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I'm considering buying a 2005 Miata LS. Is it true that I will need to use
premium gasoline?

In article >,
says...
> I'm considering buying a 2005 Miata LS. Is it true that I will need to use
> premium gasoline?
>

What?... and pay a whole $3.00 more for a tank of gas, providing, of
course, that you start with an empty tank and the tank size is 15
gallons? Preposterous! Buy the damn car and put Premium in it.
If you can afford a Miata, you can afford paying $3.00, + or -, a
tankful a week more.

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Excerpt from a Miata? forum:

> I know this may be a dumb question, but I don't know exactly what the gas
> tank capacity is of my '92 miata.

Not dumb at all, how else will you know how many miles you can drive
before
you run out of gas?

The capacity of the 1.6 liter Miata fuel tank is 45 Liters, 11.9 US
Gallons
or 9.9 Imperial Gallons.

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OK, I stand corrected... or do I? I don't know what the 2005 gas tank
size is, but, here again, how much would be too much to pay? From what I
have read here, most owners don't put that many miles on their Miatas,
so is $3.00 (roughly) too much to pay a week?

Al

Obviously I'm a Miata novice. Here's another question for you guys that I
don't think I'll get a straight answer from a dealer on. I've just GOT to
have mp3 in this car. The LS radio is described as a Bose AM-FM-CD
6-speaker 225 watt setup, a step above the standard Miata radio, but does it
have mp3 or will I have to shell out big bucks for that?

"Alley" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
> > I'm considering buying a 2005 Miata LS. Is it true that I will need to
use
> > premium gasoline?
> >
>
> What?... and pay a whole $3.00 more for a tank of gas, providing, of
> course, that you start with an empty tank and the tank size is 15
> gallons? Preposterous! Buy the damn car and put Premium in it.
> If you can afford a Miata, you can afford paying $3.00, + or -, a
> tankful a week more.
>
> ---------
>
> Excerpt from a Miata? forum:
>
> > I know this may be a dumb question, but I don't know exactly what the
gas
> > tank capacity is of my '92 miata.
>
> Not dumb at all, how else will you know how many miles you can drive
> before
> you run out of gas?
>
> The capacity of the 1.6 liter Miata fuel tank is 45 Liters, 11.9 US
> Gallons
> or 9.9 Imperial Gallons.
>
> ----------
>
> OK, I stand corrected... or do I? I don't know what the 2005 gas tank
> size is, but, here again, how much would be too much to pay? From what I
> have read here, most owners don't put that many miles on their Miatas,
> so is $3.00 (roughly) too much to pay a week?
>
> Al
>
>

Norman D wrote in:

> I've just GOT to have mp3 in this car.

No, you don't. Turn off the radio and enjoy the ride, you'll be
surprised how sweet is the music of the Miata!

On 2005-04-16, XS11E > wrote:
> Norman D wrote in:
>
>> I've just GOT to have mp3 in this car.
>
> No, you don't. Turn off the radio and enjoy the ride, you'll be
> surprised how sweet is the music of the Miata!

Don't pay any attention to XS11E. He doesn't even post under
his real name -- unless XS11E _is_ is real name, in which case
you really shouldn't pay attention to him.

I put a Kenwood 10MB MP3 player in my 2003 and I love it. I've
got about 90 CDs ripped and available in the car. I don't think
I've had a physical CD in the car's player in over a year now.

--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! NOW do I get to blow
at out the CANLDES??
visi.com

Grant Edwards wrote in:

> Don't pay any attention to XS11E. He doesn't even post under
> his real name

Of course not. Using a real name or real email address on usenet is a
very bad idea, spammers harvest email addresses and use the harvested
addresses to send their spam.

On 2005-04-16, XS11E > wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote in:
>
>> Don't pay any attention to XS11E. He doesn't even post under
>> his real name
>
> Of course not. Using a real name or real email address on
> usenet is a very bad idea, spammers harvest email addresses
> and use the harvested addresses to send their spam.

I don't see how that makes using a real name a problem.
E-mail sent to "Grant Edwards" doesnt' get anywhere.

Personally, I think using a real e-mail address is a good idea
as well, but if you run virus-vectors for OS and e-mail client
or don't have decent spam filtering I can see that hiding your
e-mail address might be required.

Perhaps I'm just being old-school, but I tend to assume that
people who post to Usenet under "screen names" are kooks,
trolls, or trouble-makers.

