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| Just figured that you lovers of the MGA hard-top should have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqjZlx4sRtI |
| David werblow |
| Wonderful. Me through and through!!!! Steve |
| Steve Gyles |
| Very Good. I love Jeremy on Top Gear. I also love the way the Brits drive their cars in the rain. David.... |
| David Honness |
| Something masochistically enjoyable about driving in the rain! Even makes motorways better: Strange looks from the wifey in the Volvo slowing down as it passes so she can lean forward for a better look at the crazy "anorak". Thumbs up from other middle aged men who "would if they could". Total bewilderment of small children. And a big space to the car in front, just in case... |
| Neil McGurk |
| I am a Brit and if I can avoid it I do not drive with the hood down when it is extremely wet or cold, I tend to leave that pleasure to the likes of Steve and the nutters on that show, (Sorry steve). I generally do not agree with Jeremy but on this occassion he is spot on. As regarding not getting wet when it is raining? where do they get these idiot from? I drove home from Silverstone one year when it was absolutely peeing it down with rain and my MGA had no hood to put up. The journey length was about 130 miles and guess what my wife and I were like when we got home. Well if we had walked through a car wash we would not have been any wetter! and the car took a week and half to dry out, as Jeremy would say marvelous |
| Robert (Bob) Midget Turbo |
| Hi Bob, understand where you are coming from about avoiding the wet stuff but my driving in driving rain experience was very different from yours. My wife Chris and I were driving home with the top down on a very busy M1 last year. We were returning from a great day out at the MGA day when we saw telltale cumulus nimbus clouds a mile or two ahead. After a shouted short discussion about stopping to raise the hood, we decided to just go for it! We drove though the really heavy rainstorm at 70mph (ish) and to my surprise, we got virtually no water inside the car at all. It was amazing, even after 15 minutes or so of really heavy rain we stayed dry. Luckily we never had to slow down or there would have been a much damper outcome. Keep your foot down Bob and to hell with it! Colyn |
| colyn firth |
| Colyn That's the right spirit. Good to see. All you need is an umbrella for when you stop at traffic lights. usually raises a smile from other drivers. Steve |
| Steve Gyles |
| Loved it, made me smile!!!!! |
| Vin Rafter |
| Colyn I have also rushed the rain for a few minutes without too much problem but try driving 130 miles with no hood on in a torrential downpour or get on a french motorway for an hour and then tell me what the wife thinks? If she hasn't already divorced you she will certainly be demanding you trade in your car for a, dare I say it? Focus? |
| Robert (Bob) Midget Turbo |
| Come on Bob, I always had the image of you as a hard man, weathered to the joys of open-top racing and driving. I have done Lands End to John O'Groats (X 2 if you include transit to start point and return from finish) in mid December; also Preston to Le Mans and back in June. Never considered the hood on either occasion. It goes with the car. Why buy a open top sports car and then put a hood on it when the going gets tough? The cold and wet are good for you. We have become too pampered with air con and heaters. I can't remember when I last had a cold. Get the wind and rain blowing through the hair. In fun Steve PS. My third occasional passenger in the MGA died today. Barney my cocker spaniel was 17 years old. He also loved the open air; nose out in the wind blast, ears flapping. Very sad day for the wife and I. |
| Steve Gyles |
| Come on Bob, I always had the image of you as a hard man, weathered to the joys of open-top racing and driving. I have done Lands End to John O'Groats (X 2 if you include transit to start point and return from finish) in mid December; also Preston to Le Mans and back in June. Never considered the hood on either occasion. It goes with the car. Why buy a open top sports car and then put a hood on it when the going gets tough? The cold and wet are good for you. We have become too pampered with air con and heaters. I can't remember when I last had a cold. Get the wind and rain blowing through the hair. In fun Steve PS. My regular third occasional passenger in the MGA died today. Barney my cocker spaniel was 17 years old. He also loved the open air; nose out in the wind blast, ears flapping. Very sad day for the wife and I. |
| Steve Gyles |
| Steve I thought we had established a few weeks ago that you are "raving bonkers", now we have Clarkson rubber stamping that opinion. :-)) |
| Robert (Bob) Midget Turbo |
| I think I have the answer to your dampness problem Bob, Im sure this would work. It would give instant shelter from the rain by just pulling on the drawstring. No more 2-person struggle with a finger chopping soft top frame, no more telling the wife to sit on top of the front of the hood frame so you can tighten up the wing nuts. Choice of hundreds of pretty colours and patterns available from B & Q! Anyone think I should patent this? Colyn PS apologies for the terrible sketch, but for me that is really good! (if you dont want the roll bars you could always pull the blind up and over your head and tuck it behind the seats. Yes I have really thought this one through!!) |
| colyn firth |
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| colyn firth |
| Steve, so sorry to hear about Barney. Our pooches give us unconditional love. We in turn, pass that on to our cars. Was he a seat, floor or lap passenger? My German short-haired pointer is a bit of an ear flapper too. Sometimes I think she's going to take off. |
| Phillip Hughes |
| Phillip. Thank you. Normally a floor dog, but he used to get too hot down by the tunnel so he would come up for air occasionally, standing on the passenger's lap. Colyn. Novel idea! Quite a decent MGA sketch. Take some commissions! Steve |
| Steve Gyles |
| Really sorry to hear about your dog Steve, makes me feel a little guilty when I think about my previous posts. I hope the thought of Bob driving along in the rain with a floral pattern roller-blind resting on his head cheers you up a little. (No offense Bob) You have made me think a little more about having a dog though Steve, Im already visualising myself saying to my wife, "Im just taking the dog out for a drive"! Marvelous! all the best Colyn |
| colyn firth |
| Steve, Very sorry to hear about your dog. We had a boxer that loved to ride in the “A.” 
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| David werblow |
| Steve, so very sorry to hear of Barney's passing. Deepest sympathy to both you and "her indoors". |
| Andy Bounsall |
| Steve, As we say here "you don't catch a cold by being cold"! Temperature in Melbourne today is predicted to be 42 C (107 F) - may have to put the hood up for shade, then again maybe not! Mike |
| Mike Ellsmore |
| Great drawing Colyn, prhaps you could use it in your presentation to Dragons Den! |
| Robert (Bob) Midget Turbo |
| Glad you didnt take offence Bob, I have a feeling though that if I took the "Bobs Blind" idea to Dragons Den, they wouldnt just stop at saying in unison,"WE'RE OUT", they would also take great pleasure in physically throwing me down the stairs too!( once they had stopped laughing ) Colyn |
| colyn firth |
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