Lowering and raising roof while moving

[Garlick]

So, I'm driving a car at the moment that allows you to raise and lower the roof at up to 30 odd mph. Needless to say that I have done it many times today and can confirm that there is no better way of getting fellow motorists to hate you.

You feel self- concious doing it, and that adds to the appeal. People shake their heads but some seem to enjoy it. What a terrible invention.....

.....I love it!!!

[hewlett]

I think we'd all do it given the chance

[LHD]

I can't wait to see it on Sunday.

[minimatt1967]

Ghey

[Garlick]

LHD said:

I can't wait to see it on Sunday.

I think my London - Yorkshire Dales - Malton meet - London fuel bill will be horrendous!

[Deerfoot]

I saw a bloke in an Audi A4 do it while entering a multi story in Salisbury last week, I don`t think he knew quite how close he was to getting it wedged on the concrete roof. I`m guessing he had less than an inch to spare.

[LHD]

Garlick said:

LHD said:

I can't wait to see it on Sunday.

I think my London - Yorkshire Dales - Malton meet - London fuel bill will be horrendous!

Well i'm now coming in my new Zetec S Fiesta which has the smallest fuel tank known to man.

I'll need to stop before i get to Malton from Edinburgh...

[Garlick]

I hope to be there fairly early.

I'll be the chap going down the road at 32mph with a flapping roof.

[LHD]

It's an early start for me.

200 miles before breakfast. The bacon rolls better be good.

[Great Pretender]

[BonzoGuinness]

I have to wait for traffic lights, and usually by the time I've unzipped the rear window they've gone green. Can just about unlatch the roof on the move but it doesn't do the mechanism any favours - it just becomes a big air scoop on the way down. If it rains, one must either keep moving, or master the one-handed over-the-shoulder nigh-impossible-if-you're-scrawny roof hoist. By which time the lights have gone green again and the window is still unzipped, so you still get wet behind the ears


Oh, you mean cars with fancy electronic roof lowering servants

[r11co]

"...and where's the party this time?

You have an appointment.

Business or pleasure?!....

Mystery tour, hey!"

[LHD]

Great Pretender said:

If you can get to Edinburgh i've got a pax seat.

[Garlick]

BonzoGuinness said:

Oh, you mean cars with fancy electronic roof lowering servants

With the TVR I'm well used to stopping too.

I'm enjoying the luxury of a button believe me!

[Orb the Impaler]

My car won't do this above 3mh or something. Could have done with it today though. Left home and it was a lovely spring morning. Ten minutes later and I'm in the town centre and it's blowing a blizzard. I felt a prat!

[Garlick]

Not as much of a prat as people think you are when you raise it at normal road speed in a built up area. Believe me, they hate you.

Its great

[War Pig]

I would love that. Instead of cking about trying to get it to fold neatly away and not crease the plastic screen.

[Slinky]

OK, so it's not exactly the same show, but the roof on the Roadster can be dropped at any speed, so, 70 on the motorway, hit the wrong button and BOOOOOM.. burst ear drums!

[markmullen]

We've had a couple of Boxsters and 996 cabs with an aftermarket module which'll let you operate the roof at up to 30, really useful when your slow moving in traffic and it comes on to rain.

[Garlick]

markmullen said:

We've had a couple of Boxsters and 996 cabs with an aftermarket module which'll let you operate the roof at up to 30, really useful when your slow moving in traffic and it comes on to rain.

How do the roofs cope with that when they weren't originally designed for that?.....Or were they?