>rented a Miata for a weekend at Thunderhill.
> I did notice that Specialty Rentals would rent a Miata for $83
thats really cheap for the kind of use it would get at a track though. what
if you bend it?
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Lahey <kml@patheticgeek.net>
To: Bryan Medway <creative@razorlab.com>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: renting a car with a manual tranny
> In message <B7A6FD77.4879%creative@razorlab.com>Bryan Medway writes
> >I wrote:
> >> To answer the question, though, I found that 'Rent A Heap Cheap'
> >> has several high-mileage compacts with stick shifts. They
> >> were friendly and easy to deal with. I've also heard that you can
> >> rent a stick-shift Miata for something like $50/day up in the city...
>
> >is that the actual name of the place?
>
> Yup. I even looked 'em up in the online Yellow Pages to be sure.
> Rent A Heap Cheap...
>
> >I wouldn't mind trying out a miata for a day...
>
> I can't believe that you'd suggest that someplace called
> "Rent a Heap Cheap" would have Miatas! My fellow Miata
> club members would have you know that a Miata is *never*
> a heap. :-)
>
> Nah, the rent-a-Miata place is up in San Francisco, and I
> couldn't find it with a quick web search. I've never tried
> 'em, but I remember at least one person who flew in from
> the east coast and rented a Miata for a weekend at Thunderhill.
> I did notice that Specialty Rentals would rent a Miata for $83
> a day, but that is, as Boris noted, kinda steep...
>
> Kevin
> kml@patheticgeek.net
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