Columbia Station 34 J Brockley New Zealand Auckland 35 Robert Boswell (Boz) U.K. Newark 36 Pat (pws) TX Lago Vista (Austin) 37 abyss OR Coos Bay 38 Christopher Muto NY New York 39 Lanny Chambers MO St. Louis 40 Bruno Denmark Copenhagen 41 Abid Kahn TX Sugar Land (sw Houston) 42 Ken Lyons VA Alexandria 43 Bill & Joanne PA Catasauqua 44 Steve Vernon IN Indianapolis 45 Russ NM Albuquerque 46 Harry Carlux France 47 Tommy Brighton U.K. 48 Gordon Bennett NH Alton 49 Chance PA Grove City 50 Chris Rennix VA Williamsburg 51 Bipestuff NC Raleigh 52 Dana Myers CA Cordelia 53 Zog the Undeniable Swindon U.K. 54 Steve McMahon CA Santa Monica 55 George Jetson IA Keystone 56 Invisible Man Chelmsford U.K. Essex 57 Brian TX San Antonio 58 Werner B. Antwerp Belgium 59 Jim GA Watkinsville 60 W. Kiernan FL Lutz (N of Tampa) 61 Gus (nofatsug) CA Irvine 62 Mal Osborne "Perth, WA (?)" Australia 63 Dan Bennett Cork Ireland States Represented Frequency AL 1 AK AR AZ 2 CA 5 CO CT 1 DE FL 4 GA 1 HI ID IL 2 IN 1 IA 1 KS KY LA ME MD MA 1 MI MN 1 MS 1 MO 2 MT NE NV NH 1 NJ NM 1 NY 2 NC 3 ND OH 3 OK OR 3 PA 5 RI SC SD TN 1 TX 5 UT VT VA 3 WA 1 (Wash))DC WV WI WY TOTALS: 51 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED U.S.A./ 51 U.K. / 6 New Zealand / 1 Denmark / 1 France / 1 Belgium / 1 Australia / 1 Ireland / 1 > Anyway, at the risk of going off topic again here, I decided to re- post the info I previously gathered on who's hanging around here and where they are from. > 3 XS11 AZ Phoenix That's XS11E, please. I'm waiting for my new top, I got a call that it's here but wasn't able to schedule installation until Thursday, July 11th. Robbins says they have new glue, I'll believe it if the back window doesn't fall out.....  SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org I used to be here. Then I wasn't. Now I'm back. Carol '04 Black Cherry Houston, Texas > Well, it's been entirely too quiet around here lately. The only really > interesting posts I've seen lately on this thread were political (off [quoted text clipped - 157 lines] > Australia / 1 > Ireland / 1 Houston Miata Club member Carol? I joined a couple years ago and have dabbled but haven't stayed current. I love that color! I'll add you to my list! Chris 99BBB Sugar Land, TX >I used to be here. Then I wasn't. Now I'm back. > [quoted text clipped - 163 lines] >> Australia / 1 >> Ireland / 1 I'm here 2005 NC Limited Edition. Brilliant Black Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace. 'Three twins', a Miata guy and goes by OzOne and is not Mal Osborne (also of Australia). You're not related to Mal are you? Chris 99BBB > I'm here > 2005 NC Limited Edition. Brilliant Black [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace. >'Three twins', a Miata guy and goes by OzOne and is not Mal Osborne (also of >Australia). You're not related to Mal are you? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> 2005 NC Limited Edition. Brilliant Black >> Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia Three twins comes from something that was said to me years ago. MX5 guy...Miata sounds so girly :-) And No, not related to Mal Osbourne..Perth is LA to NY away from Sydney. OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace. Hey Chris - not the club member - although I guess I should join just to say I have... flying under the radar over here in Spring Branch. I love the black cherry, also. My husband says it's purple but he says blue is green and we've argued about that for 16 years so what can you do? :-) Carol '04 Black Cherry > Houston Miata Club member Carol? > I joined a couple years ago and have dabbled but haven't stayed current. [quoted text clipped - 173 lines] >>> Australia / 1 >>> Ireland / 1 Still willing to argue after 16 years ....... he sounds like a keeper! Maybe we'll run into each other at a club meeting some time. You can go totally stealth, nobody will kick you out (they really won't mind at all, you're a prospective member!) Chris 99BBB > Hey Chris - not the club member - although I guess I should join just to > say I have... flying under the radar over here in Spring Branch. I love [quoted text clipped - 181 lines] >>>> Australia / 1 >>>> Ireland / 1 Still here, mostly in lurk mode for now. I suspect that the same is true for most of the people on your list. Pat > Still here, mostly in lurk mode for now. I suspect that the same is true > for most of the people on your list. True for me at least. I check in every few days but mostly I'm just driving my car. If only it were less reliable or something I'd post with more questions... Right, we're all too busy out driving, top-down. Eric > Still here, mostly in lurk mode for now. I suspect that the same is true > for most of the people on your list. > > Pat Nothing wrong with that! Chris 99BBB > Right, we're all too busy out driving, top-down. