> Wow, James.. I don't know. Tires on a luggage rack seem
no no no, i meant your CHAPSTICK and sundries go on there. the tires go on
the WHEELS. :)
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake Hodges" <jake@codeworm.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: Tint, tiny trailers for tiny, tiny cars.
> Wow, James.. I don't know. Tires on a luggage rack seem VERY unsafe in a
> relatively minor accident.. I don't think they'd stop at the headrests.
I
> guess you do have that nice roll bar on the drivers side...
>
> And fair enough, Tony. Used car listings are littered with cheap
> Miatas. I could have spent $10K less and had ALMOST as much fun on my Hwy
> 1 trip last month.
>
> I've suffered grief getting peanut butter back from Safeway that your
Miata
> friends will never know. But there was no contest in choosing between
them
> since, while I could fit far more STUFF in the Miata, I simply couldn't
get
> my HEAD to fit with the roof up. I sit close because of my shortish legs,
> so my big head makes a giant salad-bowl-shaped canvas dome out of the
> top! I hate driving cars laying down. Headroom isn't a problem for me in
> the MR2.
>
> Thanks for all the trailer ideas everyone. I'm eager to check out
everyone
> else's rigs next week! (It appeals to me to refer to my MR2 as a "rig".)
>
> Jake
>
>
> At 08:58 PM 2/10/2003 -0800, Anthony Tabacco wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Sean Bradshaw" <sean@spintec.org>
> >To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:17 PM
> >Subject: Re: Tint, tiny trailers for tiny, tiny cars.
> >
> > > As far as having a trailer behind a really tiny car I've seen Miata's
do
> >it
> > > all the time, it looks cool. What I've yet to see is a Miata with the
top
> > > down with a trailer though, that'll be cool. Jake I'll be interested
to
> >see
> > > what you put together so I can eventually have something similar with
my
> > > Spyder.
> > > -Sean
> >
> >As a point of information, the very utilitarian Miata offers four
different
> >combinations for transporting your tires, jack, rule book, overnight bag,
> >folding chair, lunch, and a full complement of (mature of course) music
> >CD's, all without a trailer. There are variations that account for
inclement
> >weather and even allow for the inclusion of a passenger. I note that in
> >chatting with Ed Rito, a fellow Miatae yesterday at 3-com, he mentioned
that
> >he had been charged an additional two dollars in bridge toll that morning
> >because he was towing his tire trailer. I will copy this to the local
Miata
> >list because we are a good naturedly smug lot regarding these upstart
MR-2s
> >in C-stock.
> >Tony
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