Driving with the roof down…
There are no excuses for not doing so when it isn’t raining, however, as we all know, driving at a certain speed when it is raining means that you will not get wet. This means that those motorway journeys need not be interrupted by a “roof up” break.
People may look at you funny when this happens. Ignore them, they are stuck in a cage.
When the roof is down, please note that the windows also go down at the same time.
Windstops are not required, yet some of us have them. [I do for emergencies, just in case, not sure why though] Windstops are usually used in conjunction with the windows being up. This gives the impression that you have only removed the top roof panel and have a tinted back window.
Hats. On no account should a hat be worn, these will have various connotations none of which you wish to be associated with.
Beards, you are driving a b, not a B, we all know that owners of Bs, male or female have beards. They sometimes keep their picnic in there, before they get to their destination and not just the remnants afterwards. There are plenty of razors on the market, I will leave it to you to decide which one you use.
Seat belt tan, this can result if you been driving in a manner sometimes called [and apologies to the ladies on the forum] “top down, balls out” this is not attractive. Tan lines are not attractive. Contact your local [UK] naturist club to amend that look – if you are looking at this while at work, that link may not be “work safe” depending on the attitude of your employers.
Hard tops – Some, like me, will regret putting them on for the winter. Crisp December days will call for roof down motoring. Having a hard top on when the sun is shining will make you feel grumpy. You can remove it.
Winter, the roof looks damp, but it’s frozen, but it’s a crisp December morning and you want to put the roof down, you will crack the rear window if you do this, you will not however, admit this mistake to your friends or on line forum. It is however cheaper to replace the hood than the window – and you have been meaning to do this for a while. But then again, you are driving with the roof down and no one will see your new hood.
Shame, this is the feeling you get when it’s not raining, yet you couldn’t be bothered to put the roof down. You then see someone else in a convertible with their head exposed to the elements. There is nothing I can do about this. Shame on you. This feeling can be removed by pulling in at the next suitably opportunity and rectifying your exposure to the elements by lowering the roof, provided of course that the hard top isn’t on.
To conclude – it’s roof down all the way. [Except when I have the hard top on from late november and I’ll be grumpy for three months]
