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Originally Posted by extrashaky
No, that thing just looked like a chick car. It wasn't particularly stupid-looking. I figured men who drove them were secure enough in their masculinity that they didn't mind driving a feminine car to get the driving experience.
This new one is particularly stupid-looking. The lines are awkward, and the "face" on the front looks like a stoner saying, "Dude, what?"
And Mazda knows they screwed it up. If you look at the main Miata page on the Mazda website, there's not a single pic of the hideous front end. You have to dig into the gallery to see what the front end actually looks like. And even then, they have all the thumbnails of the front end cropped so you can't see it clearly. They know it's ugly, so they hide it.
Again, driving an ugly car is okay if the performance is there. But the comment was made that the MT reviewer would likely judge it on aesthetics as well. Aesthetically there's no contest.
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Well, all I know for sure is that our NC Miata carried us for 88,000 fun filled miles, covering most of the US and parts of Western Canada.
We could pack enough stuff in it for two weeks of touring at a time.
It was dependable, economical and the top down driving experience was priceless, for us two 60+ year old folks.
The ONLY reason I traded it for my FR-S was that mrs humfrz was tiring of the "top down adventure". So, I went with the FR-S because it was a coupe (quieter), 2+2 (more room for traveling stuff), but still was economical and fun to drive.
As far as being viewed as driving a "feminine car" ...... if anyone thought that ..... that was there problem ...... not mine. (hey, big balls, just tuck that honking truck or your overpowered mustang in behind me and try to keep up with this girly car, as I go through the curves on this mountain ......
humfrz