HUGE SALE!!

I can't believe that GoMiata would actually send me an email advertising this sale:

===========================================Mazda MX-5 Miata Cool Breeze Scoop 1990-2005 (CBS-904-510) Retail Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $39.95 (You save: $0.04) =========================================== I'm not kidding, see here:

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If I buy 60 of them I'll save enough for a gallon of gas at Costco's price! ;-)

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XS11E
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Wow, that's a real deal there - LOL!

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Geary Morton

Right after I posted it I found this:

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$1.00 off on a $100.00 item!

It's even more surprising to me as they often offer as much as 50% off on some sale items. I don't know why they'd bother with such a small discount?

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XS11E

And I got an e-mail directly from Bruce and Tim at CoolBreeze - offering a group buy of Cool Breeze Scoops. Price is $34.00 each for a minimum order of 5 and shipping is INCLUDED.

Iva & Vixen

2004 Classic Red No more winkin' Miata
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Iva

Yeah, but if you bought 5 from GoMiata you'd save TWENTY FIVE CENTS! WOW!

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XS11E

The "sale" bit is pretty funny, but I must admit I've been tempted to buy one to try to keep my feet from cooking. One wonders how much noise they make at highway speeds. If you do end up with 60 of them, I don't suppose you'd loan me one to try it out?

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Grant Edwards

This might help a little at some times of the year or in cooler climates, but right now, having 105 degree air directed onto my feet won't help. ;-)

Any reviews of them on Miata.net? That would take like 5 mouse clicks for me to find out, but I'm tired from battling with Mr. Perfection.

Pat the insomniac

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pws

In that case the top is up with the A/C on (with some of it directed feetwards).

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All the reviews are fairly positive -- though one mentions it does create a bit of additional noise at highway speeds.

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Grant Edwards

Pat, I'll save you 4 mouse clicks ;-) I have the cool breeze scoop thingy and it's the real deal. As I describe it you will think I've become a paid mouthpiece for 'the man' ;-)

You start feeling it's effect at 25 / 30 mph. It makes a huge difference and I love it for multiple reasons;

1) outside air is so hard to get into the cockpit, this solves that, allot of air at speed 2) it shoots the air straight downward into the foot well, it swirls around your feet (lifesaver for me) and then comes up and out across your body (lifesaver again!) 3) here in the blazing and horribly humid weather of Houston, sometimes us crazy people actually drive with the top down and the AC on full (I know, it's not the best mileage you'll ever get but it's still better than you buddy's 6cyl mustang ;-) this device swirls that air around and you feel it (to a lesser degree) over the entire body rather than the 2"x2" part of the hand that the vent actually hits. 4) even better that #3 is using this to mix the huge amount of heat that the miata can put out, to warm the entire cockpit on cold day / night drives. This is great (for those 2 months that we get cold weather) (cold being a relative term and subject to individual interpretation, in case Davoud is lurking ;-).

Unfortunately, mine's been stepped on by my passengers a couple times as I've been lazy and left it lying in the foot well and being flat black (read, invisible) you don't realize it till you hear the crunch. It still works but the bug screen is gone and the part that goes down into the windshield header is partially broken off.

Chris

99BBB

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Chris D'Agnolo

Grant, I agree that sometimes it's just too hot / humid for top down driving however, having this amount of airflow extends / widens that envelope a bit. You know what I mean, it's the difference of being able to sit outside when there's a breeze at temperatures you wouldn't put up with it if it were more still. It really does make a measurable difference, I hate to be w/o it on warm top down drives.

Chris

99BBB
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Chris D'Agnolo

Definitely. On days when the temperature barely hits 70F my NB still cooks my feet unless I turn on the A/C (even with top down). If the Miata could just take in outside air and shove it into the footwells or out the eyeballs, it would make it a far, far more comfortable car. What happend to the "good old days" when cars had "vents" that you could open that routed outside air (from the front wheelwells?) into the cabin. I guess when A/C became common, they decided there was no longer any need for vents.

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Grant Edwards

Their mistake! Oh and, operational wing windows! That would really help! There is / was a company selling replacement windows for our stationary wing windows. They were still 'fixed' however, they had a race car style open able vent that you could turn to direct air in different directions. Seemed like a great idea to me.

Chris

99BBB
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Chris D'Agnolo

Blasphemy!

-- Larry

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pltrgyst

Larry, you must not be from the gulf coast. You've heard of third world (no, I'm not admitting TX is third world........... still not sure) well we call it the 3rd coast ;-)

Chris

99BBB

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Chris D'Agnolo

This heat has even made my tortoise have problems with keeping cool, and he should be in the western Sahara Desert region. This is not currently a fit environment for humans at all.

This summer has been particularly brutal and dry here, and it is probably my last one ever without an A/C in the car. If I did not have a house A/C available, I would move north very quickly.

Luckily, I do not usually have to drive during the daytime, so it has not been so bad this year as it would have been.

It also keeps me out of rush hour traffic, which I have only driven in maybe 20 times total in the last 3 or 4 years. I used to drive in nasty traffic that many times in 2 weeks or less, the horror......

Pat

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pws

This heat has even made my tortoise have problems with keeping cool, and he should be in the western Sahara Desert region. This is not currently a fit environment for humans at all.

This summer has been particularly brutal and dry here, and it is probably my last one ever without an A/C in the car. If I did not have a house A/C available, I would move north very quickly.

Luckily, I do not usually have to drive during the daytime, so it has not been so bad this year as it would have been.

It also keeps me out of rush hour traffic, which I have only driven in maybe 20 times total in the last 3 or 4 years. I used to drive in nasty traffic that many times in 2 weeks or less, the horror......

Pat

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pws

This heat has even made my tortoise have problems with keeping cool, and he should be in the western Sahara Desert region. This is not currently a fit environment for humans at all.

This summer has been particularly brutal and dry here, and it is probably my last one ever without an A/C in the car. If I did not have a house A/C available, I would move north very quickly.

Luckily, I do not usually have to drive during the daytime, so it has not been so bad this year as it would have been.

It also keeps me out of rush hour traffic, which I have only driven in maybe 20 times total in the last 3 or 4 years. I used to drive in nasty traffic that many times in 2 weeks or less, the horror......

Pat

Reply to
pws

Thirteen years with a Miata in Dallas, and never once did I consider it too hot to keep the top down. Of course, I DO often drive with the AC on. It take the edge off the heat just enough.

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Frank Berger

Frank, you're tougher than me! Now, being what some Texans would refer to as a 'damn Yankee (grew up in central IL), I'd be willing to bet that I do more top down cold weather driving than you do! I love top down, cold weather driving!

Chris

99BBB (only in TX 26 yrs or so)

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Chris D'Agnolo

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