Missed connections: You in the red Miata

While leaving Athens, Ga., this weekend I looked up and noticed the car behind me: red Miata with a roll bar. No, we didn't stop on the side of the road to exchange Twitter handles but, still, always nice to see an enthusiast car out in the wild.

"Stopping on the side of the road to exchange twitter handles" sounds like some form of man-on-man love.

Yeah, that's the ONLY part that sounds like that.

JohnRW1621 wrote: "Stopping on the side of the road to exchange twitter handles" sounds like some form of man-on-man love.

Isn't that how all the cool, hip kids communicate these days? (Remember, I was leaving a college town.)

Nope, not there.
http://athensga.craigslist.org/mis/

Twitter handle happens durring a twitter bang.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twitter+bang

David Sounds like you need to have some GRM proximity app. One that we turn on while we head out on a drive, and as we come upon other members of that app- it tells us.

There are a few Mee Otters running around SW ohio with hardtops and roll bars, on stiff springs and about 4" of clearance from the ground. I see em from time to time gokarting on onramps and through parking lots. Part of me wants to high five them. Part of me wants to tell them to get off my damn lawn...cant tell if functional or stanced...

Any time I see a Miata out here in Illinois from October to March, I always feel happy inside. Other than mine that I see every day.

Oh, and mine is lowered. And is still driven in winter. Because why the hell wouldn't you drive it in winter? It is more fun than a barrel of monkeys (which, incidentally, is not that much fun)

In reply to mtn:

I thought I was going to have to put my snow tires on this weekend, but it appears that the snow will hold out for some time.

alfadriver wrote: In reply to mtn: I thought I was going to have to put my snow tires on this weekend, but it appears that the snow will hold out for some time.

I still have Star Specs on mine--Frankly I would like to have put the snow tires on last weekend, but didn't get the chance. Hopefully I have no issues between now and when I finally get them on, which will probably not be for another couple weeks (the tires live with mom and dad).

If Obamacare made having a Miata with a Rollbar mandatory, we'd all be a little healthier and happier.

In reply to pinchvalve: If the internet registration thing worked.

It makes me smile to see a Miata with double diagonals in the rear window. That's how I know I've found one of My People.

In reply to Xceler8x:

A lot of us out here don't have roll bars in Miatas.

Heck, the guys at the pointy end of Street Prepared are convinced that you don't want the weight.

Just sayin.

On the other hand, I'm sure my car would be looked over, since it looks like crap- rust and all.

Was up at my moms (DCL MD) changing out the exhaust on my miata and had to borrow her car to run into town. Ended up following a nissan pickup with a GRM bumpersticker. Was a bit of a bright point in that day. (damn seized exhaust bolts!)

Apexcarver wrote: ... Ended up following a nissan pickup with a GRM bumpersticker. Was a bit of a bright point in that day. (damn seized exhaust bolts!)

Speaking of which... where can I get me some GRM stickers?

In reply to LuxInterior:

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/store/merchandise/

Siting of Miatas with rollbars is a daily occurrence out here in Cali

I' won't comment on banging twitters...

I came out to my'94 last week and found someone elses faded red NA next to it. There was a white Rose on my car and a note stuck to my antenna that said "From my miata to yours". I wasn't really sure what to do next.

belteshazzar wrote: I came out to my'94 last week and found someone elses faded red NA next to it. There was a white Rose on my car and a note stuck to my antenna that said "From my miata to yours". I wasn't really sure what to do next.

I think you are supposed to leave a note and some chocolate under their wiper asking if they want to meet up at a local nail salon

JoeyM wrote:

belteshazzar wrote: I came out to my'94 last week and found someone elses faded red NA next to it. There was a white Rose on my car and a note stuck to my antenna that said "From my miata to yours". I wasn't really sure what to do next.

I think you are supposed to leave a note and some chocolate under their wiper asking if they want to meet up at a local nail salon

or leave a note stating you're top only. because i've been told that top isn't ghey.

White rose sounds better than the hand written note I found on my windshield at a Home Depot offering me a hot gay massage with a phone number. Nothing about me says I'm gay. I'm a grubby car guy plumber. Had to be the Miata.

tr8todd wrote: White rose sounds better than the hand written note I found on my windshield at a Home Depot offering me a hot gay massage with a phone number. Nothing about me says I'm gay. I'm a grubby car guy plumber. Had to be the Miata.

Needs more tire rash. Spec Pinata is looks manly..

Sort of unrelated, but here's my funny Miata story: Last summer I'm hustling out of the grocery store with an armload of overpriced crap and already a little crabby. A kid of about 10-12 spots me in the parking lot and starts angling towards me with his box of overpriced candy bars for his football team/class trip/whatever. Unfortunately, because of everything I'm carrying, he catches me at the trunk. Him (sounding like Mushmouth from Fat Albert): "Uwannabuyacannybar?" Me (realitively polite at this point): "No thanks, not really interested."

Long pause from mushmouth Jr.

At this point, I'm sure he mumbles, "Why so hard, dog?" Since I've politely told him no and he's still bothering me, I give him both barrels about being rude to people who say no because they don't want to buy his overpriced candy bars, concluding with a reminder that I'm not his "dog". At this point, he looks like this:

He slowly points at the roll bar on my Miata and says, (more clearly this time), "No, I said what's a 'Hard Dog'?"

"Oh, that's just the company that made the roll bar, you have a nice day kid." I felt like a total schmuk.