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On 2006-10-23, battjt > wrote:
> I have used my Miata as a daily driver year round for 4 of the last 6 > years here in Indiana. This year, I'm parking for the winter it in > favor of the 1988 Chevy truck. The Miata will handle a lot better in snow. > 2. dirt and grime. The inside of the car is always dirty. True. If you have to top down, the dash is always dusty, and there are always leaves and stuff on the floor and seats. > 3. SUV headlights and "driving" lights are normally above the rear > deck, so in the mirrors. If tail gaters annoy you now, you may go > insane in a Miata. That is a bit annoying, but unless you switch to something _big_, it's not much better. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Am I in GRADUATE at SCHOOL yet? visi.com |
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On 2006-10-23, Eric Baber > wrote:
> - On long journeys I do occasionally miss being able to listen to people > talking on the radio. I can listen to music, but the ambient noise is too > loud to listen to people talking. Obviously it's worse with the top down, > but even with the lid closed it's pretty noisy One word: earplugs. Put 'em in, then turn up the volume on the radio. Cheap foam earplugs let you maintain a decent S/N ratio without having damaging SPL at the eardrum. > - As others have mentioned, smoothness, especially again on > long journeys. Maybe it's because my car's a '91, but you can > feel pretty much every bump and bounce (and yes, I've recently > replaced the shocks). Most of the time I really like feeling > that in tune with the road, but especially when driving in my > wife's Fiesta I realise how non-smooth my car is A lot of people mention this, but I don't get it. I like being able to feel the road. I find driving mushy "smooth" cars is a bit unnerving. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Loni Anderson's hair at should be LEGALIZED!! visi.com |
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>> - On long journeys I do occasionally miss being able to listen to people
>> talking on the radio. I can listen to music, but the ambient noise is too >> loud to listen to people talking. Obviously it's worse with the top down, >> but even with the lid closed it's pretty noisy > > One word: earplugs. > > Put 'em in, then turn up the volume on the radio. Cheap foam > earplugs let you maintain a decent S/N ratio without having > damaging SPL at the eardrum. Does that allow you to understand voices properly? As I say my system is fine for listening to music, but making out words in speech is what's tricky. >> - As others have mentioned, smoothness, especially again on >> long journeys. Maybe it's because my car's a '91, but you can >> feel pretty much every bump and bounce (and yes, I've recently >> replaced the shocks). Most of the time I really like feeling >> that in tune with the road, but especially when driving in my >> wife's Fiesta I realise how non-smooth my car is > > A lot of people mention this, but I don't get it. I like being > able to feel the road. I find driving mushy "smooth" cars is a > bit unnerving. It's more than "feeling the road" - as I say I mostly like that too. Smoothness can be nice when you're doing long stretches of boring motorway driving when the only feeling to the road is noisy asphalt, potholes and other damage to the road surface. That ain't fun, that's just annoying, and not worth feeling. That's where a nice, smooth ride can be preferable in my book. Eric |
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On 2006-10-23, Eric Baber > wrote:
>>> - On long journeys I do occasionally miss being able to listen to people >>> talking on the radio. I can listen to music, but the ambient noise is too >>> loud to listen to people talking. Obviously it's worse with the top down, >>> but even with the lid closed it's pretty noisy >> >> One word: earplugs. >> >> Put 'em in, then turn up the volume on the radio. Cheap foam >> earplugs let you maintain a decent S/N ratio without having >> damaging SPL at the eardrum. > > Does that allow you to understand voices properly? Works for me. I listen to NPR (which mostly talk) and books on CD that way. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Yow! I'm imagining at a surfer van filled with visi.com soy sauce! |
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Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2006-10-23, battjt > wrote: > > > I have used my Miata as a daily driver year round for 4 of the last 6 > > years here in Indiana. This year, I'm parking for the winter it in > > favor of the 1988 Chevy truck. > > The Miata will handle a lot better in snow. I'm not worried about my driving. The truck will handle 4,000 lbs of oncoming steel better. Joe |
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