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >> Pat > Well, it's been entirely too quiet around here lately. The only really > interesting posts I've seen lately on this thread were political (off topic) [quoted text clipped - 157 lines] > Australia / 1 > Ireland / 1 I am here, mostly reading. Abid Khan Sugar Land, TX > Well, it's been entirely too quiet around here lately. The only > really interesting posts I've seen lately on this thread were [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > I've got a follow up that I want to do but thought I'd stir the pot > before I threw a soup bone in there ;-) I love it that little ol' Pennsylvania has the same number as big ol' California and Texas. Speaking of Texas, anyone get trammeled by Hurricane Dolly? Hopefully not! I missed my track days for this year because my surgeon hasn't released me. Heck, he hasn't even released me for work or driving yet but I'm already doing both of those - at least a little bit. It's just that I figured doing HPDE is a little too much for my poor gut right now. Iva & Vixen 2004 Classic Red No more winkin' Miata Here I am: Jfeelders 91B Crystal White Miata The Hague, The Netherlands | Well, it's been entirely too quiet around here lately. The only really | interesting posts I've seen lately on this thread were political (off topic) [quoted text clipped - 157 lines] | Australia / 1 | Ireland / 1 Still Gottcha from before. Are you from the home of the ICC? I've always heard it said; so and so will be tried (sp?) at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. I didn't realize it was a city called 'the Hague', interesting. Chris 99BBB > Here I am: > [quoted text clipped - 179 lines] > | Australia / 1 > | Ireland / 1 Hi Chris, The Hague is the english name for Den Haag where the ICC is situated indeed. We're awaiting mr. Karadzic right now... Jeroen | Still Gottcha from before. Are you from the home of the ICC? I've always | heard it said; so and so will be tried (sp?) at the International Criminal [quoted text clipped - 187 lines] | > | Australia / 1 | > | Ireland / 1 > the International Criminal > Court in the Hague. I didn't realize it was a city called 'the Hague', They should have Henry Winkler as a judge. > > 91B Crystal White Miata Now there's a color that sounds like speed! miker > Anyway, at the risk of going off topic again here, I > decided to re-post the info I previously gathered on who's hanging around [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > around and I'll even add / update my info and re-post it after (assuming I > get SOME responses). I'm (mostly) lurking here in Shropshire in the midle of England. I drive a 96 imported Eunos Roadster VR-Limited (Combination-A) a Japanese domestic market only limited edition. Similar specials were sold in the UK as the Merlot. There are some pics at http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc223/robrait/MX5/ SignatureRob - Shropshire So many cats, So few recipes... Rob, Thanks for chiming in. Nice car! Horrible front license plate dude! I don't think I could bear to do it to my car (and I don't ;-) I'll add you! Chris 99BBB >> Anyway, at the risk of going off topic again here, I >> decided to re-post the info I previously gathered on who's hanging around [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > There are some pics at > http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc223/robrait/MX5/ > Rob, Thanks for chiming in. Nice car! Horrible front license plate dude! I > don't think I could bear to do it to my car (and I don't ;-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Chris > 99BBB As far as I know it's the original Japanese licence plate surround, with A UK plate attached. It was on the car when I bought it last November. The car lived in Japan until 2000 when its previous owner imported it to the UK. Unfortunately in the UK a front plate is a legal requirement and the 'normal' UK market long thin front plates are just as ugly. I'd like to replace it with a self-adhesive plate but these are probably illegal in the UK now as they aren't vertical and therefore may not be readable by speed cameras and the multitude of spy cameras that the Powers That Be insist on installing all over the country for my safety and protection.... SignatureRob - Shropshire So many cats, So few recipes... > Rob, Thanks for chiming in. Nice car! Horrible front license plate > dude! I don't think I could bear to do it to my car There are optional front license plate holders, none are very pretty since the Miata really has no place to put on. I'm one who'd really like to have a front plate, Arizona doesn't require one but when I park I get nasty looks because of no front plate and one very dedicated (to issuing tickets!) police officer