Why buy a convertible then keep the roof up ALL THE TIME?!

Jez · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:38

Dj_Jestar said:

Apart from the fact that a convertible is designed to be convertible, ie used in both manners, you can feel the air con with the roof down anyway. Put it onto your feet and it flows over you.

I wouldnt want a convertible which wasnt usable with the roof up, for example on the way into the office suited and booted with neat hair, driving down the M4 into london, i dont want to be sweating my shirt out.

Surely you get that?

Dj_Jestar · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:39

[TW]Fox;18853628 said:
This is properly tedious.

I put the roof up on a sunny day.. if I am doing 80mph on the Motorway, yes. I was clear about that from the beginning?

No, you said..

On holiday last year I had the roof up at times despite absolutely stunning weather simply because it was just too hot to have it down constantly and I needed a refreshing cool-down.

So why are you criticising others for putting their roof up today?

[TW]Fox · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:40

Dj_Jestar said:
No, you said..

So why are you criticising others for putting their roof up today?

Because it's 20c outside, and the occasion I mentioned there where aircon was handy, it was 42c outside?

I'm glad you spotted I said 'today', though. I stand by my opinion. Today, unless you are on the motorway, its top down all the way.

Crizzy · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:41

Dj_Jestar said:
No, you said..

So why are you criticising others for putting their roof up today?

From experience it has to be properly hot, the type of weather we seldom get, certainly a lot hotter than today.

Dj_Jestar · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:41

Jez said:
Apart from the fact that a convertible is designed to be convertible, ie used in both manners, you can feel the air con with the roof down anyway. Put it onto your feet and it flows over you.

I wouldnt want a convertible which wasnt usable with the roof up, for example on the way into the office suited and booted with neat hair, driving down the M4 into london, i dont want to be sweating my shirt out.

Surely you get that?

It's never "messed my hair up" so to speak, but point taken.

[TW]Fox · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:42

Crizzy said:
From experience it has to be properly hot, the type of weather we seldom get, certainly a lot hotter than today.

Exactly.

FWIW I was driving between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Which is not the same as 'today' in the United Kingdom really.

Therefore I say again - if your roof is up today, and you are not on the Motorway, you are 'DOING IT WRONG'. It is literally PERFECT cabrio weather - not cold, not swelteringly hot. This is the weather you bought it for. Get the top down.

Jez · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:44

Dj_Jestar said:
It's never "messed my hair up" so to speak, but point taken.

On the handfree phone to client too at the same time, if i had roof down i would arrive windswept and them asking why i was travelling in a hurricane to work as they couldnt hear a word i said

#1 priority for me, aircon in a convertible so i can use it for work too, then i can chuck my jacket in the boot and hammer it home with the roof down after an initially sweat free day

DM · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:45

Jez said:
Apart from the fact that a convertible is designed to be convertible, ie used in both manners, you can feel the air con with the roof down anyway. Put it onto your feet and it flows over you.

I wouldnt want a convertible which wasnt usable with the roof up, for example on the way into the office suited and booted with neat hair, driving down the M4 into london, i dont want to be sweating my shirt out.

Surely you get that?

No one likes a sweaty shirt!

papercutout · 7 Apr 2011 at 18:48

I finished work at 3, put the roof down and drove the mile and a half to my mates, where I put it up again. BUT at 6.20 this evening after a hard training session I just couldn't be arsed to put it down on the way back.

Any other time I would, but I was knackered and wanted to relax a little more. I regularly drive with it down in the cold, ice, gentle rain, at night and pretty much any other weather though.

Howard · 7 Apr 2011 at 20:02

Tomorrow morning I will mostly be grabbing the keys to the MX5 on the way out of my front door to work and driving looking like this: :cool:

Capt Doufos · 7 Apr 2011 at 20:04

If it is 30+ outside and you have a 4 hour drive in the around mid-day you would probably have the roof up ( I would and have done anyway). Otherwise you cook, most motorways/A roads don't have shade.

Simon · 7 Apr 2011 at 20:11

Motorways are crap with the roof down. Noise, wind and sunburn.

lttlejoe · 7 Apr 2011 at 20:13

St0rmer66 said:
This isn't the first time (far from it) but today with scorching hot weather I once again found myself seeing people in convertibles with the roof up. If they don't take it down in this kind of weather... when do they take it down?!. Why buy a convertible if you don't like the roof down? . Almost everything else about a convertible compared to a hard top is a disadvantage (heavier, less boot space, even appearance when the roof is up in a lot of cases) apart from the pleasure of the roof being down. Can anyone explain this weird behaviour? .

