Modern features I wish I could add to my miata
04-13-2012, 11:35 AM
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It is hard to describe just how satisfied I am with the design compromises that were made on the Miata in the name of lightness, simplicity, reliability and performance.
I think the rest of you must have bought the wrong car. Or maybe you lack the availability of other rides for those days when your pu$$y hurts.
I think the rest of you must have bought the wrong car. Or maybe you lack the availability of other rides for those days when your pu$$y hurts.
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04-13-2012, 12:07 PM
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More interior room, a quieter interior, a larger trunk, fancy computer-controlled suspension, and a larger engine are precisely the opposite of what I want in a car. If I wanted these things, I'd be driving a 3-series BMW instead of a Miata.
If anything, the next-generation Miata could have less interior space, a smaller trunk, less sound-deadening, a non-powered top, etc., and I'd consider it an improvement over the NC.
However,
The title of this thread is not "things I wish Mazda would have done differently when they designed the NA 24 years ago", it's "features I wish I could add to my (existing) miata"
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04-13-2012, 12:14 PM
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http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...,6016774.story
Here's a modern feature I do not have, and for that matter, DO NOT WANT on any of my vehicles.
Here's a modern feature I do not have, and for that matter, DO NOT WANT on any of my vehicles.
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04-13-2012, 12:24 PM
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Agree with Hornetball and Sir Joe. If anything, I want smaller and lighter. MG Midget sized, with the underhood area wide open for boosting. Oh, and no polution control crap to have to mess with.
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04-13-2012, 02:14 PM
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http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...,6016774.story
Here's a modern feature I do not have, and for that matter, DO NOT WANT on any of my vehicles.
Here's a modern feature I do not have, and for that matter, DO NOT WANT on any of my vehicles.
My old GTI had a pretty intrusive stability system that stuffed me every time I tried to really hurry if I forgot to turn it off, especially in the snow.
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04-13-2012, 02:47 PM
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Unless I mis-read the article, the system as described inhibits the throttle only if the brakes are applied while the throttle is active. It does not inhibit the throttle if the throttle is applied while the brakes are active.
Personally, I tend to downshift by removing my foot from the throttle, placing it on the brake, and then rolling it over to re-apply the throttle a second or two later.
Personally, I tend to downshift by removing my foot from the throttle, placing it on the brake, and then rolling it over to re-apply the throttle a second or two later.
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04-13-2012, 03:32 PM
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Unless I mis-read the article, the system as described inhibits the throttle only if the brakes are applied while the throttle is active. It does not inhibit the throttle if the throttle is applied while the brakes are active.
Personally, I tend to downshift by removing my foot from the throttle, placing it on the brake, and then rolling it over to re-apply the throttle a second or two later.
Personally, I tend to downshift by removing my foot from the throttle, placing it on the brake, and then rolling it over to re-apply the throttle a second or two later.
I remember the first go-round with the Audi 5000 in the 80's. The monster 130-hp 5-banger overpowered the brakes, leading to mass chaos and destruction.
As a test, Car and Driver got a 5000, sped up to 60 or 70, and simultaneously stomped on the throttle and the brakes. The car stopped - just not as quickly as with a shut throttle. Wish I could find the article on line.
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04-13-2012, 03:41 PM
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I've seen this test performed several times on different cars by different testers. In every case, the end result is the same: if you step on the brakes, even with the throttle wide open, the car stops. (Everyone try this test yourself. Even a 250HP turbo Miata will stop on its own stock brakes at WOT.)
Unfortunately, it's easier (and more politically advantageous) for politicians to sympathize with "victims" of negligent automakers than it is to say "No, you're just an idiot who doesn't know how to drive a car."
The march of progress vis-a-vis techno-nannying is, unfortunately, unstoppable.
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04-13-2012, 03:43 PM
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Are there electronics involved with the MR shocks? Assuming they were not electronically adjustable, that would seem like a great addition that wouldn't vie with the "spirit" of simplicity of the Miata.
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04-13-2012, 03:45 PM
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I knew a) it was going to already have been done and b) posted by you of all people.
so what do you think? let off gas, throttle closes like normal.
standard mode allows drive-by-wire to override your jackassery for economy and
awesome mode (TM) simply duplicates the movement of the first butterfly aside from optimizing air fuel delivery for performance reasons.
so what do you think? let off gas, throttle closes like normal.
standard mode allows drive-by-wire to override your jackassery for economy and
awesome mode (TM) simply duplicates the movement of the first butterfly aside from optimizing air fuel delivery for performance reasons.
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