Because Miatas Just Don't Have a Raft of Airbags

Oh the horror...

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080707/480/bd6b417553134baface1a644c6af3970/

You found something Miatas aren't good for!

Horry hell.

That makes me want to fix the e-brake in mine. Hasn't worked for years.

EDIT: $1 to the first GRMer to locate the owner and offer to buy it.

looks like a candidate for spec pinata

At least it was fresh water.

Maybe she was trying to build a artifical reef.

I told my detailer I wanted that "wet look" but this is ridiculous!

God! It says right there on the dash: "This car is NOT to be used as a flotation device!"

You know; I'd consider leaving it down there. It looks really neat below water: get a scuba tank and have mini diving adventures right there in the back yard. Besides, I'd like to go over and see it down there (I live 5 miles from that town).

dibs!

/Watches craigslist for slightly wet miatae

" Honey, what's our Miata doing in the neighbors pool?" "The backstroke?"

JDM pool y0

Someone needs to use a model of a Miata for an aquarium ornament now.

"I TOLD you we should have bought that cute red Amphicar I wanted. But nooooo... you just HAD to get me a Miata.'

"The engine was getting too hot. I figured water-to-water was better for heat transfer."

Salanis wrote: Someone needs to use a model of a Miata for an aquarium ornament now.

I am on it, I have to clean Orcas tank anyway.

John Brown wrote:

Salanis wrote: Someone needs to use a model of a Miata for an aquarium ornament now.

I am on it, I have to clean Orcas tank anyway.

You, uh, need to take pictures of that.

Wow, you don't see too many women driving Miatas. I've probably seen less than a dozen ever.

So, does a Miata shake it's self like a dog when it gets out of a pool?

If it doesn't have a FM Butterfly Brace it does!

i am here all day folks, try the veal.

I'd buy it the next day. Did you notice there was no oil leaks? Everything is freshly cleaned too.

First thing I would have done after the shock wore off and I stopped laughing, was get an underwater camera from wallyworld and take some cool "driving" shots. I mean, how many times would you be able to get pics like that?

Hood up, wrenches in hand, confused look on face "why won't it start?"

wow, it took me 5 minets to stop laughing

Refurbishing waterlogged Miata = Thousands.

Pool cleaning team to remove oil film = Hundreds

Seeing pix of your pool/car on the internet = Priceless

a similar thing happened to a friend of mine. her dad came home and forgot to set the parking brake, and forgot to put it in gear. so he runs inside, and about a minute later they walk back out just in time to see it barrelling down the hill behind their house. their yard behind the house was a downhill slope of about 15-20 degrees for about 50 yards to the breakwater. they said there weren't any tire tracks for 20-30 feet from the water, it also clipped a jon boat that was leaning against a post and launched it out into the lake along with the truck.

they ended up having it pulled out of the lake with a tow truck, and parked it in the garage with all the windows and doors open for a few days while they pulled the entire interior out and changed all the fluids. after they put it back together, it ran fine, and i think they kept it for another 2 or so years

I did the same to my integra... Only, it jumped a couple retaining walls on the way downhill and landed butt first in a creek / ravine. Took two tow trucks and some strategy to get that out... Got a great picture of the top half sticking out of the creek from behind a retaining wall out of it. Also, two mismatched bumpers!

My dad left the P-brake off his jeep cherokee. It rolled down the yard and "stopped" in the side of the neighbor's house. There was an old refrigerator outside of the house that absorbed much of the impact. (yep, west virginia)

Not much damage luckily, just one surprised neighbor, one surprised Jeep owner and one pissed off Copperhead snake resulted.

Reminds me of Top Gear when they tried to kill the Toyota pickup. The thing got sucked out to sea and they found it later. A can of WD-40 and two hours later, it ran fine.