took a stroll completly around the car so she could see the handicap plate on the back. Once she saw the plate she carefully checked the rest of the car, I wondered if she wanted to ticket me for something because I'd made her hike around the car? Arizona no longer issues a sticker for the windshild and hanging the placard would work but only for the minute it would take someone to steal it from a convertible.... SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org I'm here sporadically, just when bored. Picked up my first Miata last November, a '96 base model lowered on Apex springs, Enkei RPF1 wheels, nice paint, high miles but good maintenance etc etc. Thought I'd drive it forever, it was that good. All I had to do was put a set of tires on it, then I added a Robbins tonneau so it reminded me of my old '71 MGB. Kept it in the garage, only drive it on nice days. That car got rear-ended a week and a half ago, pushing me into a minivan. Set off both airbags, broke one of my fingers. Insurance is treating me well and I'm buying the wreck back. It's in my driveway on jackstands waiting for the go-ahead from insurance so I can start stripping it. I have a line on what sounds like a real good '97 so I won't go Miata-free for too long. The wife liked the idea of a convertible but didn't like the look of the older cars so she went out and got her own, a very nice low-mileage '99 Sport package. We've added a set of Kosei K1-TS wheels that look a little too much like my Enkeis but can't do much about that. The neighbors looked at us kinda funny when we bought two Miatas over the course of five months. They look at me a little funnier now that I have a crashed car in the driveway. We live in Waldorf, Maryland USA .... 96 Montego Blue Miata killed dead 99 Brilliant Black Sport Pkg http://www.claffie.com > I'm here sporadically, just when bored. Picked up my first Miata last > November, a '96 base model lowered on Apex springs, Enkei RPF1 wheels, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > 99 Brilliant Black Sport Pkg > http://www.claffie.com Alan, just curious, was the airbag what got your finger? Hope it heals OK. I have also torn down a wrecked blue '96 Miata. You will probably get some questions on parts compatibility, such as the instrument cluster hood that is specific to 1994-1997 models or 1989-1990 models. I have done a lot of research on the parts and am now parting out a '91 Miata, so I may be able to answer questions if you have any. Good luck! Pat such as the > instrument cluster hood that is specific to 1994-1997 models or > 1989-1990 models. Errr... make that 1989-1993 models. :-/ Pat Ouch! Sorry to hear of the crash but it sounds like the Miata has already 'gotten to' both you and your wife! I love it! That would be great to have an NA (90~97) and an NB (99~05) and even better if you eventually get to add an NC (06~ ?). I'm loving the hardtop convertible (from a distance ;-) I'll add ya'all to my 'lil list and re-post it down the road a bit. Chris 99BBB > I'm here sporadically, just when bored. Picked up my first Miata last > November, a '96 base model lowered on Apex springs, Enkei RPF1 wheels, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > 99 Brilliant Black Sport Pkg > http://www.claffie.com > Ouch! Sorry to hear of the crash but it sounds like the Miata has > already 'gotten to' both you and your wife! I love it! That would be > great to have an NA (90~97) and an NB (99~05) and even better if you > eventually get to add an NC (06~ ?). I'm loving the hardtop convertible > (from a distance ;-) I'll add ya'all to my 'lil list and re-post it down > the road a bit. Well we've made a lot of progress on the wreckage front since last report (I don't get here nearly as regularly as I should). Insurance treated us well and we should come out of this deal pretty much whole. I had been shopping for a new-to-me NA but the wife offered up the '99 and I jumped all over that, with the catch that now she's shopping for a 10AE or MSM - she hasn't decided which she likes better. The NC does not appeal to me. I've only gotten as far as sitting in one, haven't driven one, but the impression I get from outside is that it's quite a bit bigger and, especially up front, not nearly as attractive. They might go like stink and corner like nobody's business, but they'll have to in order to make up for a body that does not stir the senses. Had some club members drop by and pretty much strip the crashed car and I've made some money back, with another chunk coming from one who wants the entire drivetrain... it'd make life a lot easier to just have him take the rest of the car, that way I get to use my garage again! My busted-up fingers were caused by the airbag. They don't hurt but one still doesn't feel 'right'. The orthopedist recommended by