A woman driving a Mazda Miata? Fine. A guy driving a Mazda Miata? Not so fine. A guy driving a Mazda Miata with an Historic License Plate? You have to be kidding! But that's what I saw yesterday, and the tool was wearing a cowboy hat!
no surprise. Here in CT anything 20 years old can have a classic plate, along with the corresponding reduction in property taxes. Bulls**t. Just imagine a 2004 Honda Civic running classic plates - sorry, wrong.
Any guesses what the historic Miata cowboy might do for a living? Hairdresser? Proctologist? Engineer?
Confession time. Years ago I worked for someone who had a gen. 1 Miata, and asked to take it for a drive. I barely fit in it (6' 3"), my head stuck up above the windshield, but it was fun in the curves, and had a REALLY short-throw shifter; man, you bang shifts in that thing. Flash forward to 1999, and we rented a gen. 2 at the Minneapolis airport for a visit to a friends lake cabin in Wisconsin. I fit much better, and that car was a blast to drive; got a speeding ticket from the MN Highway Patrol to prove it. Got a screamin' sunburn from a week of top-down driving- shoulda had a cowboy hat!
I'll, admit to taking one for a spin. Friend owned it and had adapted a turbo to it. Tight fit like BB 6'3" guy here with size 14 shoe, those pedals are tight. The hood bulge at anything over 90mph was an interesting bow. Must be a good hood latch. Shifter tight pattern. I avoided the Po Po, however.
In June had a 2024 RAV4 hybrid at St Louis airport rental. Had to stop after a mile on the freeway, thought the hood was going to open. Just a tinny original hood. Hood was latched, the sheet metal fluttering like it was a table cloth. Put up with that for 2500 miles. Never seen old Fords to have that problem.
