You obviously do not live in a cold climate.

The Miata is essentially the classic British roadster, except built by the Japanese.

My parents had a 93 Camry in the deep green shade when I was growing up, and it was great. I think something just a tad lighter to show off the green a bit more.

Deep Green. I'm talking the BRG green that is getting close to black. Easier to keep clean, and when properly waxed has a deep finish that glows. Currently you cannot get it on much else than Jags etc.

Amazingly, they do. It has a huge amount to do with the rubber compounds, structure of the sipes. Snow Tires tend to be heavily lugged and are often rated as "M+S", and are much better than many options with a softer rubber compound that gives some traction in cold weather.

This is true. Ice tires, however, do help.

As someone who drives in snow 5ish months of the year. This stuff never gets old.

I'm going to have to go with the majority of the cars on the QOTD last week about celebrity molested cars. Anything tuned by Unique Whips, West Coast Customs etc etc. It has to be a status symbol, because no one in their right mind would purchase one them otherwise.

*Ahem* [www.guardian.co.uk]

They made it illegal in Quebec not to have winter tires a few years ago, and the marketing push has been dramatic in the last few years.

Correction: Most tires are next to useless on ice,.

He races too.

The only good thing. From what I read, it seems that they bastardized the engine as well.

I agree, I've been known to leave a window cracked to allow air transfer, and while it does make the inside considerably colder, being able to see out the windows can be convenient.

I have a similar issue. Where I live, it gets cold (As in -20 C on a regular basis). While you can buy the capacitive gloves (Which are thin), or I could stitch the silver thread into my mitts and ski gloves that I wear, frankly all the damned buttons are already too small, much less on a screen.

I'd still drive it.

So you are saying leave as a trailer queen to die a slow death in a garage? Taken out twice a year for a show?

They are. With the exception (So I have been told) of Vancouver/Toronto area (IE Heavily Urban), the rest of us have retained our sanity. There is still definitely a high % of Auto's here in the prairies (Edmonton), but more Manuals than when I lived in BC. Which surprises me, because they have all the twisties.…

I have a friend who is doing this to alter his hubs on an older Audi 90 so he can attach newer wheels to it. It can be done, but you do have to understand how machining works.

This was exactly my comment when I heard this. However, in following salvage auctions and such, I have only found one of them, and it (with a good engine, one corner crunched) still went for $7800 CDN.