Miata Mailing List: May 1993, Message #37
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Subject: Re: BRG prices, and miata colors
   Date: (none)

> 1991 BRG #3177, B pkg + CD player, hardtop, hoist, alarm, pwr antenna,
> 	etc. 2800 miles. Cost w/ extras was $31000, asking 28000 Firm.
> 1991 BRG #3322, 8900 miles, B pkg + CD player, ABS, hartop, hoist + cover
> 	service records, always garaged. $20500
> How can you own a miata for TWO YEARS and put less than three thousand miles 
> on it?  I don't understand, I guess - Mine is not quite two years old and I'm 
> nearing 28 thousand... that's with three zeros and a smile on my face every 
> single mile.

maybe these people bought the thing as an investment, although all the
extra accessories seem to argue against that...
i agree it's hard to imagine owning the car and not driving it.
even if it was just a weekend car, i'd have more miles on it that that!

on another subject, i'm mad that mazda is playing games with the
colors.  that is, it took 'em over a year to get around to doing
BRG, and when they did, they made it a loaded limited edition that
most people wouldn't/couldn't buy.  while i think the green is a bit
too dark compared to Real (tm) BRG (check out a Triumph, MG, or Jag
sometime for a comparison), it was still popular.  i get the impression
they never intend to do another run, which really stinks.
hopefully i'm wrong.

the same thing goes for the yellow - normally i'm wary of yellow cars,
but i think the yellow miata is completely GREAT!  if i were getting
another one, i'd definitely consider yellow.  but they only did
around 1500 (i think) of 'em, and now they've discontinued it.  maybe
they'll bring it back again, who knows?  i'm positive it'd remain a
popular color.

now that silver is also gone, it's a little boring that you can only
buy red, white, blue, or black.  after all, R/W/B have been around since
the beginning, and the vast majority of miatas on the road are R/W/B,
so it's difficult for someone to get one that stands out from the crowd.

well, enough crabbing for today...
(mine's red and i like it fine, but let's have some more VARIETY, ok?!)