Thursday, September 16, 2004
I've finished stage 1 of my Mazda Miata. You can check out my Miata homepage here. I just put the racing stripes on my car this weekend and I was hoping to finish them today. I didn't get enough time (it's getting dark early now!) but I wanted to put up the website anyway.
I'll finish the stripes (bumpers are not done) and then post more pictures later.
Also be sure to check out my badass Miata iPod installation. I basically took apart an iPod remote control and re-routed all the wires so they are all hidden, and go to the iPod which is locked away in my armrest.
I also registered iPodYourMiata.com which will eventually host detailed instructions for each of my iPod installations. The BMW installation is here in case you missed it. Hopefully the iPod team will stumble across this site and give me a job :)
I think the Miata is way more fun to drive than my BMW and I think in terms of performance driving, it's all around a much better car. It has much better road feel and communication than the BMW or any other car I have ever driven.
The BMW is the best compromise between handling and luxury. But why compromise? If I could go back I would make the Miata my track, and keep the BMW stock. And since I wouldn't be taking the BMW to the track, I might not get a BMW at all, but maybe an Audi (which I think has much nicer design, but the engines and suspension are just not quite at BMW levels).
I had an interesting thought the other day when riding in a friend's BMW. He was flooring it at every light and taking turns way too fast. I noticed at least 3 times that his stability control / traction control kicked in (a light flashes). If that car didn't have those safety features he would have spun out, possibly hurting himself and others.
These luxury cars make it too easy to drive like a pro (I actually a read an article last month that stated exactly that). They do all the work for you so all you do it hit the gas. I love driving the Miata because at 2200 pounds, with no ABS, no traction control, and all season tires, I am in control of every bit of the car.
I'll finish the stripes (bumpers are not done) and then post more pictures later.
Also be sure to check out my badass Miata iPod installation. I basically took apart an iPod remote control and re-routed all the wires so they are all hidden, and go to the iPod which is locked away in my armrest.
I also registered iPodYourMiata.com which will eventually host detailed instructions for each of my iPod installations. The BMW installation is here in case you missed it. Hopefully the iPod team will stumble across this site and give me a job :)
I think the Miata is way more fun to drive than my BMW and I think in terms of performance driving, it's all around a much better car. It has much better road feel and communication than the BMW or any other car I have ever driven.
The BMW is the best compromise between handling and luxury. But why compromise? If I could go back I would make the Miata my track, and keep the BMW stock. And since I wouldn't be taking the BMW to the track, I might not get a BMW at all, but maybe an Audi (which I think has much nicer design, but the engines and suspension are just not quite at BMW levels).
I had an interesting thought the other day when riding in a friend's BMW. He was flooring it at every light and taking turns way too fast. I noticed at least 3 times that his stability control / traction control kicked in (a light flashes). If that car didn't have those safety features he would have spun out, possibly hurting himself and others.
These luxury cars make it too easy to drive like a pro (I actually a read an article last month that stated exactly that). They do all the work for you so all you do it hit the gas. I love driving the Miata because at 2200 pounds, with no ABS, no traction control, and all season tires, I am in control of every bit of the car.