[Leica] OT: Which car to buy...

[rcmphoto at yahoo.com (R. Clayton McKee)]

I thought a Miata would be a great little car.... and then I tried to drive 
one.? There is no possible seating position for a driver my size (5'10") in 
which the top bar of the windshield is not directly in front of me.? The 
most comfortable positions put it right at eye level; the BEST I could 
finally get had it blocking my view of signal lights in the midrange - right 
where I'd need to be able to see them to commit for an intersection.

Wouldn't mind having one on a track where there are no lights, but on the 
street - nope.

Personally given your choices I'd go a few years further back if necessary 
and get another 4Runner.... but I second the Toyota endorsement.? Current 
wheels here are a low-mileage 93 2wd 4Runner - and for a Toyota of that age 
"low mileage" is anything under 250K.? (mine's 150K, just barely broken in; 
I get 18 mpg around town and 27 or so highway when traffic lets me.)

R. Clayton McKee

PhotoJournalist
from somewhere just south of somewhere else...