I hadn't realised that it's obligatory to drop the roof on a fine day if you own a convertible! :confused:

The beauty of a drop-head is that you have a choice which you don't with a fixed head but, it doesn't mean you want it down every time the sun shines.

My Z3 still has the steel top bolted on and will come off around Easter when I go up North for a long weekend! Mind you, I've had it about 2.5 years and only covered around 2500 miles. Most of the time I just use my VTS.

NickXX · 7 Apr 2011 at 20:31

Tim said:
Why is driving round in snow and rain awesome? Sounds daft to me.

Daftcount++

St0rmer66 · 7 Apr 2011 at 21:19

Capt Doufos said:
If it is 30+ outside and you have a 4 hour drive in the around mid-day you would probably have the roof up ( I would and have done anyway). Otherwise you cook, most motorways/A roads don't have shade.

30+ degrees?! In the UK?! Either your location is wrong on your profile or you're living in a dreamworld

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lttlejoe said:
I hadn't realised that it's obligatory to drop the roof on a fine day if you own a convertible!

The beauty of a drop-head is that you have a choice which you don't with a fixed head but, it doesn't mean you want it down every time the sun shines.

My Z3 still has the steel top bolted on and will come off around Easter when I go up North for a long weekend! Mind you, I've had it about 2.5 years and only covered around 2500 miles. Most of the time I just use my VTS.

Get over yourself, nobody said "obligatory". Perhaps you are not the type of person I was aiming this thread at, that's fine... no need to be so defensive :confused:

. But there ARE people who don't drop the roof, ever. Usually people who buy A4, Saab 9-5 and the like cab's but the odd person with a "sportier" car does also occur. All I'm saying is if you don't want the roof down, why buy the convertible version of a car which also comes in a hard roof version? There are literally no advantages to doing this in 99.9% of cases :confused:

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Alibaba99 · 7 Apr 2011 at 22:11

St0rmer66 said:
30+ degrees?! In the UK?! Either your location is wrong on your profile or you're living in a dreamworld .

Get over yourself, nobody said "obligatory". Perhaps you are not the type of person I was aiming this thread at, that's fine... no need to be so defensive . But there ARE people who don't drop the roof, ever. Usually people who buy A4, Saab 9-5 and the like cab's but the odd person with a "sportier" car does also occur. All I'm saying is if you don't want the roof down, why buy the convertible version of a car which also comes in a hard roof version? There are literally no advantages to doing this in 99.9% of cases .

Which 9-5 cabriolet is this? :confused:

~~#M-Bizzle#~~ · 7 Apr 2011 at 22:18

[TW]Fox;18853610 said:
Can you not read?

My first post in this thread:

I have been completely clear from the very beginning that there are occasions when it might be sunny and you might have the roof up.

So then why do you chastise people for doing exactly that by saying they "fail hard" ??

Contradictionary post is contradictionary. Perhaps the failing hard is closer to home?

:confused:

~~#M-Bizzle#~~ · 7 Apr 2011 at 22:20

[TW]Fox;18853672 said:
Exactly.

FWIW I was driving between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Which is not the same as 'today' in the United Kingdom really.

Therefore I say again - if your roof is up today, and you are not on the Motorway, you are 'DOING IT WRONG'. It is literally PERFECT cabrio weather - not cold, not swelteringly hot. This is the weather you bought it for. Get the top down.

Ahh I get it!!! Because you think the weather is right for having the top down it means that everyone else should do too. So if they dont share the same opinion of the weather as you, they "fail hard"

Now the contradiction makes sense.

[TW]Fox · 7 Apr 2011 at 22:24

~~#M-Bizzle#~~ said:
Ahh I get it!!! Because you think the weather is right for having the top down

What do you think wasn't 'right' for having the top down about todays weather, with no wind, highs of 22c and not a cloud in the sky then?

Exactly what weather do you think the people who didnt bother are waiting for?

Conscript · 7 Apr 2011 at 22:27

~~#M-Bizzle#~~ said:
Ahh I get it!!! Because you think the weather is right for having the top down it means that everyone else should do too. So if they dont share the same opinion of the weather as you, they "fail hard"

Now the contradiction makes sense.

Christ alive.

He's of the opinion that everyone should have the roof down in this weather and he expressed his opinion by jovially suggesting that those who don't, fail.

Why are you taking it so seriously? It's not like he's launched a hate campaign against those who prefer to have the roof up. Why take it so personally?