Where are you and your Miata?

Northern 'burbs of Perth, WA, Australia Red 94 Aussie Spec. (Power windows, Power mirrows, no airbags, no headrest speakers, mags, open diff, dash lights both sides, no clutch interlock, steering wheel where it should be)

Sounds excellent. They are talking about it freezing here tonight, and it's not even December yet!

Are you on a road bike or a mountain bike? I'll feel a little better if it is a high-quality road bike, my ancient mountain bike takes quite a bit more energy to go the same distance as one of those.

I picked up one of the carbon fiber frame bikes the other day with one finger and was just shaking my head. :-)

Pat

Cork,Ireland.51.91381236755511N 8.454902172088623W

Chris,

My 91 BRG w/ 210,000 miles is in Irvine, California.

Gus

Gus might be the one guy who is 'separated' from his Miata! Gus, I'll add you (reluctantly) as CA!

Later, Chris

'Bout time Mal! just kidding. Glad you got Australia on the board!

Chris

Dan, thanks for being #1 from Ireland! I have a niece who's marrying an Irish guy and going there to do it. Any idea what round trip tickets run these days (well in advance)? FYI, I'm in the Houston area.

Thanks again, Chris

Chris,

Thanks. My daughter is taking good care of the car and sure enjoys having it to drive to school. She gets quite a few amazed comments when the boys figure out that she is driving a stick. More important, she lets me drive it when I am in town.

Gus

HI Chris,Delta & Aer Lingus go direct from Atlanta & Orlando or fly to London & transfer.All seem to be about $1000 and about 18 hours total.There are cheap flights to NY for shopping but then they get you for taxes and duty on the way back.

That's a good start. Gives me some idea anyway.

Appreciate it! Chris

Chris, you should check out travelocity.com

I don't know if a trip to Ireland is typically more expensive than one to Germany, but I was looking at $653.00 for tickets there on a fairly short notice.

If you don't have a passport and are really considering a trip, get it now. There have been huge delays and it costs a lot to have them expedited. I believe that the cost is $97.00 for adults. Add $10.00 for the passport photo that must be taken in advance.

Pat

My '95 R is in Princeton, NJ right now. Does that count?

Geez, this thread's going to live forever... 8;)

-- Larry

"pws" wrote

Pat - While your advice to get a passport *before* it is needed is valid, my buddies over at the State Department have done a real good job of jumping on the passport logjam. Things seem to be moving along quite nicely these days. My son recently received his within 3 weeks - unexpedited, and I've read quite a few reports of the same sort of turnaround.

Glad to hear that. The Germany trip didn't happen after all, but having it expedited would have more than doubled the cost of getting a passport.

The people at the post office told me that it could be anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks, and that I should allow extra time for any possible mistakes to be corrected. They also mentioned the logjam, but that was about a month ago.

I could look this up, but do you know off-hand how long they are good for? Also, do you know if Americans can still border-hop into Mexico and Canada (limited distance, limited time spent there), without one?

Thanks,

Pat

"pws" wrote

Yeah, you could, you lazy bum. ;)

Ten years. Yes, I do know.

Larry, get back to Alexandria! See, now Big Brother (Chris) is keepin' an eye on you! ;-)

Chris

Sorry, had to head north for a pizza fix...

-- Larry (C>Larry, get back to Alexandria! See, now Big Brother (Chris) is keepin' an

Oh pizza! you're forgiven of course :-)

Chris (contemplating pizza and Christmas trees......)

Just east of Indianapolis, and very glad to have bought a set of Dunlop WinterSports tires for the season.