Stupid top design
02-25-2003, 07:21 PM
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newport Beach
Posts: 1,777
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Stupid top design
Having now owned the car for 10 months , my second biggest gripe (1st is not being able to use full rev's till 3 bars of temp show ) is with the moron who designed the top . Even my Miata managed to channel water away so you could lower the window and not get a river of water in the car. This cars top was designed to have the path of the water to fall right into the power window switches , WTF.
Anyway love days like today (even with water in the car ) ,cops don't like to write tickets in the rain. And with so little torque it's the few times you can throw the car into corners or on or off ramps in full World Rally style. We slid around the Banting on-ramp to the 133 this afternoon several times till someone reported us to our friends in law enforcement. Still great fun.
WFO
Anyway love days like today (even with water in the car ) ,cops don't like to write tickets in the rain. And with so little torque it's the few times you can throw the car into corners or on or off ramps in full World Rally style. We slid around the Banting on-ramp to the 133 this afternoon several times till someone reported us to our friends in law enforcement. Still great fun.
WFO
02-25-2003, 08:34 PM
#2
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Bedford
Posts: 45
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i know what you mean. i didn't notice it until it started to rain more often in TX. i have had my S for bout 5 months & it finally got rained on not to long ago & i remember when i opened up my car & got out, my seat was all wet & my control panels were getting soaked 
02-25-2003, 09:49 PM
#3
Former Sponsor
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Laguna Niguel
Posts: 5,267
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
HAHAH ya, i keep a towel in my car just for that reason. Today i went through a drive through and the guy was laughing cause i was busy wiping away all the water that dripped in my car when i put down the window. The hood design is prolly the greatest mistake that i've notice on this car. And it dosn't just drip in form one side its front and back.
02-25-2003, 09:56 PM
#4
Registered User
To be fair, every car out there shouldn't be revved til the engine is at operating temperature. Just that some cars advertise it more than others.
But yeah, I can't believe how easily water comes in with the windows down! lol.
But yeah, I can't believe how easily water comes in with the windows down! lol.
03-01-2003, 05:10 PM
#7
Former Sponsor
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Laguna Niguel
Posts: 5,267
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I never had this problem though when i drove a 95 Firebird convertable....or maybe i just didn't put the windows down when it rained cause i don't remember this problem
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
trendy26
S2000 Talk
17
06-28-2004 03:42 AM