Hey Guys and Gals,

First time poster here! I have been lurking in the shadows for a while now and figured I would finally make a post. I don’t have a solstice yet, but once my GTP is sold I will be running to a local dealer or contacting dealer nut to place an order.
I just wanted to let everyone know that Grassroots Motorsports did a Solstice / Miata performance comparison in their February issue and they gave it a pretty good review. I can scan the pages and post them up on the web if you guys would like (as long as moderators allow it).

Thanks Jason

Hey JS, sounds good. We had some threads on that while back but don't think we ever saw the article itself

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ok heres the scan... Dial Up Beware!

http://www.shadowword.com/grm.pdf

wow nearly 17mb

Thank goodness for Acrobats optimization tools.
The pdf copy attached here is 1.5mb instead for our bandwidth limited.

Attached Files

grm_smaller2.pdf (1.43 MB, 68 views)

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tx, brentil ... but no worky.. says "file is damaged and could not be repaired". It might be my version of Acrobat, im only using 5.

I used distiller and got it down to a little under 9mb at the link i posted

Works for me

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2006 VIN #30, first 1000 series, black exterior, sand/steel interior
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Seems OK now - Brentil's small version worked for me with no issues.

Yeah I compiled that one for acrobat 6, so you would need 6 or 7 to see it correctly.

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The numbers that matter in this article are the overall average elapsed time, all within 1 second and teh SOlstice firmly in teh middle between a 1990 Miata Sport and the 2006 MX5 Gran Sport. With comparable times and a base price advantage of $5k, the Solstice drives away a winner in my book. Sure it is comparing a 1990 car's performance, but then again the 1990 Miata tested had a base price almost identical to the Solstice.

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It was a 1999 Miata Sport.

A 1990 Miata would run in E Stock (and would be like bringing a spoon to a gun fight running in C Stock)

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No, I'm not Bob Lutz...
Link to Solstice Technical FAQ
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Link to Solsticeforum Site Index (under const.)
Just go buy the car you fell in love with!

The really promising thing about the article is that they didn't test the ZOK model. In fact they Solstice they tested didn't even have a limited slip differential!

I think the '99 Miata Sport's days are numbered at National level Solo 2 events. But I'm going to wait for Fast Mike to be the guinea pig. hehehehe

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Looking to replace our '99 Miata 10AE

My feelings exactly.

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