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Driving with the roof down at night!
- ph001
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Anybody else do it? You do get some strange looks admittedly but get some watts into the seats and the heaters turned up and I think it's a great experience... especially on a clear night. Guys at work think I'm a weirdo!
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Do it all the time!
If I'm out in the zed, the roof is down unless it's raining heavily..
Mike
If I'm out in the zed, the roof is down unless it's raining heavily..
Mike
- ph001
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- Crazy Harry
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Driving with the roof down at night!
+1
Roof only up if its parked or I can't drive fast enough to stop the inside getting wet Did Manchester back to Norfolk on Monday night top down - if not it wasn't worth buying a roadster!
Thinking about driving fast enough how fast do I need to go to do this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeKMXO7ztXM
Roof only up if its parked or I can't drive fast enough to stop the inside getting wet Did Manchester back to Norfolk on Monday night top down - if not it wasn't worth buying a roadster!
Thinking about driving fast enough how fast do I need to go to do this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeKMXO7ztXM
- Havard
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Having a missus who is cold when the house is 22 degrees, it's a non starter for me.
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Mine was down when I went to pick the wife up from the station last night, passed someone else with it down as well. However, now she has a koala hat with bright pink bobbles, she might have to stay out of the car...
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- Taz
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Driving with the roof down at night!
I thought it was illegal to drive with the roof up
Last week I drove from Poole to saddleworth. Set off at 10pm and got back at 2am. At 2am it was 1.5 degrees. My knees and hands were numb but I did it
Last week I drove from Poole to saddleworth. Set off at 10pm and got back at 2am. At 2am it was 1.5 degrees. My knees and hands were numb but I did it
- MrPT
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Was probably my favourite thing about roadster ownership. Early morning NC500 blasts, especially.
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2006 Z4 2.5si: gone
- Huzee666
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Totally agree, why wouldn't you put the roof down at every available opportunity, during the summer someone at work thought my roof wasn't working as he'd never seen me with it up ! Looking forward to parking up on the seafront this weekend to watch a fire work display, roof down nice and warm in the cockpit listening to some metal, perfect
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Yes, I do it all the time, but you do get some strange looks. Heated seats on and heating on high. If the cars on the road, the roofs down!
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- Paulr
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Driving with the roof down at night!
One of my favourite times to drop the hood is at night. Love looking at the stars!
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Me too, it’s one of the great pleasures in life.
- PinkPineapple44
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Finished work a few hours late last night...best part of the day was the 10pm topless razz
- rj-ph
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Driving with the roof down at night!
Did it years ago in an MGB until one winter night it felt as though I was driving through a series of cobwebs that I kept trying to brush off my face. Then realised that it was the veins in my face freezing up! Heaters not so efficient then. Happy with a coupé now.
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