the emergency room isn't taking new patients so I'm kinda on my own finding one. >The NC does not appeal to me. I've only gotten as far as sitting in one, >haven't driven one, I'd suggest you drive one...they are very very good! OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace. >>The NC does not appeal to me. I've only gotten as far as sitting >>in one, haven't driven one, > > I'd suggest you drive one...they are very very good! I did and that was the end of my desire to have one, the NC just doesn't fit me at all. I really liked a lot of things about it but it doesn't fit and I've reached the age where comfort is getting to be at the very top of my list of things I want in a car. Meanwhile, mine is still gone. It's supposed to come home on Friday (maybe) with it's new paint job. I was assured they would use a new NASA developed white paint with even less photon drag than the original white*! All I really care about is that the paint doesn't flake off as did the original.... *Leon will explan it. BTW, where IS Leon? SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org I agree about the NC - it's not what I always thought of about my two past NBs - it's not a "down and dirty" roaster. But it IS a Miata (OK OK it's an MX-5) in the greater sense of what a Miata is. It's bigger outside which I don't really like, but the bigger inside is nice. I traded up from an '04 to an '08 because my (formerly broken) knee would no longer happily crawl in and out of the '04. BUT luckily the ortho I got referred to when my '03 was killed WAS taking new patients!! I miss the '04 like I'd miss a dog that died - didn't know how much I would miss it. But the '08 is really growing on me (the extra horsepower is FUN!). Honestly though - I'm almost embarrassed to drive it around NB and NA owners... almost like I'm just not cool enough anymore. ;-) Carol in Houston '08 Copper Red '04 Black Cherry '03 Emerald Mica >>>The NC does not appeal to me. I've only gotten as far as sitting >>>in one, haven't driven one, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > *Leon will explan it. BTW, where IS Leon? > I agree about the NC - it's not what I always thought of about my two past > NBs - it's not a "down and dirty" roaster. But it IS a Miata (OK OK it's an [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >> *Leon will explan it. BTW, where IS Leon? As to whether it is a Miata or not, Mazda has announced that mid-2009 they will be reintroducing the Miata name on the MX-5 Stuart H. '91 BRG Eunos Roadster "A Miata by any other name would smell so sweet" ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** >As to whether it is a Miata or not, Mazda has announced that mid-2009 >they will be reintroducing the Miata name on the MX-5 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >"A Miata by any other name would smell so sweet" >** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** It will hurt sales here in Oz...Miata sounds like a girls car, they have always been an MX5 here. OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace. >>>The NC does not appeal to me. I've only gotten as far as sitting >>>in one, haven't driven one, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >doesn't fit and I've reached the age where comfort is getting to be at >the very top of my list of things I want in a car. How doesn't it fit? I'll admit that in mine, well ours, I need to duck if I go over a fair sized bump with the hood up as I am vert close to the centre bow. Other than that the driving position is superb..for me. >Meanwhile, mine is still gone. It's supposed to come home on Friday >(maybe) with it's new paint job. > >I was assured they would use a new NASA developed white paint with even >less photon drag than the original white*! All I really care about is >that the paint doesn't flake off as did the original.... Should look good. Mine is black and gets a wax every monthor so to keep it pristine, It is a daily drive for my wife. I use Autoglym for a stunning finish, you should try it. >*Leon will explan it. BTW, where IS Leon? OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace. > How doesn't it fit? See the post I wrote when I first drove an NC so we don't have to go through it all over again. Here's the thread: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata/browse_thre ad/thread/f5fd9bdf2729d34a/178156001a087fc3?lnk=gst&q=xs11e# Or: http://preview.tinyurl.com/6rtel5 SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org > The NC does not appeal to me. I've only gotten as far as sitting in one, > haven't driven one, but the impression I get from outside is that it's > quite a bit bigger and, especially up front, not nearly as attractive. > They might go like stink and corner like nobody's business, but they'll > have to in