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>On Behalf Of Liam O'Hagan


>I have a miata too (well, an MX5 anyway, that's what it's called over here)
>One of the members of the local club had a folding license plate but was
>booked for it, I had no plate on the front of the car for well over 1 year
>until I was 'advised' to put it back on at a random breath test. The
>penalty
>for having no front plate is $78, the penalty for hiding or obscuring the
>front plate is $1200!

Jeez!! Around here, I haven't heard of anyone being ticketed for having a
folder, and very few people (especially with Miatas) ever get ticketed for
having a missing plate. I think the penalty's US $50... No biggie.


>I haven't been booked for speeding in about 7 years (66km/hr in a 60 zone,
>3
>AM in one of the other states), but a few friends have. One friend of mine
>had never had a ticket in 30 years, and then got 3 in 1 month.

I've managed to avoid tickets of any sort in my three years of driving (a
real long time, huh? I'm 18), but I've had a few close ones with the speed
cameras.


>Most of us
>prefer to get our speed thrills off the road, mostly here :
>www.wakefieldpark.com.au

Fun stuff! Is your MX-5 stock, or do you have a turbo, racing suspension,
etc.? Mine's totally stock: http://users.frii.com/lmalpais/miata/miata.html

I haven't taken it on the track yet, because I don't have the time or the
money to install a roll-bar. I have done a couple of AutoX events with it,
however. My present tires, however, are a little scary, as they're 5 years
old, dry-rotted, and hard as hell. Once I can get some 16" rims and some
stickier tires, I'll probably get a little more serious about racing it. I'm
thinking of getting some Yoko AVS1000's. They look like a good compromise
between street and mild AutoX.

TTYL

- Robert

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