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I tend to keep away from F1 threads, everyone's entitled to their opinion and I respect that, and I'll probably make this my last post in this thread. It's difficult for us to associate with the mentality of a F1 champion, they are wired differently, at times their own lives are less important than winning when they're in the car. I think it's also occasionally worth remembering that English isn't his first language. Away from the car Seb is a genuinely nice guy and I felt a little balance was needed as it's easy to assume that the competitive personality you see racing is the whole guy. In Seb's case it couldn't be further from the truth, I've worked in F1 for nearly 25 years and he remains one of the nicest drivers away from the car that I've met.

Policeman, "I've always wanted to drove one of these---------------Oh fook, I can't get out!"

Mo's are getting rare. The biggest problem is catching enough to make a hood. Seriously though, welcome to the club Benc. From what I've seen people who drive in all weathers take two approaches with Westfields. One is to treat it as a motorbike with four wheels. That is to strip it out of carpets, interior trim and even seat upholstery and drill holes in the floor. You then weatherproof yourself with a waterproof suit and googles, or helmet. I take this approach. I replaced the windscreen with an aeroscreen too as I find that you would need wipers on the inside of a windscreen as well as the outside and a helmet visor clears itself at speed. The other approach is to improve the standard Westfield wet weather gear. Modifications can be made to reduce leaks round the hood. A heater can be fitted that takes in fresh air, rather than recirculating cabin air to control condensation. From memory, GadgetMan has done this to make winter driving more civilised. It needs some work, but can be done. Jenny