Cloth, but with the number of MS's still sitting on the lots around
here today, I'm going to try for 20K out the door.

Jon


On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:04:17 -0500, "Chris D'Agnolo" >
wrote:

>Hey,
>
>Man, I can relate.... I too own a really nice 93 B. Black and Tan (130k) and
>as much as I love it....... the MS turbo is soooo sweet!
>
>You got allot of good input (above) I'll be interested to see what you do,
>let us know for sure! As for me, if I could afford it, well......... I'd be
>posting the same inquiry you did I guess! Difference being, mine is a
>recreational vehicle stored in a garage (easier to protect and keep nice but
>harder to justify the cost).
>
>Oh, the $22k version is cloth or leather?
>
>Good luck,
>Chris
>
>"Me" > wrote in message
.. .
>>
>> Yeah, the test drive was a gas. If I weren't in the city I would've
>> walked out with one. I'm still considering it.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 12:44:32 GMT, George Burke >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Me wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I have a black and tan 93' with about 100k on the odometer. I've loved
>> >> having it for the last three years and have toured the country with it
>> >> every summer--about 25k's worth of driving. It's pretty loaded, PS,
>> >> PW, CC, PM, AC, etc. though I don't really use AC much and don't
>> >> really care about power steering.
>> >>
>> >> However, there are the usual annoyances: the paint's getting a bit old
>> >> especially on the nose cone, a few rattles that there weren't before,
>> >> the alarm wiring needs to be traced for an intermittent short. But
>> >> enough.
>> >>
>> >> A local dealer has a few turbo MazdaSpeeds on sale this weekend for
>> >> around $22K out the door. I drove one and just loved it. It has the
>> >> same tight handling mine does, maybe even a bit tighter, and the power
>> >> difference is more than obvious obviousl My biggest problem is
>> >> parking on the street in a semi-residential area of a big city
>> >>
>> >> So we're talking $5k to fix up the older car and $20k plus $500 more a
>> >> year in insurance and registration for the new one.
>> >>
>> >> Questions:
>> >>
>> >> How much more power would turbo/supercharging give my 93'? It's a
>> >> pretty tight handler but there are definitely times on the highway and
>> >> in the mountains that I'd love the turbo.
>> >>
>> >> What's up for 2005? I've heard the Miata as such will be transforming
>> >> into something similar but with a stowaway hardtop. I could really
>> >> care less about that.
>> >>
>> >> What part can you [easily] pull from the engine compartment for a
>> >> MaxdaSpeed to make sure no one can steal it with anything other than a
>> >> tow truck?
>> >>
>> >> How stealable are Miata's these days?
>> >>
>> >> What would you do?
>> >>
>> >> Feel free to have fun with this... ;-)
>> >>
>> >> JJ
>> >I traded my '99 for the Mazdaspeed,and love it;and I paid about $25k for
>> >it.
>> >George
>>
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