Driving a convertible in the rain with the roof down.

[Reggie-rock]

This must of happened to someone.
Driving down the motorway on a warm day with the roof down and 20 miles to the next junction when the sky's open unexpectedly.

I have noticed that in the war films the high ranking German officers usually have the convertible roofs down whatever the weather.

 

[BTB 500]

If you keep the speed up you are normally OK. Slow moving traffic can be a problem though (been there, done that!).

 

[Spin_bowler]

I'll second that. Anything over twenty miles an hour, no problem. Stopping at lights, not so good.

 

[HughSurrey]

Did it a few years ago in an MX-5 with the manual roof, saving grace being the car was small enough to reach back and pull the hood over.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

I have noticed that in the war films the high ranking German officers usually have the convertible roofs down whatever the weather.

Thats because non of them spoke in German and all had english accents

 

[Druk]

Thats because non of them spoke in German and all had english accents

Vot?

 

[Liquid silver]

Did exactly that today although not on the motorway. Finished off the gardening, sun shining thought I would take the 107 out for a run, lovely sunny day after 20 mins the clouds came over and down came the rain. Headed for home fortunately the lights were in my favour and managed to get home dry, me that is not the car.

Paul

 

[MD5]

I remember once in my 129 SL 500 being caught on a motorway in the mother and father of all storms, and as said, over a certain speed you don't have usually any problems, but in this case, the water ran up and over the front windscreen and I got drenched before I could pull off the motorway to put the roof up!

 

[F1BHP]

I had my roof module altered so I can operate it up to 30mph, if the speed stays above that as others have said you are ok and if the traffic slows then I can just close the roof.

Works for me.

 

[Giantvanman]

I don't put the roof down going onto motorways because of the intrusive noise levels.

 

[Charles Morgan]

I drove my Morgan and my Allard with the roof down in all weathers. A small umbrella is useful for traffic lights but at any sensible speed you don't get wet. I did drive my Boxsters with the roof up, once in Southern Germany the temperature reached 38C which meant roof down was like sitting in an immensely powerful hairdryer at 150mph.

 

[evdok]

Try doing a round trip of 200 miles to pick up an Ariel Atom & it ****** down on the way back.....Awesome!

 

[lisa110rry]

I'm a wimp, I don't drive on motorways in the little green car. When unavoidable, the roof is definitely closed! I feel too vulnerable next to lorries!

 

[14emerc]

Get them down! Not much point having a vert if you keep it up.

 

[-Ian]

Try doing a round trip of 200 miles to pick up an Ariel Atom & it ****** down on the way back.....Awesome!

Apart from the fact you got soaked a 200 mile journey in a atom in the wet must have been somewhat a baptism of fire

 

[Rory]

I've seen plenty of people on hard shoulders putting the roof up, so I guess a lot of people stop.

 

[evdok]

The stares we got was mad, don't know if it was for the car or how insane we looked.

 

[MD5]

I don't put the roof down going onto motorways because of the intrusive noise levels.

I see you have an R230, which is on my radar at the moment. Is the noise bad in these? I have a 129 and I don't have a problem at all. Has anyone compared both models for top down noise levels?

 

[automaniaman]

Always carry a umbrella....

 

[Reggie-rock]

I've seen plenty of people on hard shoulders putting the roof up, so I guess a lot of people stop.

Don't think the police would consider it an emergency on a motorway just to get the roof up in the rain.