Design... or just lazyness

[volospian]

I assume TVR never took a Cerbera out after it had been raining. My estate goes downhill, then turns to the left and goes back uphill a bit, and if I forget and leave the drivers window open (and I obviously do every time!!!) as I go around the corner the water runs across the roof and pours in through the window, soaking my arms and legs.

And then, when I'm out on the open road and get up to 40+, all the water that sits on the bonnet gets blown up and along the side of the car... and gets sucked in through the damn window again.

By the time I get to work it looks like it's been raining inside the vehicle.

Still... you gotsta love 'em

[malc350]

It'd look cr*p with a gutter above the window though wouldn't it.....?

[Nefarious]

It's no worst than my Saab (which must've undergone a pretty rigorous testing program) - when you open the boot, all the water runs out of the gutters onto the rear speakers.

[Ireland]

Mine is bone-dry inside even in the heaviest of rain.

Is the rubber and the carbon trim ok above the door?

Have you tried adjusting the window glass 'til it's tight against the rubber when the door is fully closed?

[RUSSELLM]

Ireland said:

Mine is bone-dry inside even in the heaviest of rain.

Is the rubber and the carbon trim ok above the door?

Have you tried adjusting the window glass 'til it's tight against the rubber when the door is fully closed?

I think you missed it Ireland ....He's on about when the window is open.

I live on a bit of a hill, and many times on turning up the hill, I've ended up looking like I've pissed myself

[_Neal_]

My Fiat Coupe has no roof "gutter" (to preserve the lines) and it does exactly the same. Not funny

[Flashheart]

Design I reckon - cus they look bl00dy cool!

[volospian]

Flashheart said:

Design I reckon - cus they look bl00dy cool!

They certainly do, and for that I'll excuse it's little "habit" in the same way that you excuse an old and faithful hound that has a habit of wetting where you don't want it to

[bobbins]

Neal beat me to posting about similar wet experiences with the Fiat Coupe.

I must remember the bit about the bonnet though...

[Ireland]

RUSSELLM said:

Ireland said:

Mine is bone-dry inside even in the heaviest of rain.

Is the rubber and the carbon trim ok above the door?

Have you tried adjusting the window glass 'til it's tight against the rubber when the door is fully closed?

I think you missed it Ireland ....He's on about when the window is open.

Oops.

Yeah, I did.

[blueflash]

Flashheart said:

Design I reckon - cus they look bl00dy cool!

Shame that the same can't be said about the driver with a big wet patch on his right knee!!!!!......happened to me today LOL

[BCA]

Our Cerb usually decides we've had enough open window time at some point in a journey anyway - thus avoiding this problem...

You've got to love those reed switches and the relatively stiff suspension/Birmingham roads!

[carl_w]

Have you checked that the window goes all the way to the top when you close the door? If you push the "up" button once you're in, you may find that it's still got 1/4" to go until it meets the seal.

[BLUETHUNDER]

I think that TVR also forgot that Kerb stones exist in this country.Must always remember not park to close to the Kerb.Unless you want grated fibre glass.

[volospian]

carl_w said:

Have you checked that the window goes all the way to the top when you close the door? If you push the "up" button once you're in, you may find that it's still got 1/4" to go until it meets the seal.

The window works fine, it only leaks when it's open.

[volospian]

BLUETHUNDER said:

I think that TVR also forgot that Kerb stones exist in this country.Must always remember not park to close to the Kerb.Unless you want grated fibre glass.

That reminds me, I damaged the exhaust on a "speed cushion" a while back and complained. The council informed me that I was not due compensation for the exhaust because "damage like this would only occur on low ride height vehicles".

Bloody hell, if a Cerb isn't low ride height I don't know what is. It's only about 100mm without my lardy backside compressing the suspension

[carl_w]

volospian said:

That reminds me, I damaged the exhaust on a "speed cushion" a while back and complained. The council informed me that I was not due compensation for the exhaust because "damage like this would only occur on low ride height vehicles".

Bloody hell, if a Cerb isn't low ride height I don't know what is. It's only about 100mm without my lardy backside compressing the suspension

I think they are insinuating that you've modified your car to make it too low to get over the cushions. You should've written back and pointed out that it meets construction and use regs, has standard ride height, EC type approval (whatever the low-volume variant is), etc.

If you buy a car that straight out of the showroom can't get over bloody great obstacles that the council has put in the road, then surely they're obstructing the highway? Drives me mad too, that these things stop you driving anywhere near the 30 mph speed limit in force on a road.

Edited by carl_w on Wednesday 12th March 08:09

[Byker28i]

volospian said:

carl_w said:

Have you checked that the window goes all the way to the top when you close the door? If you push the "up" button once you're in, you may find that it's still got 1/4" to go until it meets the seal.

The window works fine, it only leaks when it's open.

Erm - hows this a design fault. All windows leak when they are open

[volospian]

Byker28i said:

Erm - hows this a design fault. All windows leak when they are open

Not when it's not raining though!!

[carl_w]

volospian said:

Not when it's not raining though!!

It's the lack of guttering and the frameless doors that cause this. All of my recent cars have had frameless doors and no gutters, and all have done this. BMW Z4 and E46, Merc CLK, Pug 206CC, Subaru Impreza. In fact the Subaru was even worse -- it had clearly been in the wind tunnel without the wing mirrors. On a rainy day, the wind would swirl round the side windows dragging all the filthy surface spray around so that by the time you arrived at your destination you couldn't see out of them.