Ontario Community Newspapers

Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 19 Jun 2009, p. 36

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ABS now standard on ail models f rom MIATA on page B3 SABS is now standard on aIl models. Step ~up to the GS and GT and traction control qu and dynamic stability control are standard. ýGo with the manual transmission on the z GS and GT and that adds a limited slip dif- jferential and the sports suspension that Sincludes Bilstein shocks. STested here is the GI (no options) in a z marvelous mustard yellow color and with ïthe slick six-speed and sports suspension. SThe throws on the manual are very short, almost like a joystick. The GI seats are heated leather and a premium Bose sound system is acoustically mapped tol the interior wbetber the top is up or down. Bluetootb connectivity is also standard on the GI. Besides being a blast to drive, the MX-5 Miata bas always been quite civili.zed right from the start. Anytime is a great to time to drive one, but 1 like to wait until past midnight in the summer. With the top down, the heater set low and some R&B on the box, you can head out into the night along roads that are mnostly deserted. Passing along through wisps of ground fog is almost magical. The retractable roof draws a bigger crowd than Pamela Anderson at a bikini contest. Pull into a parking lot and raise the top and people actually stop in their tracks. The other thing that the MX-5 supplies is reliabihity. Most people today don't remember what it was like to stn.tggle with a flimsy canvas top that had to be stretched over nickety frames and leaked like a sieve along with sliding plastic windows (windups not being normally available) that usually became opaque within a year. Don't let them tell about the glories of own- ing a mid-2Oth century British sports car. With the MX-5, you just turn the key and motor off. Besides keeping to the regu- lar maintenance schedule, that's about it. The GT is so well equipped that it is very close to being a luxur-y car in evcry- thing but price. Regardless of which MX-5 you chose, it's a rewarding car you can Ring arotind and enjoy hecause it's got just enough power to have fun, hut flot cnough to get you mbt trouhlc. And with that rctractahlc hardtop, it now offcrs thc kind of fun you can have in any season. Gt Teointe Safli 0OOf out O! Your VohicieaAC e Rmu ~. Ad eM th u ii UUUIpM. El wax.,zm r~~ M, «M o2 M

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