Flat-towing 96 Miata
One more time..before I buy..how many of you flat tow Miatas, and what, if any, are the issues? Looking at a '96. Lee
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Ed,
Sorry about your friend's 5-speed.
I towed a 2000 5-speed over 35,000 miles and have 2 friends who have now towed a 2001 5-speed and a 2003 5-speed well over 50,000 miles.
NONE of us have had ANY issues.
I have helped more than 40 Miata 5-speed owners to get their cars flat towable. MANY of them are on this forum. No one has ever told me that they had a problem.
It is true that even the nay-sayers agree that a 6-speed is "more towable" than a 5-speed (whatever "more towable" means???). To me, it is either towable or NOT towable. I don't understand degrees of towability.
I now tow a supercharged 2012 Miata 6-speed retractable hardtop.
Tim
Sorry about your friend's 5-speed.
I towed a 2000 5-speed over 35,000 miles and have 2 friends who have now towed a 2001 5-speed and a 2003 5-speed well over 50,000 miles.
NONE of us have had ANY issues.
I have helped more than 40 Miata 5-speed owners to get their cars flat towable. MANY of them are on this forum. No one has ever told me that they had a problem.
It is true that even the nay-sayers agree that a 6-speed is "more towable" than a 5-speed (whatever "more towable" means???). To me, it is either towable or NOT towable. I don't understand degrees of towability.
I now tow a supercharged 2012 Miata 6-speed retractable hardtop.
Tim
