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Maybe Mazda will surprise us with a special (and hopefully bright) color for '24 for the 35th Anniversary? Maybe the original red with a black and tan interior?
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01-09-2024, 10:52 AM | #2 |
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So great that cars like this still exist
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01-10-2024, 11:18 AM | #3 |
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01-10-2024, 07:32 PM | #5 |
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Every time I see an ND, I feel a little tug at my heart strings, even as I'm really not in to cars that much any longer. It is one of the very few cars to do so.
ZBB: Was it an easy decision hardtop vs. soft top? Does it buffet at 75mph on the highway? |
01-10-2024, 07:37 PM | #6 |
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Thank you for asking that question. I have also wondered about that decision. I’m usually a purest for the soft top.
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01-10-2024, 08:04 PM | #7 | |
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As for buffeting at 75…. It’s not bad. Because the rear glass retracts with the roof, air is able to escape instead of buffeting (which would be way worse if the glass was fixed), and there is a small plastic screen that helps further reduce buffeting. I do put the side window up on the freeway though — road noise is just too much for me. Here’s a pic I found online of the roof retracting. It’s really quite the mechanism — the buttresses lift up, then the top and rear window fold into the space used for the soft top - there is a pivot point above the rear glass and at the back of the roof. The trunk in both the RF and soft top are the same size — with no reduction in space with the top down. It’s still a small trunk, but it technically fits 2 rollaboards (stacked on each other)…
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01-13-2024, 05:08 PM | #8 |
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Thanks for the thorough answer. Completely agree on the looks, the hardtop up looks great to me; somehow both classic and unique. I wouldn't care about the weight that much personally... The whole concept and execution make it such an attractive car. Never felt like this for prior miatas. Enjoy!
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01-11-2024, 09:31 PM | #9 |
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The RF version is indeed a very cool mechanism.
And it doesn’t add that much weight anyway.
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Interesting. And that’s not a bad color combo, actually.
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