you had to wear asbestos socks so the rubber melting off one's sneakers didn't blister your feet
this little Miata does let a bit of heat up through the shifter boot... not too bad, just enough for romance.
It does have one heck of a heater in it though, which will be nice come wintertime. Should be lots of fun in the snow
It's got twice the horsepower of the 77 Mercedes 240 Diesel (w/ a 4 speed) I owned until a few months ago, and just as much torque!
The early Lotus cars were the worst, my mate spent most of his early life and ALL of his money under the thing!
But, when it was working
Part of the reason I've really started to dig American cars and trucks is that while not only are the parts cheap over here, but they will run poorly as long as most other things will run!
