Discussion
OpulentBob said:
I don't care what other people think.
BUT.
Like a cat s
tting, I will never put the roof up or down if people can see me. It's all lifting panels and moving windows and electric bits and it's just a bit embarrassing. I have to hide away to do it.
I used to be like that but 2 things changed my mind.BUT.
Like a cat s
tting, I will never put the roof up or down if people can see me. It's all lifting panels and moving windows and electric bits and it's just a bit embarrassing. I have to hide away to do it. 1. I stopped worrying and just did it.
2. The above occurred due to being caught at a set of lights in a rain shower that wasn't there when I set off, after you've been laughed at by everyone 20 or 30 times you no longer notice it.
The electric hardtop on the MX5 is really fast (12 seconds I think) but you still had to time it right not to get caught part way through by the lights changing, making everyone behind wait for 5 or 6 seconds at a green light while you drop the roof does not win friends! The soft top was so much better for this, click click whack and it was as quick as reading those words.
Fantuzzi said:
Never liked convertibles. I have one. Keep the hard top on it. Tried the roof down thing once. Didn't like it. My next car will be a convertible hopefully, the hard top will stay on that as well.
No roofs at all however, are super cool. 50s LeMans racers are the sex.
Never liked convertibles - never understood the point. Fried to a crisp if its sunny, sun permanently in your eyes, cold other times etc etc. Bought a BMW 330 ci as a replacement to my 'toy' on the grounds that Mrs had been hankering after a convertible and the 330 bit would get me round a track pretty sharpish.No roofs at all however, are super cool. 50s LeMans racers are the sex.
Well i'm now a total convert, my wife groans if I suggest going out in the BMW cos she knows I'll put the roof down the only thing that pissed me off is when someone in the back seats and anything but the warm,est day is a little unfair on them. I drive it with the roof down irrespective of the weather (short of terrential rain). Absolutely love it, its the closest thing to biking. suntan cream and a hat solve most of the issues.
Impasse said:
Not an age, no. A gender. A girl driving a convertible is perfectly acceptable and often looks like a good fit between woman and machine. A bloke driving a convertible looks like a knob. Any convertible, at any price point.
Nope, not true. This has to be driven by a bloke - https://grrc.goodwood.com/festival-of-speed/latest...
so does one of these -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XXXbiatnMA
sparkyhx said:
Absolutely love it, its the closest thing to biking.
I have a bicycle, and that's quite similar to a motorbike, other than it's slower. Even countersteering works. Much closer than any car could ever be.I also have a motorcycle, a convertible and a coupe. Neither of the cars are anything like a motorcycle, and given that I wear a full face lid I can't see how the wind in my hair would make a car seem more like the bike.
I've been unintentionally waiting for this thread. Finding it difficult to decide what car to buy next I'm tempted by both coupes and cabs.
This has made my mind up to go for a saab or c70 convertible over the alfa or Audi I was looking at.
I couldn't give a rats ass what people think of me, I'm better than most of them in my opinion.
I had a old beetle convertible years ago and loved it even though it was complete crap.
That's what I want again. They are just fun and enjoyable.
Thanks PH
This has made my mind up to go for a saab or c70 convertible over the alfa or Audi I was looking at.
I couldn't give a rats ass what people think of me, I'm better than most of them in my opinion.
I had a old beetle convertible years ago and loved it even though it was complete crap.
That's what I want again. They are just fun and enjoyable.
Thanks PH
twizellb said:
swisstoni said:
lord trumpton said:
swisstoni said:
What does His Lordship drive?
Depends on the weather 
I had one new back in '94 and loved it. And then crashed it.
lord trumpton said:
twizellb said:
swisstoni said:
lord trumpton said:
swisstoni said:
What does His Lordship drive?
Depends on the weather I had one new back in '94 and loved it. And then crashed it.
lord trumpton said:
jasonwdh said:
lord trumpton said:
It always gives me cause to smirk when I see some balding 40+ year old man wearing sunglasses and blasting around with the roof lowered on their new white Mercedes convertible or 6 series 640d.
They just look like ageing cocksockets trying to look good.
I really don't get this attitude and to be honest people could (and do) say the same about any Ferrari owner (I see you have a pic of a very nice Scud in your profile). Do you not wear sunglasses, when the Sun is shining, in your coupe by the way?They just look like ageing cocksockets trying to look good.
I don't remember ever considering (or caring) what anybody else would think when I bought my 430 Spider, really don't. I bought yellow and spider because my previous F-cars (355 and 360CS) were red and coupes, fancied a change and what's not to like about the open air and a very loud banshee-wail in your ear :-)
When I come to replace it, it will definitely be for another convertible!
Maybe I'm way off side here but I'm getting on for 42 and would die of embarrassment to be seen as one of these types,
Any pics of the CS? I'll never tire of looking at them
I'm 48 and have owned super cars since 30, I can assure you there is no crisis!
However, should some person in a 4 seater rep-mobile coupe see me driving round in a yellow 430 Spider with the top down and a smile on my face and thinks/shouts - "obviously a mid-life crisis - w
ker" - if that makes them feel better about their life - I'm happy, it's of absolutely no concern to me 
As for the CS, hmmm, had a professional photoshoot planned, took a trip to the other halve parentss in Yorkshire, beautiful morning, great drive. heavens opened around Leicester and continued in torrential form. Got to Barnsley on the M1, hit some standing water and aquaplaned straight off the road - ending up at the bottom of a ditch on the roof
I think the only pics I have left are the ones in the wreckers yard 9mm said:
lord trumpton said:
twizellb said:
swisstoni said:
lord trumpton said:
swisstoni said:
What does His Lordship drive?
Depends on the weather I had one new back in '94 and loved it. And then crashed it.
My daily is a CGT
My fun and summer car is 997T
And Ive got a couple of old BMW's and a Skoda
Captain Muppet said:
I have a bicycle, and that's quite similar to a motorbike, other than it's slower. Even countersteering works. Much closer than any car could ever be.
I also have a motorcycle, a convertible and a coupe. Neither of the cars are anything like a motorcycle, and given that I wear a full face lid I can't see how the wind in my hair would make a car seem more like the bike.
You wouldn't with a full face helmet, I have a 1955 Triumph T100 and on a summers evening with an open face helmet 'blasting' along at 50 you get all the lovely and some not so lovely smells of the countywide which seem to be intensified after a hot day. When I get in my convertible I get a similar experience to riding the bike insofar as the smells and feeling of the air flowing past you. A major plus with the convertible is of course no mutually painful impact with bumble bees.I also have a motorcycle, a convertible and a coupe. Neither of the cars are anything like a motorcycle, and given that I wear a full face lid I can't see how the wind in my hair would make a car seem more like the bike.
lord trumpton said:
9mm said:
lord trumpton said:
twizellb said:
swisstoni said:
lord trumpton said:
swisstoni said:
What does His Lordship drive?
Depends on the weather I had one new back in '94 and loved it. And then crashed it.
My daily is a CGT
My fun and summer car is 997T
And Ive got a couple of old BMW's and a Skoda
OpulentBob said:
lord trumpton said:
9mm said:
lord trumpton said:
twizellb said:
swisstoni said:
lord trumpton said:
swisstoni said:
What does His Lordship drive?
Depends on the weather I had one new back in '94 and loved it. And then crashed it.
My daily is a CGT
My fun and summer car is 997T
And Ive got a couple of old BMW's and a Skoda
Glad its taken as intended
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