[Miata] Brake fluid change

[CHRISTOPHER ADAMS]

That was kind-of my thought, too. That it is part of retaining the "character" of the car, sort of how GM sticks with the old push rod engine technology on the Corvette. Man I wish they would move forward. The age point they try target are becoming more & more in touch with current technology.

>>> David Sosna <sosnaenergyconsulting at cox.net> 1/24/2007 1:28 PM >>>
Well, I think it's partly the 'hair shirt' attitude that comes with 
owning Brit Iron.  The leaks, squeaks, rattles and smells (sniff, 
sniff--Hmm, is that burning oil?  Is it me, or the guy ahead of me? If I 
pass him and the smell goes away, it's not me--phew!) are part of the, 
ahh, 'experience' of owning these types of cars. 

And I think Burt Levy, writing for an issue of British Car Magazine back 
in 2000 put it very well:
"Character" in a motor car is made up largely of its warts, flaws, 
excesses and shortcomings. 

One thing the Brits engineered into their cars, whether it was the great 
way the interiors smelled (maybe the vinyl, or possibly the horsehair 
stuffing in the seats) or the inevitable puddle of something left on the 
driveway from, among other things, those natural rubber seals, was 
character.  Bags of character. While that was fun for several years, all 
that character is one of the reasons I sold my Sunbeam and bought the Miata.
Which, of course, has no warts, flaws, excesses or shortcomings. ;-)

Now, if I can just get around to seeing if an alternate coil pack will 
resolve the P0300 code that keeps popping up....

Best Regards
David Sosna


CHRISTOPHER ADAMS wrote:
> I used to have a MGB back when I was too young, dumb and poor to be able to properly maintain the thing. One of the things that puzzled me then and now, is why they have continued with the natural rubber seals and not just produced them in modern more resilient compounds?