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Old 08-16-2020, 12:33 PM   #21
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Default Re: Rain

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In a modernish sports car there is no need to put the top up. The rain goes up and over and lands on the boot/trunk so long as you keep moving fast enough. Just don't stop.

I can’t count the times I’ve trusted that sage advice and got drenched in my Miata because someone stopped or slowed down. Lol


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Old 08-16-2020, 07:38 PM   #22
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Synchro, on our roadster some kind of dressing comes out of the canvas top and gets beaten into a white foam by the flapping onto against canvas sraps.
This builds up after several hours driving and looks most odd. Flecks of foam fly about harmlessley.
Odd because top and canvas straps are at least 30 years old and I would have though any dressing on the canvas duck would be long-gone.
Do you get this effect?
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Stuart, I haven't noticed it. I'll have to ask someone who has been following me for a while.
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