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| We are Judy and Stan Cummings, members since May, 2010. We were thinking of buying a 2nd car because of many diverse activities that occasionally left one of us without wheels. My daughter-in-law, Jill Thurston, purchased a Miata a few months ago and after a ride in it, I started looking for one. Jill and husband Matt are also recent members of SAMOA. Judy is an enthusiastic quilter who makes quilts and teaches quilting. She is also a NASCAR racing fan. She is retired from a real estate career. I play the 4-string banjo in a Dixieland jazz style and am now learning old time music on a 5-string banjo. I retired from the CA Dept. of Water Resources. I volunteered for 10-years as a docent at the Towe Auto Museum, now the California Automobile Museum. I have been a car nut since I was young. My first interest was antique cars. Eventually I owned a 1931 Model A Ford Coupe and a 1924 Model T Ford Runabout. Always a Ford enthusiast (Ford has been a part owner of Mazda since 1979), I have belonged to the Model T Ford Club, the Model A Ford Club and the Early Ford V8 Club. For several years about 1960 I owned a 1958 MGA roadster. I remember making several high-speed runs through the hills to Napa. Our car is a 2001 Special Edition, number 1824 of 3000, and seems like a nice car. It has only 38,000 miles. At this time, I have only driven it about 350 miles and I am still trying to get a handle on the throttle/clutch coordination and sorting out the 6-speed gearbox. Being somewhat “old school”, I called my MG a roadster because it had side curtains, not rollup windows. The Miata does have rollup windows, hence it is a convertible. |
