Convertible - Top Down/Windows up ... Comments
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: East Side Louisville KY
my .02
but granted, driving around with the top and windows down is noisier with the wind and all. i find it sometimes hard to hold a conversation especially on the high way with the top and windows down, but putting the windows up decreases the noise tremendously.
and for cruising around town, i occasionally leave them up cause i get tired of dealing with ignorance. what i mean is people shouting at me going 45 mph down the road. or at a stoplight some jackwagon says 'hey that got a hemi' or 'wana race'. not to sound like a standoff but i find it any easier way to ignore them.
and for cruising around town, i occasionally leave them up cause i get tired of dealing with ignorance. what i mean is people shouting at me going 45 mph down the road. or at a stoplight some jackwagon says 'hey that got a hemi' or 'wana race'. not to sound like a standoff but i find it any easier way to ignore them.
Intermediate
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Somerset Kentucky
I carry a pellet gun in the car for people like that, It drives me nutz to see people do that, It is usually a stuck up snobby chick driving a beemer that doesn't want to get her hair messed up, and talking on the phone. Also there are woman in my Vette club that make their husbands put the windows up, my wife tried that on me once, I gave her a helmet and a winter coat!
Instructor
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From: new port richey fl
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Carson City Nevada
but granted, driving around with the top and windows down is noisier with the wind and all. i find it sometimes hard to hold a conversation especially on the high way with the top and windows down, but putting the windows up decreases the noise tremendously.
and for cruising around town, i occasionally leave them up cause i get tired of dealing with ignorance. what i mean is people shouting at me going 45 mph down the road. or at a stoplight some jackwagon says 'hey that got a hemi' or 'wana race'. not to sound like a standoff but i find it any easier way to ignore them.
and for cruising around town, i occasionally leave them up cause i get tired of dealing with ignorance. what i mean is people shouting at me going 45 mph down the road. or at a stoplight some jackwagon says 'hey that got a hemi' or 'wana race'. not to sound like a standoff but i find it any easier way to ignore them.
CF "Young" Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Cupertino CA
St. Jude Donor '12
My dad does this all the damn time with his XLR, soooo unbelievably stupid. 
The only time I ever put the windows up while the top's down is if my passenger needs to answer / make a phone call, out of courtesy to them.
The only time I ever put the windows up while the top's down is if my passenger needs to answer / make a phone call, out of courtesy to them.
Tech Contributor
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Horncastle Lincolnshire, England
2023 C5 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
I'm one of those who has got over the image issue
When it was hot in Vegas but I still wanted the roof down, I'd put the windows up to trap the cold air in the cockpit. Other drivers would look at me from their air conditioned cars as if I was mad. I've had the roof down with 126 degrees on the clock and the AC on manual and full on - with the windows up.
When it's cold but bright in England I put the heater on max, the windows up and the heated seats on to trap the warm air. I'll even wear a coat and gloves (shock, horror)
My view is it's my car and if I want to use it to get maximum enjoyment I'll do just that. If that means windows up and top down, you bet. I'm not affecting anyone by my actions so in this case I really don't care what they think if I'm comfortable.
Its 32 degrees in England today under bright blue skies. The top will be down and the windows will be up.
When it was hot in Vegas but I still wanted the roof down, I'd put the windows up to trap the cold air in the cockpit. Other drivers would look at me from their air conditioned cars as if I was mad. I've had the roof down with 126 degrees on the clock and the AC on manual and full on - with the windows up.
When it's cold but bright in England I put the heater on max, the windows up and the heated seats on to trap the warm air. I'll even wear a coat and gloves (shock, horror)
My view is it's my car and if I want to use it to get maximum enjoyment I'll do just that. If that means windows up and top down, you bet. I'm not affecting anyone by my actions so in this case I really don't care what they think if I'm comfortable.
Its 32 degrees in England today under bright blue skies. The top will be down and the windows will be up.
Last edited by DeeGee; Feb 16, 2011 at 03:13 AM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Portland OR
The convertible windows go down auotmatically when you put the top down.Once in awhile when it is late at night an getting cold I will raise my windowsup so I don't have to put the top up but never just driving around.
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From: Houston,Texas USA
Top down, windows up, looks silly to me.
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From: Down the Shore New Jersey, Elev.3 feet
St. Jude Donor '17
It seems anyone that has a problem with this has homotopophobia....
especially when it is with someone else's car which make it even more..
get on with you little lives....
I even use the vette net at times....OMG.....Save me Oprah.....
especially when it is with someone else's car which make it even more
..get on with you little lives....
I even use the vette net at times....OMG.....Save me Oprah.....
Instructor
Joined: May 2007
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From: Windermere Fl
Yesterday morning, leaving the house it was 39. But the sun was shining. Top down, but once over 60 mph, I put the windows up and seat heaters to the highest setting. When I hit a 40 mph road the windows came down.
Instructor
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From: Lakeland Florida
this is great. homotopia, the act of driving a convertible with the top down and windows up.
Team Owner
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From: Down the Shore New Jersey, Elev.3 feet
St. Jude Donor '17
...actually it's the act of having it bother other people who have nothing better to do then be bothered by how someone else drives their car...
Last edited by 04 commemorative; Feb 16, 2011 at 09:33 AM.
