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Hey. I had an old Miata. A friend said it looked like a jellybean. Maybe that's feminine; I don't know. I also haven't seen any current ones, I don't think. An
by UIUC_06 4y ago
Hey. I had an old Miata. A friend said it looked like a jellybean. Maybe that's feminine; I don't know. I also haven't seen any current ones, I don't think.
An awesome car. A MG Midget / Triumph but with great engineering.
- CocaKoala 4y agoThe current Miata (ND) has some fairly aggressive headlight styling but still maintains the wide grin "mouth" for the front grill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-5_%28ND%29#/media/File:2016_Mazda_MX-5_Sport_NAV_1.5_Front.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-5_%28ND%29#/media/Fil... They look pretty neat in person, it's a very nicely designed car.
- UIUC_06 4y agoThere was a safety reason why they got rid of the flip-up headlights. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mazda-mx5-miata-history/ https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mazda-mx5-miata-history/ still, those were super-cool. You could flip them up without turning on the lights, and one Miata driver would greet another one in the oncoming lane by doing that.
- themitigating 4y agoWhen people complain about modern car complexity I think of headlights with electric motors and I realize their hypocrisy
- UIUC_06 4y agoWell, those never had any problems, while all four window regulators on my 2002 BMW had to be replaced, at $900 each.
- themitigating 4y agoEvery single popup headlight never had issues. In the winter they could freeze shut due to ice, then unsuspecting people would attempt to operate them sometimes damaging the motor. Another key thing to note is, unlike other luxury features if this breaks you absolutely have to get it repaired.