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Old November 24th 04, 04:56 PM
Jerry
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As the one day of autumn rolled in here in southeast Texas my wife reminds
me that it is time for our beloved daughter, to take a break from the
studies, and come home for the Thanksgiving holiday. So a quick peek at the
weather channel and an even faster look as a couple of my favorite weather
websites and I was off to College Station to retrieve our little Aggie.
First I made the mandatory stop to top off the little red '90's fuel tank
and to top off my fuel tank.
After a pleasant trip to Texas A&M and back home I ran a couple of errands
and noticed that my fuel resources were limited. I stopped in the local fuel
stop and topped off again for the second time in less than 6 hours! Upon
calculation of my mileage I discover approximately a 2.5 mpg better than
what the roller-skate with 150k normally returns. thinking back through
history I tried to think of what I had done since the last fill up....... I
changed the oil and the tranny lube, replacing both with Royal Purple
Products. 271 miles\9.46 Gallons. I always top off to a specific point in
the filler neck, nets me roughly 28.6493444608 MPG I'm so proud of my little
Red Miata that I paid a whole $3 for!!!!!

Jerry Randolph
Houston Texas
90 Red still stock in appearance


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Old November 24th 04, 08:15 PM
Phil Edwards
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> I always top off to a specific point in
> the filler neck,


How do you do this, just look down the tube? Did you mark it in some way?
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Old November 24th 04, 11:33 PM
Jerry
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Nope, I just full to the bottom of the threads where the cap screws into the
neck just above the flap. You have to pull the noxxle out and trickle in in
kinda slow for the last pint or so..

Jerry

"Phil Edwards" > wrote in message
om...
> > I always top off to a specific point in
> > the filler neck,

>
> How do you do this, just look down the tube? Did you mark it in some way?



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Old November 27th 04, 05:06 AM
Chris D'Agnolo
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Come on Jerry, the real issue is how did you buy your miata for $3.00. I
know you're dieing for someone to ask and frankly, I'm dieing to hear!

Your Houston area brother (Sugar Land),

Chris
92BB&T
I have a couple pretty creative options to that College Station drive if
you're interested.

"Jerry" > wrote in message
...
> Nope, I just full to the bottom of the threads where the cap screws into

the
> neck just above the flap. You have to pull the noxxle out and trickle in

in
> kinda slow for the last pint or so..
>
> Jerry
>
> "Phil Edwards" > wrote in message
> om...
> > > I always top off to a specific point in
> > > the filler neck,

> >
> > How do you do this, just look down the tube? Did you mark it in some

way?
>
>



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Old November 27th 04, 04:42 PM
Leon van Dommelen
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"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote:

>Come on Jerry, the real issue is how did you buy your miata for $3.00. I
>know you're dieing for someone to ask and frankly, I'm dieing to hear!


Absolutely. Could easily have talked them down to $2, or even $1.

Leon

>Your Houston area brother (Sugar Land),
>
>Chris
>92BB&T
>I have a couple pretty creative options to that College Station drive if
>you're interested.
>
>"Jerry" > wrote in message
...
>> Nope, I just full to the bottom of the threads where the cap screws into

>the
>> neck just above the flap. You have to pull the noxxle out and trickle in

>in
>> kinda slow for the last pint or so..
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> "Phil Edwards" > wrote in message
>> om...
>> > > I always top off to a specific point in
>> > > the filler neck,
>> >
>> > How do you do this, just look down the tube? Did you mark it in some

>way?
>>
>>

>


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Old November 27th 04, 07:28 PM
Thomas Misek
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Chris,

I would be interested in knowing more about any interesting drives that you
have found in the Houston area. I live in the northwest part of the Houston
metro area

Tom
2001- midnight blue

"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
...
> Come on Jerry, the real issue is how did you buy your miata for $3.00. I
> know you're dieing for someone to ask and frankly, I'm dieing to hear!
>
> Your Houston area brother (Sugar Land),
>
> Chris
> 92BB&T
> I have a couple pretty creative options to that College Station drive if
> you're interested.
>



