At 11:05 PM 6/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Roadster: vehicle where the hood (top) can be removed and can be stowed away.
>
>Sell the Miata, it's a convertable, not a roadster!
>
>Cheers,
>Martyn
And where did you find this definition?
I would hate to hear your definition of a sportscar.
Car lingo elitism... it's ugly.
According to Merriam-Webster's WWWebster Dictionary -(indexed Oct 10 1997)
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=roadster
Main Entry: road·ster
Pronunciation: 'rOd-st&r
Function: noun
Date: 1818
1 a : a horse for riding or driving on roads b : a utility saddle horse of
the hackney type
2 a : a light carriage : BUGGY b : an automobile with an open body that
seats two and has a folding
fabric top and a luggage compartment in the rear
Hmmm... definition 2b sound suspiciously like my Miata no?
The only criteria it doesn't fit is the fabric top part (vinyl). Darn.
Wait a minute,
the Sprite doesn't have a fabric top either (vinyl also)... guess it's not
a roadster.
Lets see now, the BMW Z3 has a cloth top so it IS a roadster I guess.
See how silly trying to define car types is? It's all semantics.
As for selling my Miata I need something for that days the fuel pump acts up.
Hmm...what's the definition of the car type "Spyder"?
Cheers,
Jim
99 Miata
60 Sprite
"If it's not a roadster, I don't wanna drive it"
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