I just wanted to say something nice about a dealership, for a change .

When my poor little Miata got crunched <sob!> and was in the shop, a sales
representative scratched the quarter panel and reported it to the body
shop.  It’s nice when a mistake is made and then acknowledged.  The body
shop fixed it before telling me about it, and apologized for the
inconvenience.

Oh, yeah, the dealer was Bay Area Mazda in Redwood City, CA.  The body shop
(Peninsula Body Works) is affiliated, but not owned, with them.  Both the
body shop and the dealership have been good to me.  Thanks!

Kara

Black ’94 "B"
My baby!

G’day all,
           I have recently purchased a 1994 Laguna Blue MX-5 Clubman
(YIPPEE!!!),and am interested in installing headrest speakers.  I have
the standard Panasonic rad/cass fitted and although the speaker
connectors are present under the seats and the loom is plugged into the
head unit I can’t seem to get any audio output.

Am I missing something obvious?

Are the factory installed speakers connected in series or parallel?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BTW for those who didn’t pick the accent my car is Australian spec.

Felixb

I want to install some of those Italian air horns in my 91 Miata. It’s not
obvious to me where I can pick up a 10 amp intermittent positive
connection. The horns use the stock horn wire to activact a solenoid for
the compresor.

Any ideas?

Jazz…@aol.com

Hi,

did anyone experience a difference between the
Yokohama A509 and A510 on his Miata (stock size tires)?

Which one do you prefer?

Thanks
  Hannes.

–
Hannes Delago  (del…@dox.ul.bawue.de)  01/17/97 16:25

Barry W. Behrmann II wrote:

> it appears that when I start my car in very cold
> weather (sub-zero temperatures) the "check engine" light comes on.  I
> have taken it back to the Mazda dealership and they’ve replace the map
> sensor, but the problem still occurs.  

Can’t help with this one.  It’s never been that cold in Seattle since
I’ve owned my Miata.

>         Secondly, I am looking for suggestions on how to cope with
> snowy/icy traveling in my Miata.  We have only had a handful of days
> where icy roads have been a problem, and each of these days I’ve become
> trapped on some patch of ice.  Suggestions that I’ve heard so far is to
> put a couple 50 lbs. bags of sand in my trunk to weigh it down and to
> throw under tires if I get stuck, and I’ve heard to keep a collapsible
> shovel in the back to also aid in the "dig out".  I’m curious to find out
> if a certain model of tire has been found to perform better in the snowy
> conditions, and if anyone has any other tips or pointers please let me
> know.  Please help!!

One of the most commonly seen bits of advice on winter driving in the
Miata is, DON’T add any extra weight to the trunk.  Not only is it
unnecessary, but it will screw the weight distribution up and make
matters worse, not better.  Get four good snow tires, and you will have
no trouble at all driving in winter (unless you get high-centered in
deep snow).  I have ordinary Les Schwab studded snows, and they work
just fine.  Others will probably be able to suggest other possibilities.

Gale

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Hi I’m looking for a Limited Slip for my ’90 Miata.  I prefer the idea
of a Torsen instead of an ordinary locking diff…  Is there any source
other than Mazda?  Will the Torsen fit in my diff case?  What year did
the Torsen diffs become available and if one won’t fit in my diff case,
will the complete Torsen assembly fit into a ’90?

What sort of prices are being asked?  (Either Canadian or U.S. funds)

        Thanks
                Gary E.J. Hunt

I had a harrowing experience this morning, and was hoping
someone on the group could give me some guidance/help.

I have a 95 miata (5 speed/wouldn’t HAVE an automatic!)
and it is my daily driver and my only car.  It has been
really cold here lately and although the car is garage kept,
it was about 10 degrees (or maybe even a little colder) this
morning when I started my commute to work.

While I don’t "warm up" the engine in the mornings, I make
it a point to not exceed 35mph or get the tach over 3500
until my temperature gauge is middling.  In other words,
this is one pampered car, at least till I get it good and
warm!  ;)  Then its Katy bar the redline at times!  haha!

About 6 blocks from my driveway, I was shifting from 3rd
to 4th as usual.  I was driving along at about 30mph.
When I let out on the clutch and started to accelerate an
EXTREMELY strange noise filled the car. It wasn’t a continuous
sound, nor particularly deafeningly loud either, but sounded very
sick!!  I thought the bottom of the car was going to drop out.
METALLIC/GRATING with a swishing or circular
noise.  I immediately downshifted back into 3rd, thinking
the 4th gear might not have engaged, but the sound did not stop.
(GRATE, GRATE, SWISH, GRATE!)

I started to find a place to turn around, or at least pull
off to investigate.  But after about 1/2 mile, the sound
went away.  My commute is about 15 miles, and although I was
about half afraid to go on, I chanced it and the sound did
not return.  On lunch, I took the car out for about 20 miles
and noticed nothing really unusual (except for a slight
clicking noise which may have been there all along since I
usually either have the top down, the stereo up, or both!)
Same for the drive home.  So 50 miles after the sound from
hell, everything seems ok.

The clicking noise that I’ve never noticed before was very
faintly audible and was only happening when the
car was IN GEAR and I was accelerating.  It wasn’t just
valve clatter.  The car HAD to be in gear, if i was just sitting
still and giving it a little gas…no clicking.  Or if I was just
coasting with my foot off the gas….no clicking.  Soon as I went
to 1st, let out on the clutch and gently took off, there it was.
Maybe this is related to the noise from hell??

A few questions….

(1) Any speculation of what this may have been?  Could it have
        been cold weather related??

(2) Should I contiue to drive it…assuming nothing is wrong, or
        should I go ASAP and get it checked.  

(3) Although I DO change my own oil (which amazes most men!  haha)
        thats about the extent of my mechanical knowledge.  So what
        do I tell the mechanic to look at?  Some fellow at work that
        said maybe a ‘pressure plate’ stuck, or a ‘knock out joint’
        may be out of adjustment.  Although the car is still under
        warranty, I’d like to solve this while it IS!

(4) REAL STUPID QUESTION…is it even in the realm of possibility to
        shift into REVERSE while moseying along at 30mph.  I wouldn’t
        think it would be (without leaving the tranny in the road, and
        some major effort in the shifting!)  but after this happened I
        just considered it.

Any advice will be extremely appreciated.  Please post any respones
to the group since I don’t have an email.  Thanks in advance!

Sincerely,

Darlene

The Miata.net FAQ described an AOL forum for Miata-philes. Can anyone
direct me to it within AOL? Searches yield zip.

Thanks,

Bill

Sarah Records Lives!

I’m looking for a Mazda factory brochure about the 1994 M-Edition. I’m
also interested in obtaining any magazine reviews/articles dealing with
the 94 M-Edition. If anyone out there can help me out, please send e-mail
to HEDa…@aol.com.

Thanks,

Hugh Davey
Member MCA & BAMA
94 M-Edition