--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! Hello. I know
at the divorce rate among
visi.com unmarried Catholic Alaskan
females!!

wrote in:

> On 2005-04-16, XS11E > wrote:
>> Grant Edwards wrote in:

> I don't see how that makes using a real name a problem.
> E-mail sent to "Grant Edwards" doesnt' get anywhere.

It allows you to be looked up by people who may not all mean you well.

> Personally, I think using a real e-mail address is a good idea
> as well, but if you run virus-vectors for OS and e-mail client
> or don't have decent spam filtering I can see that hiding your
> e-mail address might be required.

Makes absolutely no difference what software you run, why do you think
that? Your email address and your posts are archived on Google and
elsewhere.

> Perhaps I'm just being old-school, but I tend to assume that
> people who post to Usenet under "screen names" are kooks,
> trolls, or trouble-makers.

No, just people who are more cautious than you and maybe more
experienced with usenet.

"Grant Edwards" > wrote in message
...
> On 2005-04-16, XS11E > wrote:
> > Grant Edwards wrote in:
> >
> >> Don't pay any attention to XS11E. He doesn't even post under
> >> his real name
> >
> > Of course not. Using a real name or real email address on
> > usenet is a very bad idea, spammers harvest email addresses
> > and use the harvested addresses to send their spam.
>
> I don't see how that makes using a real name a problem.
> E-mail sent to "Grant Edwards" doesnt' get anywhere.
>
> Personally, I think using a real e-mail address is a good idea
> as well, but if you run virus-vectors for OS and e-mail client
> or don't have decent spam filtering I can see that hiding your
> e-mail address might be required.
>
> Perhaps I'm just being old-school, but I tend to assume that
> people who post to Usenet under "screen names" are kooks,
> trolls, or trouble-makers.

I used to post under an account with my real name, but wondered how much it
affected spam. I set up my current account exclusively for Usenet and public
forums. It gets between 3 and 10 spam messages per day and is NEVER used for
anything else. Case closed. You can contact me through that account, but I'm
not give spammers and potential identity thieves an edge. I visit another
group (alt.vacation.las-vegas) where there are several highly eccentric
regulars (who are entertaining)...they have been known to visit users'
houses, file lawsuits, cause trouble and truly feud!

If you are really old school (I started using the internet in 1991) you'll
remember that it was fairly transparent community and virtually anyone could
be identified. 'Anonymous' accounts had to be sought out because most
everyone had a university, research org or government ID. The newsreaders
had big bold warnings why you posted a message, stating that bosses, family,
etc. may read this years in the future. People did in fact get fired and did
have stalkers to deal with due to Usenet.

-John

Okay boys, stop fighting or I'll take away your keyboards. We've gone from
a discussion about the Miata to a sissy fight over screen names. Now back
to the Miata.


"Generic" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Grant Edwards" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 2005-04-16, XS11E > wrote:
> > > Grant Edwards wrote in:
> > >
> > >> Don't pay any attention to XS11E. He doesn't even post under
> > >> his real name
> > >
> > > Of course not. Using a real name or real email address on
> > > usenet is a very bad idea, spammers harvest email addresses
> > > and use the harvested addresses to send their spam.
> >
> > I don't see how that makes using a real name a problem.
> > E-mail sent to "Grant Edwards" doesnt' get anywhere.
> >
> > Personally, I think using a real e-mail address is a good idea
> > as well, but if you run virus-vectors for OS and e-mail client
> > or don't have decent spam filtering I can see that hiding your
> > e-mail address might be required.
> >
> > Perhaps I'm just being old-school, but I tend to assume that
> > people who post to Usenet under "screen names" are kooks,
> > trolls, or trouble-makers.
>
> I used to post under an account with my real name, but wondered how much
it
> affected spam. I set up my current account exclusively for Usenet and
public
> forums. It gets between 3 and 10 spam messages per day and is NEVER used
for
> anything else. Case closed. You can contact me through that account, but
I'm
> not give spammers and potential identity thieves an edge. I visit another
> group (alt.vacation.las-vegas) where there are several highly eccentric
> regulars (who are entertaining)...they have been known to visit users'
> houses, file lawsuits, cause trouble and truly feud!
>
> If you are really old school (I started using the internet in 1991) you'll
> remember that it was fairly transparent community and virtually anyone
could
> be identified. 'Anonymous' accounts had to be sought out because most
> everyone had a university, research org or government ID. The newsreaders
> had big bold warnings why you posted a message, stating that bosses,
family,
> etc. may read this years in the future. People did in fact get fired and
did
> have stalkers to deal with due to Usenet.
>
> -John
>
>