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As much as I'd like to reccommend it, granny is better off with the minivan!
Although, I must say that a friend of mine's 60 yr old mom has a 95 that she only recently traded off for a PT cruiser.(yeah, yeah.. I know.... At least she got the TURBO PT !) Besides everthing else, just the fact that the car sits on the ground she'd probably need a crane to follow her around to get out of the thing! Let it go.! "tonyrama" > wrote in message ... > I was out and about today and I went down into a wholesale lot looking for a > vehicle for my mother, and what did I see but an M1! I couldn't believe they > had one there, so I pulled in to see it. It's a '95, it looked green under > the lights but the guy there said it was blue, it had a tan top with black > interior, power windows, power antenna, newish rubber on nice alloys, > automatic tranny. When I saw it was automatic I didn't look over it much > longer, but I almost had her convinced when I got home that it was a viable > buy for a winter car. The price on it was $3600, but they guy said they'd > probably take $2500. It's not inspected, and the tag on the window said it > was because of the directionals, and the drivetrain, whatever that means. > > So my questions are these: First, what could be wrong in a Miata drivetrain > that would negate a sticker? Second, I know that a lot of people here drive > their Miatae in the snow, but my mother is the little old ganny in a minivan > type. More of a point and steerer than a driver, what's the likelyhood that > she'd get herself into more trouble with a Miata than a FWD minivan? With > decent snowtires, of course, but she drives 50-60 miles a day round trip to > work, and needs something she can count on to get through New England > winters. What do you all think? > > Tonyrama > > |
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