order to make up for a body that does not stir the senses. I like the NC and lust after one. Wednesday I drove my '97 for the first time in 2 weeks. Walking back to it at the far end of the parking lot at the end of the day I was hit once again with what fine lines the NA has. It is a joy to see one on the road, not the feeling I get when I see an NC. Maybe it is the outstanding Brilliant Black color, not the wussy, *allegedly* faster, boring white. SignatureKen Lyons '97 Brilliant Black/'90 Classic Red (yeah Chis, I'm still here) Inside the Beltway >Maybe it is the outstanding Brilliant Black color, not the wussy, >*allegedly* faster, boring white. Well put. Maybe it's a unique DC attitude... -- Larry > Maybe it is the outstanding Brilliant Black color, not the wussy, > *allegedly* faster, boring white. Mere "Brilliant Black", or "Brilliant Black Clearcoat"? miker > Ken Lyons <1997MiataDriver@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:e63pk.847$ZV1.276@trnddc07... >> Maybe it is the outstanding Brilliant Black color, not the wussy, >> *allegedly* faster, boring white. > > Mere "Brilliant Black", or "Brilliant Black Clearcoat"? Are you asking if it has been resprayed? Not yet, though 11 years of outdoor living is taking its toll on the original single stage paint. Bird droppings, no matter how quickly cleaned off, do a marvelous job of etching the paint surface. SignatureKen Lyons '97 Brilliant Black/'90 Classic Red Inside the Beltway > > Mere "Brilliant Black", or "Brilliant Black Clearcoat"? > > > Are you asking if it has been resprayed? No... I was looking for touch-up paint the other day and found that they came in both "Brilliant Black" (code PX) and "Brilliant Black Clearcoat" (code PZ). Not sure which is more common. Mines the PZ - what does your door jamb sticker say? miker >> > Mere "Brilliant Black", or "Brilliant Black Clearcoat"? >> > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > door > jamb sticker say? PZ which is also what is on my bottle of touchup paint as well. This is definitely not clear coat. SignatureKen Lyons '97 Brilliant Black/'90 Classic Red Inside the Beltway > > No... I was looking for touch-up paint the other day and found that they > > came in both "Brilliant Black" (code PX) and "Brilliant Black Clearcoat" > > (code PZ). > > PZ which is also what is on my bottle of touchup paint as well. This is > definitely not clear coat. I'm thinking that PX was a Brilliant Black, and PZ was a Brilliant Black that they did an additional clearcoat step to. Both would be the same touchup color. My 14-year-old nephew called mine "lusterous". :) miker Hey, you're the first I've added from MD! Chris 99BBB > I'm here sporadically, just when bored. Picked up my first Miata last > November, a '96 base model lowered on Apex springs, Enkei RPF1 wheels, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > 99 Brilliant Black Sport Pkg > http://www.claffie.com chris: please add -- Art McGinn, WA Spokane, '91 MX-5, 145k > Well, it's been entirely too quiet around here lately. The only really > interesting posts I've seen lately on this thread were political (off [quoted text clipped - 158 lines] > Australia / 1 > Ireland / 1 Gottcha! Also have Bruce from WA (Normandy Park / Seattle area) Chris 99BBB > chris: please add -- > [quoted text clipped - 161 lines] >> Australia / 1 >> Ireland / 1 Chris, Spokane is about a 6 hour drive East from me in Normandy Park, Washington. We have two Miata clubs in the "Puget Sound area. The "Puget Sound Miata Club", is the FIRST and oldest Miata club in the U.S. Bruce Bing '03 LS Sweet! That's good to know. Wonder if anybody refutes that 'first'. Any idea the inception date? I'm just asking for trivia's sake, not trying to stir up s_ _ t. Chris 99BBB > Chris, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bruce Bing '03 LS > Sweet! That's good to know. Wonder if anybody refutes that 'first'. > Any idea the inception date? I'm just asking for trivia's sake, not > trying to stir up s_ _ t. Hmmmm, the Delaware Valley Miata Club (DelVal) claims that they're the oldest and first Miata club in the USA too. I do know that at one time they were the largest. Just stirring the pot, Chris. <G> Iva & Vixen 2004 Classic Red No more winkin' Miata Well that club can claim what they want, but Puget Sound Miata Club is reg'd. with the Washington State Secretary of State with a lic. dated 6 / 14 / 1990. Then if you go to the records of the Miata Club of America, you will find that the PSMC was the first club to register with them. On top of that, the first Mazda dealer in the US, is University Mazda in Seattle Washington. So, what the hell, we all have great cars to drive no mater who had the first club . Bruce Bing '03 LS > Well that club can claim what they want, but Puget Sound Miata Club is > reg'd. with the Washington State Secretary of State with a lic. dated 6 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > So, what the hell, we all have great cars to drive no mater who had the > first club . Erm, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State, DelVal was registered June 11, 1990. But I don't know when they registered with the MOC. So, how's about the two clubs split the honor? I think it's time to go for a nice long drive.....unfortunately my boss has other plans for me today. <g> Iva & Vixen 2004 Classic Red No more winkin' Miata Iva, that's too bad about the drive. It's 84 deg's here in Seattle and I just returned from a good top down drive of about 4 hr's. ( It sure is nice to be retired ) I feel the same way about the clubs. Who cares any how ! We were reg'd with Miata Club of America as "Puget Sound Chapter of the Miata Club of America" and we were the first to rag. with them. I think I will go out for a drive in the sun !!!!!! :-) Bruce Bing '03 LS > So, what the hell, we all have great cars to drive no matter who > had the first club . Not all of us have great cars to drive but it's supposed to come home tomorrow. I'm eager to see it's new paint, I hope I'm not disappointed... BTW, I think Alley Oop had one of the first clubs. SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Damn, even I wouldn't argue with that much (reported) evidence! Very impressive. Chris 99BBB > Well that club can claim what they want, but Puget Sound Miata Club is > reg'd. with the Washington State Secretary of State with a lic. dated 6 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bruce Bing '03 LS Iva, Somehow I had a feeling that there may be more than one claim to that 'first' title :-) Thanks for stirring the pot! Chris 99BBB >> Sweet! That's good to know. Wonder if anybody refutes that 'first'. Any >> idea the inception date? I'm just asking for trivia's sake, not trying to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 2004 Classic Red > No more winkin' Miata Sorry for the top-posting, but it seems appropriate here. Please add me to the roster (even if I am almost exclusively a lurker): Steve Bruun (posting as Curmudgeon) '90 (#3285, purchased July, 1989) French Blue w/ Silver Stripes and too many mods to list, Warrenville, Illinois Cheers! Mudge > chris: please add -- > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Chris > > 99BBB SignatureLife is change: How it differs from the rocks! I've seen their ways too often for my liking. New worlds to gain: My life is to survive . . . . . . and be alive for you. Steve, I may be the most prolific 'top poster' in the group ;-) It simply doesn't make any sense to me (sorry to the purists) to have to scroll to the bottom of every message to read the latest entry! I don't get pissy with people who do and usually, they don't get pissy with me :-). I may have run Leon off 'cause of it though ;-) Hey, you're #3 on my list from IL! I'm originally an Illinois boy by the way. That's right, I know how to pronounce it! Peoria / Chillicothe / Dunlap ...... my old stomping grounds. We had more good roads nearby than I have here and hills! God, I remember hills! I've got to go 150 miles to see a hill now. Where's Warrenville? And what in the heck is Mudge / Curmudgeon? And why lurk, your opinion's worth as much as anybody else's and almost half as much as mine ;-) Chris 99BBB > Sorry for the top-posting, but it seems appropriate here. Please add > me to the roster (even if I am almost exclusively a lurker): [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> > Chris >> > 99BBB > Hey, you're #3 on my list from IL! I'm originally an Illinois boy by the > way. That's right, I know how to pronounce it! Peoria / Chillicothe / > Dunlap [Working real hard to bottom-post] Hey, I thought Chillicothe was in Ohio. You mean there is more than one? SignatureKen Lyons '97 Brilliant Black/'90 Classic Red Inside the Beltway Man, there's probably 5 or 6 Chillicothe's up around the mid west. It's an old Indian tribe (you probably already knew that). Chris 99BBB >> Hey, you're #3 on my list from IL! I'm originally an Illinois boy by the >> way. That's right, I know how to pronounce it! Peoria / Chillicothe / >> Dunlap > > [Working real hard to bottom-post] Hey, I thought Chillicothe was in > Ohio. You mean there is more than one? >6 Larry(pltrgyst) VA Alexandria I'm still here, reading daily. -- Larry >>6 Larry(pltrgyst) VA Alexandria > >I'm still here, reading daily. Oh, and still driving the '95 R. Hit 40,000 miles last month. 8;) -- Larry Good 'ol #6! Hey Larry! Man, 40k on a '95R, ya gotta love that! Do you autocross her? Chris 99BBB >>>6 Larry(pltrgyst) VA Alexandria >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -- Larry |
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