I hear you but I want a four seater for the kids.  Also the Fiat is Damn Sexy.  Not so sure about the Miata in that department.  The Miata is way too practical for my mid life crisis.

> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:52:53 -0700
> From: rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET
> Subject: Re: Fiat (no vanagon content)
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Have heard good stuff from guys with red Mazda Miatas....spend a little more now, spend afternoons driving it instead of fixing it, and have something easy to sell in a few years when the crisis has resolved itself.
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> From: Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:56 PM
> Subject: Fiat (no vanagon content)
> 
> So as my 40th birthday approaches and along with it a self-imposed mid-life crisis, can someone tell me why I shouldn't buy a red Fiat 124 Spider convertible with 46,000 miles.
> ThanksJeff