Just came back from getting a nail pulled from a rear tyre. It's raining in Sydney today and the roads are also clear of traffic so I pedalled a little hard and made that LSD work a little harder than usual. I paid particular notice to the seating position...never noticed that I was bracing on the wheel, never felt like I was slipping around, and had 40-50mm between my leg and that drink holder when driving...and it only cost $25 to have the tyre demounted and a proper plug inserted from the inside.
Iva, IMHO the 99 seats are the worst of the Miata seats if you have any sporting intentions. The shape's not that bad. Just looking, they look pretty good and in put put driving they aren't that disappointing but the bolsters are just simply too compliant. You lean on them and they just recede, not support. After years with the excellent NA (leather) seats, it's quite disappointing. At 6'2", 175lbs with a 34" inseam (no, not shopping myself around, this is scientific!), I have absolutely no issues with the 08 NC cup holders in the door but, maybe they have changed them since 06, not sure. I know Mazda caught allot of grief for their usefulness and position (and quantity!). Leg room seemed fine to me also. As for the seats, you've got to remember what seats I'm jumping out of (I'm sure that skews me a bit). As far as the seatback bolsters, I'd probably prefer they be closer together but yes Americans have gotten quite 'wide' these days. I like the fact that when you make contact with the bolster, it's firm a-la NA style (firmer, I think maybe).
Iva, with some work / effort I'm pretty sure you can convert NA seats into the NB (dbl ck me on this).
Later, Chris
99BBB
"Iva" wrote in message news:feudnRAIT9wA2l3VnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@ptd.net...
I have a 32" inseam and my left leg (I'm in the US) never contacts the bottle holder in the door (unless I contort myself on purpose to rest it there).
But everyone is different.
I personally like my NC better than my NB, and if the car had looked like this redesign from the factory I wouldn't have spent money on the Mazdaspeed body kit.
My right leg is a different matter since I usually wind up with the shin below the knee touching the console edge. After 10 hours of highway cruising I have developed a very minor bruise from that -- nothing to deter though.
Why, when the 1992 Miata I have fits me perfectly?
I had a Corvette way back, a 1964. I really liked the car but had a unique problem with it, by the middle 1980s it had become too valuable to keep! Every time I parked it somewhere someone slammed a car door into it and I got tired of parking it waaaaaaaay out at the end of the lot. Eventually, I only drove it if I was going somewhere with secure parking at the other end and decided to sell it. It's the only car on which I made a HUGE amount of money, I sold it for about three times my initial investment.
To this day it's still the absolute best designed top on any convertible!
Unfortunately, after 1967 Corvettes became huge, bloated and horribly FUGLY to me and I can't afford a 1963-1967 model, if I could that's what I'd have but the same problem would still apply, it's like any classic or special interest car, they become too valuable to drive.
Having just returned today from a 2400 mile round trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I would rate the comfort of the NC's seats and driving compartment as down right excellent, on of the car's strong points, and THE most comfortable car I've toured in. 8 days and no aches or pains and I love the placement of the door bottle holders. Bottle of water right where it ought to be.
And yes, I've driven a few different cars starting with a 1946 Ford.
Off topic----
By the way, if you ever get up that way, you have to do the drive up 41 to Copper Harbor. The last 15 to 20 miles are simply a roller coaster ride in a Miata. A bit of caution as no shoulders and trees right at the edge of the road. You'll have so much fun you'll want to turn around and do it again. Don't. Turn left at Copper Harbor and take 26 through Eagle Harbor and Eagle River. Even more twisty and breath taking elevation changes with yet sharper corners. Several places you can get airborne at relatively low speed. The surf on the rock strewn shore is simply fabulous but pay close attention to the road. When you get to Eagle River take a left on 41 and run it again. We did three times :)))
Thanks for the tip. I'll put that in my book of things to do. I am still committed to finishing my "on the edge tour" around the contiguous states and on the way from northeasternmost Maine to northwesternmost Washington that part of Michigan should be right along the way.
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