Roof up in this weather!

[danyeates]

Went to visit someone yesterday, only a short drive, and noticed 8 convertibles with their roofs up/closed. Why? I'm on the south coast in a seaside town and it was high 20's yesterday! There's not going to be a nicer day to have the roof down.

I don't understand people who have a convertible and use it with the roof up. When I had my Z4M, I never drove it with the roof up. If it was raining, I wouldn't use it, so it only ever got driven with the roof down. That's what having a convertible is all about!!

[bullitinhead]

because I went out yesterday with the roof down..... now I'm burnt. red face and arms.

those with the roof up in my eyes were the clever ones.

was a nice day though

bullit

[designforlife]

Mines up in the morning, and off for the drive home...

Awaiting Captainmuppet's input eagerly

[sawman]

You see the thing is its a "Convertible", you can drive it either way - On particularly hot, sunny days the roof being off can get pretty hot, and you really need to slap on the suncream and a hat. Whenever you stop if gets even hotter. If you have the luxury of air con, then roof up and aircon on is probably more comfortable.

I guess a bimini top (like you get on open cab boats) would be the ideal compromise.

Personally I prefer dry but duller days for roof off driving

[bicycleshorts]

sawman said:

Personally I prefer dry but duller days for roof off driving

+1 . Night time driving as well

[mercfunder]

[bigandclever]

danyeates said:

When I had my Z4M... If it was raining, I wouldn't use it

Surely that is at least as odd as sunny day & roof up?

[dibblecorse]

bigandclever said:

danyeates said:

When I had my Z4M... If it was raining, I wouldn't use it

Surely that is at least as odd as sunny day & roof up?

Its worse, why even bother buying acar !!!!

Maybe RWD was just too hard to tame in the wet in such a beast !!!!

[R300will]

roof down, air con keeping the feet cool, shades on and all is well

[danyeates]

dibblecorse said:

bigandclever said:

danyeates said:

When I had my Z4M... If it was raining, I wouldn't use it

Surely that is at least as odd as sunny day & roof up?

Its worse, why even bother buying acar !!!!

Maybe RWD was just too hard to tame in the wet in such a beast !!!!

I know, but it was a weekend car. Just used it for fun when the weather was nice. Replaced my boat, didn't use that when the weather was bad either!

Had the roof off on the way to Goodwood in December once. Ice everywhere, 6:00 in the morning, wooly hat, gloves, scarf, heating on full, great fun!

[McHaggis]

Depends how far I am driving. If its just a mile I won't bother dropping the roof...

[danyeates]

mercfunder said:

Oops, sorry, didn't think.

[danyeates]

McHaggis said:

Depends how far I am driving. If its just a mile I won't bother dropping the roof...

S'pose, depends how quick and easy the roof is.

Most of the cars I noticed were Audi A4 cabs (2 of these) BMW 3 series and the rest were folding hardtop horrible things, like Micras and Megannes.

So, not sports cars, these were "posing" cars (sorry to offend!) which had quick and easy electric roofs. Oh well, each to their own!

[EDLT]

mercfunder said:

Every time the sun comes out...

[Evoluzione]

mercfunder said:

You would have thought that whoever went to the trouble of making that image would have at least got their spelling correct.
'Epic fail' as they say in the US.

[Ari]

danyeates said:

Most of the cars I noticed were Audi A4 cabs (2 of these) BMW 3 series and the rest were folding hardtop horrible things, like Micras and Megannes.

So, not sports cars, these were "posing" cars (sorry to offend!) which had quick and easy electric roofs.

No, they're CONVERTIBLES.

The real joy of these cars is that they make perfectly credible, comfortable, normal cars which have the ability to be open top if the driver wishes.

There is no compulsion to drive like that all the time every time the sun comes out.

How do you know they weren't on their way to a meeting, wanted to be able to use the phone, didn't want to be burnt, got their mother in the car who doesn't like the roof down etc etc?

More to the point, how do you know that they didn't then drop the roof that evening for a run out to a nice pub for dinner?

That's the whole joy of modern convertibles, they're whatever you want them to be, and when you want them to be it.

[Dracoro]

Exactly.

Sometimes, I'm just not in the mood. Sometimes I want to listen to music more etc.

Yesterday, I WAS in the mood so top down, 9000rpm, ahh bliss

I wonder if the OP looks at every 4x4 and wonders why they are on the road and not mud plugging. Why isn't that sports car driving at 10/10ths, why isn't that estate full of stuff, why that luxobarge only has one person in, why that supermini is not stuck in the city etc. etc.

[dmitsi]

However my (south coast) experience last night was the opposite. We had the roof down and I tried to see another convertible with the roof up but didn't unless they were parked up, even then I saw two with the roof still down.

[deltashad]

People who drive convertibles in this glorious weather with the roof up, I think, do this because they don't want to look silly with the roof down.

Little do they realise they look even sillier driving a convertible with the roof up.

I saw a few yesterday. very odd indeed. Probably the Scotland's hottest day for the next 3 years and that cars roof will never have been lowered in the owners history.

The gay car gets used all the time in this weather, when we park up we don't raise the roof. we go to bed and the it's left in the drive with the roof down. If the waist line wasn't so high and I wasn't getting so old I wouldn't even use the doors to get in.

[Raify]

Can one of the mods make a " OMG convertible not being used! " wiki?