Pointless convertibles

[dombanks]

So what's the point? I'm sitting here having been forced to accidentally miss the bus (twice) watching the world go by and it seems that 80% of people are missing the point of their convertibles.

It's warm and balmy and most of the 3 series types are cruising along with all the windows down, dub step stereo going, why not the roof???

Only guy to have the roof down was a silver fox ... Best part of 80 in a drop top mustang v8!

[Steve (sdh2903)]

See it all the time. Even my shift mate has a hateful megane convertible that never gets used. And all he does is moan it's not as good on fuel as the roof weighs a ton and that the boot isn't as good as a normal megane!!

The only time I owned a convertible the roof was down most times it wasn't raining. Bout 3 times a year up here.....

[Dommo]

The MX5 donor to my build had the roof down in all but the most serious rain. You soon appreciated why Mazda fitted a nuclear powered heater.

[dombanks]

I'm not the most roof down person. If I'm going on a motorway for any time it will be up. but pooling around town it's down ... granted I like the windows up roof down in the Z and the doors on the Westy but the other way around to me just seems daft???

[CraigHew]

wife has her SLK roof down on every possible occasion, although she also has her stereo cranked up to 11 most of the time too, so I normally hear the car coming at the end of our street. (she's going through a Coldplay phase too which adds insult to injury).

[pistonbroke]

Sometimes its just too hot to have the roof down , Ive been toasted a few times in the westy , notably once stuck in traffic in North Wales  A55 , just a T shirt , nothing to keep the sun off , would have swapped it for a nice cool aircon tin top anyday 

[dombanks]

Sometimes its just too hot to have the roof down , Ive been toasted a few times in the westy , notably once stuck in traffic in North Wales A55 , just a T shirt , nothing to keep the sun off , would have swapped it for a nice cool aircon tin top anyday

Nah too cloudy

[maurici]

Sometimes its just too hot to have the roof down , Ive been toasted a few times in the westy , notably once stuck in traffic in North Wales A55 , just a T shirt , nothing to keep the sun off , would have swapped it for a nice cool aircon tin top anyday

Please... Don't fool vision of the uk weather trying to make me beleave that sometimes in UK is too hot...

It happens... Twice in the whole summer? 30 degrees?

You really have to try to work with a vx220 as a daily car during the summer in Barcelona...

(I was young, stupid, and too cool)