Two things:

1. The Miata club is holding an AutoX Sunday.

2. I am worried that my car is going to be at MAG all weekend (car will not go into 1st gear) and am looking for a backup plan. If anybody is going to attend and would not mind letting me drive their car I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Sorry to hear about your car, but I'd like to know how it turns out and what the problem was.

 

run the volvo!

Id be down, but Sunday's plans involve putting the coilovers on and various painting tasks finally... hope the rain holds off too

 

I am all about driving slow cars fast, but driving the Volvo for AutoX would be taking that a little too far

 

I think the Volvo would be a hoot. It's what you have so run whatcha brung....

 

l want to do this in the Classic before the summer's done...

 

This just in MAG says I need a new transmission. The guy who looked at it went to lunch after discovering whatever the problem is so I do not have any additional details. Anybody have an extra transmission sitting aorund?

 

I do, but it might be a little small for your car.

 

Allen time to start searching for a used one out of a wreck.

 

It's those ^%$#@! orange wheels... your poor car barfed up its transmission trying to shed them I think...

Seriously - that stinks. This is the second Cooper I've heard about in as many weeks that's needed this. Do not like.

 

Pm'd you about a trans.

 

I had my transmission replaced just before warranty ended. My shifter was getting stiff and I sometimes could not get it into 1st, 2nd, or R when first starting the car. If I moved the shifter through the rest of the gears it loosened up. Then some time later after driving a bit it started getting harder to pull the shifter out of gear. I never got an explanation as to what went wrong. They might not have known so they just replaced the whole thing.