Latest update on "Miata + Wing" in Austin

Are you counting the LVMOC discussion forum in those three? If not, please do so - we've had a lot of fun with this one.

And my 4-year old nephew does better with spelling than that poor guy. Probably because he (my nephew)doesn't have a Huge Tak.

Iva & Belle.) '90B Classic Red.) #3 winkin' Miata

"Iva" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@ptd.net:

Anyone wonder if maybe it's just smart marketing? The guy's had thousands of dollars worth of publicity just from the donw force alone... If he advertised a "1992 Miata with custom paint, turbocharger and wing for $6,500" would anyone notice?

As it is, hundreds of people know about the car who wouldn't otherwise and if he gets his price he'll have the last laugh, won't he?

I get a dozen spams a day promising to help me out with that...

I think that all three of you made very good points.

Now I am off to buy the biggest "TAK" I can find, hopefully the largest ever made for any industrial application, even if I have to leave the top down and give up the passenger seat for it to fit. I am not going to have Mr. Miata + Wing outdoing my ego like that....

The sad thing is, if he had never put those yellow wheels on there and had not spent money on that ridiculous wing to provide "donwforce at about 160 mph", it would have probably sold quickly, assuming that it doesn't have something like a carfax history showing a bad wreck or something like that. A well-maintained 1992 with that many miles will still get $3000.00 or more. His should easily fetch double that if so many people weren't "pointing when they see it".

Pat

Good point! I once worked for an Italian guy who's english language skills varied day by day depending on the situation! Got him allot of attention. He's rich now.

Chris

Hay Pat, I think I can get you a good deal on a wing of a DC-3 that has been around tha airport here for a long time. They would give it to you I think, just to get it off the land. :-) (Would that be a big enough wing ??? )

Bruce Bing '03 LS

Ya but he might have to install it only for circle track work due to the symmetry or lack there of. I can see the vanity plate now: WIDE LOAD

Chris

I am much more concerned about the size of my "TAK". You see giant wings every day on cars, but how often do you see a "HUGE TAK"?

I will, however, one-up the guy. I will put that wing on my miata and I will also replace the passenger seat with a TAK that is at least three feet across. Then I will have the hugest TAK and wing in Austin!

I wonder how much donwforce that wing will produce.

Pat

I plan to add a LOT of front-end weight to counter-balance the wing. I don't go into these projects blindly. It should drive fine.

Pat

That would be the famous cheerleader "Tanya Allison Knickle" ???

She does "well"

Just for you "Googlies" that was Tanya with an "A", not Tonya with an "O"

I'm almost afraid to ask but what is all this Tonya / Tanya crap about?

Chris

nevermind,holidaycheer

I thought Tanya was going to be the holidaycheer(leader;-)

Chris

Not in Austin, but Florida:

Holy crap, is there a company out there that specializes in ruining the looks of the miata with yellow paint, yellow stripes and huge wings? This is nearly identical to the "Miata + Wing" on the outside, it is at least as ugly.

Still, the single worst part to me is seeing that Nardi wood shift knob in a black cloth interior. It looked so ugly coming stock on the '96M that I replaced it within a month, but this is even more horrifying against a black background, imho, of course.

Pat

pws wrote in news:4597c9c6$0$8994$ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com:

But it doesn't have a "HUGE TAK" so it's not complete...