Mazda Miata: winterizing

On 2004-08-02, b <ca> wrote:
 

1) Install hardtop.

2) Put on Nokian snowtires.
 

No, but it sure is nice.
 

It happens.
 

No, I drive it.
 

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"b" <ca> wrote:
 

If the car is a Miata, nothing special is needed beyond snow tires,
but if it has a plastic rear window, be *very* careful with it. It
gets brittle at freezing temperatures and scatters very easily.

The advice of Grant Edwards to get a hardtop is sound. If you cannot
afford a used one on miata.net, you can probably not afford to replace
your scattered plastic rear window, so be very careful with it.
 

No. No! NO!! I need an airconditioned garage! But in winter
it might be nice, though.
 

I am exposed to those too when working on my car. Florida
has some of the most inclement weather anywhere.
 

I never put on blocks. Though I am not sure about cte. Where
do you find it? And is it harmful?
 

Encyclopedias, the Internet, the usenet, to mention a few that
are very good.
 

Glad to have been able to assist you, Thaks!

Leon

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don't go talking about winterizing yet...where do you live, anyway ???
I want another 3 or 4 months of top-down driving fun !

Pete Breemhaar
Georgetown, Ontario
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"b" <ca> wrote in message
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In article <WXyPc.20858$bellglobal.com>, ca
says...
 

Do you mean storing the car for the winter or getting it ready for winter
driving? Two different things.
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Alex

b wrote:
 

I don't do anything special really.
 

Sometimes I wish it was heated, when I'm walking
around barefoot in it.
 

My garage doesn't have any of the above characteristics.
 

No, then it would be much more difficult to take it
for a spin on the dry days during our winter.
 

In your Mazda owner's manual.

Cheers,
Dana

P.S. Did I mention I love California?

Leon van Dommelen wrote:
 

I still smile at the thought of Christmas decorations on
the beach, with 77F weather, in December. Florida...

Cheers,
Dana

I just plan on driving mine with the hard top on... here in North Carolina,
they call snow days when flurries are predicted! (I'm a teacher)

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I just plan on driving mine with the hard top on... here in North Carolina,
they call snow days when flurries are predicted! (I'm a teacher)

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