Weather Report
- Thread starter Big Daddy
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It's been in the very high 60s, low to mid 70s here over the past week and looks like this warm trend will continue over the coming week. I don't like it - I spent my Christmas vacation in Indiana, Chicago, and Michigan where the daily highs were in the teens and there was 8 inches of snow on the ground - that's what I like. I like winter weather during winter - not this late springtime stuff.
You guys would be surprised at how cold you can drop the top. My friend with the Miata will put his top down as long as it's 40 degrees or higher. I've seen quite a few hard-core roadster people drive around with the top down in 40-45 degree weather. I believe the trick is, top down, keep your jacket on, turn up the heat, and you're good to go (even roll up the side windows if you want).
I remember when my friend got one of the first Z3s off the assembly line back when I was in high school. It was a bright red 4-banger (remember how the first Z3s were all 4 pots???) and was the first Z3 any of us had ever seen. The plant gave it to his dad for the weekend, and we tooled around in it for a day in the 35 degree weather, with the top down of course. Side windows up, heat on full blast out of the dash vents, and heavy coats. To tell you the truth, it was damn cold. The side windows didn't help much, and the heater just couldn't keep up - it became bearable when stopped at traffic lights, but once you started moving again, it got damn cold. People looked at us really weird - we couldn't figure out if they just thought we were insane for driving around with the top down or if they were looking at us weird because no one had ever seen a Z3 before. [bmwdance]
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