Weather Question

[V8 Animal]

Dropped my car off at the trimmers 3 weeks ago on saturday the weather was'nt great but dry enough to have the roof off.
I reckon it's rained everyday since i dropped it of maybe there was one dry weekend day i would of used it.
But to be perfectly honest im struggling to remember a day i would of used it so im not missing it which is really sad for what is summer time.
I don't mind the cold with the roof off but if im caught in the rain i will put the roof on but i don't like it the reason i bought the car in the first place.
I find the car steams ups in the rain so you open the window and then the rain comes in off the windscreen you can't win.
Dry days for me chaps.
This is not my daily drive i have a A6 for (wet days) so is it just me or have the chims stayed in their garages for 3 weeks
V8 Animal

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Just you.

[dogbucket]

I am more roof on than off (BURN HIM!!), but certainly have used it less than I expected for my first summer of ownership.

[Chimjunkie]

Doubly depressed me this one. I live for the summer and this year has hit me hard. At least last year the spring was great and i had a TVR! This year the car was off the road in Jan whilst i completely reworked the interior. On the road for two drives then written off by a range rover in Feb. Bought back from insurers and spent months rebuilding front end, resprayed then back on road for another few drives in June and the timing chain broke!! Now i just need to find another few days to complete the engine rebuild to get it back on the road again! For the winter

Need sympathy and sun

[piston-broke]

bit off topic, but are the valves intrusive on these engines?

If the timing chain snaps as yours has, will the valves be saying hello to the pistons?

[V8 Animal]

piston-broke said:

bit off topic, but are the valves intrusive on these engines?

If the timing chain snaps as yours has, will the valves be saying hello to the pistons?

A lot off topic

[Del 203]

piston-broke said:

bit off topic, but are the valves intrusive on these engines?

If the timing chain snaps as yours has, will the valves be saying hello to the pistons?

You wont make any friends talking technical on Roof On thread in the Chimp forum

[V8 Animal]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Just you.

Are you sure?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

V8 Animal said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Just you.

Are you sure?

Yep

[V8 GRF]

V8 Animal said:

I find the car steams ups in the rain so you open the window and then the rain comes in off the windscreen you can't win.
V8 Animal

If your car steams up with the windows closed it means there is a lot of damp in the car. Hopefully the trip to the trimmers will have sorted that out but check that the drains in your doors are clear so there's no water sitting in there.

Perhaps get one of those damp absorber things with the crystals in to remove any water vapour while teh car's parked up?

[That Daddy]

Yes agree totally V8 Animal,it makes you wonder why you have a soft top some times,although in saying that this Summer as been ste the last summer worth mention was about thee years ago methinks and seeing as i am a fair weather Chim driver it makes you question why you own one,good job then they are so much fun otherwise i would get rid.

[V8 Animal]

2 weeks on from post this weeks been good.
To sum up 5 weeks and 5 good days