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Old November 28th 04, 07:30 PM
Jerry
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The car was purchased new by a lady that I have worked with since the
mid-90's. The car was shipped from the Hiroshima plant to California and
then to the regional training facility in Denver Colorado. Three weeks after
it arrived in Denver, it was shipped rapid transit to Gulf Coast Mazda in
Angleton, TX. That is where my co-worker purchased the car. Aside from the
weekends that she would entrust the car to me for maintenance and tuning,
The single woman was the only driver!!!
In June of 2003 she was approached by one of our co-workers who was
transferring out of the state and wanted to sell her small sedan at a very
reasonable price. Being that she is getting a little older and has a couple
of pets that no longer fit in the Miata she made the purchase of the little
sedan after she had me do an end to end evaluation. A couple of days before
she took ownership of the little sedan she had taken the baby car to the
local tire shop to have a tire replaced. they talked her into a whole new
set of which they only had 3 in stock. The car made an over night stay at
the tire shop. Upon arrival to pick up her pride and joy of over 13 years,
she discovered that the original top that she and I had both put much TLC
into keeping like new, had been sliced open!!!! The only thing missing from
the car was a bowling ball and a stinky pair of bowling shoes. The car spent
a couple of weeks with plastic over the gaping hole and after much
negotiating with the tire dealer (Goodyear). I understand that the net
outcome was that the tires were free. A couple of weeks passed and she took
ownership of the little black sedan and was happy as a clam with it. I ask
her one cold rainy afternoon what she was going to do with the Little
Mazdaratti. She said that she was going to run an ad in the local GreenSheet
sales paper, and ask if I was interested. I quickly replied letting her know
that I had always loved that little car and would treat it just as she had
for years. That is when she told me if I had $3 in my pocket the car was
mine, and the deal was struck. It was my lucky day I had about $8 and I was
more than willing to give up 3 of them for the Miata.



"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
...
> Come on Jerry, the real issue is how did you buy your miata for $3.00. I
> know you're dieing for someone to ask and frankly, I'm dieing to hear!
>
> Your Houston area brother (Sugar Land),
>
> Chris
> 92BB&T
> I have a couple pretty creative options to that College Station drive if
> you're interested.
>
> "Jerry" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Nope, I just full to the bottom of the threads where the cap screws into

> the
> > neck just above the flap. You have to pull the noxxle out and trickle in

> in
> > kinda slow for the last pint or so..
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > "Phil Edwards" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > > I always top off to a specific point in
> > > > the filler neck,
> > >
> > > How do you do this, just look down the tube? Did you mark it in some

> way?
> >
> >

>
>



  #8  
Old November 29th 04, 02:37 AM
Chris D'Agnolo
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That's pretty sweet!

Enjoy,
Chris
92BB&T

"Jerry" > wrote in message
...
> The car was purchased new by a lady that I have worked with since the
> mid-90's. The car was shipped from the Hiroshima plant to California and
> then to the regional training facility in Denver Colorado. Three weeks

after
> it arrived in Denver, it was shipped rapid transit to Gulf Coast Mazda in
> Angleton, TX. That is where my co-worker purchased the car. Aside from the
> weekends that she would entrust the car to me for maintenance and tuning,
> The single woman was the only driver!!!
> In June of 2003 she was approached by one of our co-workers who was
> transferring out of the state and wanted to sell her small sedan at a very
> reasonable price. Being that she is getting a little older and has a

couple
> of pets that no longer fit in the Miata she made the purchase of the

little
> sedan after she had me do an end to end evaluation. A couple of days

before
> she took ownership of the little sedan she had taken the baby car to the
> local tire shop to have a tire replaced. they talked her into a whole new
> set of which they only had 3 in stock. The car made an over night stay at
> the tire shop. Upon arrival to pick up her pride and joy of over 13 years,
> she discovered that the original top that she and I had both put much TLC
> into keeping like new, had been sliced open!!!! The only thing missing

from
> the car was a bowling ball and a stinky pair of bowling shoes. The car

spent
> a couple of weeks with plastic over the gaping hole and after much
> negotiating with the tire dealer (Goodyear). I understand that the net
> outcome was that the tires were free. A couple of weeks passed and she

took
> ownership of the little black sedan and was happy as a clam with it. I ask
> her one cold rainy afternoon what she was going to do with the Little
> Mazdaratti. She said that she was going to run an ad in the local

GreenSheet
> sales paper, and ask if I was interested. I quickly replied letting her

know
> that I had always loved that little car and would treat it just as she had
> for years. That is when she told me if I had $3 in my pocket the car was
> mine, and the deal was struck. It was my lucky day I had about $8 and I

was
> more than willing to give up 3 of them for the Miata.
>
>
>
> "Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Come on Jerry, the real issue is how did you buy your miata for $3.00. I
> > know you're dieing for someone to ask and frankly, I'm dieing to hear!
> >
> > Your Houston area brother (Sugar Land),
> >
> > Chris
> > 92BB&T
> > I have a couple pretty creative options to that College Station drive if
> > you're interested.
> >
> > "Jerry" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Nope, I just full to the bottom of the threads where the cap screws

into
> > the
> > > neck just above the flap. You have to pull the noxxle out and trickle

in
> > in
> > > kinda slow for the last pint or so..
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > > "Phil Edwards" > wrote in message
> > > om...
> > > > > I always top off to a specific point in
> > > > > the filler neck,
> > > >
> > > > How do you do this, just look down the tube? Did you mark it in

some
> > way?
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>



 




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