sunny socal. topdown even at night time with a lil heater unless doing spirited driving

 

Haha this is gonna be my first winter with my S. Well then agian, i live in houston. Haha. Had the S for a month. I'll let u know when it gets cold. Its getting cooler but i just turn the heater on through the leg area and leave the top down if its a bit nippy

 

Anything below 40 is a bit chilly for me. Today I drove to work top down in ~45 deg weather with little more than a light sweatshirt, a ballcap I happened to be wearing, and the heat on medium. Almost perfect.

To me, the real question is how hot does it need to be before I put the top back up. Anything over 85 with the sun out is a struggle. I can push 90 if I can keep moving.

 

[QUOTE=00CivicSi,Oct 23 2006, 07:46 PM]

To me, the real question is how hot does it need to be before I put the top back up.

 

I'm good just under 40

 

I'm in Georgia and voted for 40 and below. I think as long as I have a hat and warm jacket-I can ride with the top down no matter the temp. I've also got some road time on a motorcyle in the winter time to keep my cold tolerances up (I'm sure RED MX5 can back me up...even with the propper gear-feels like daggers to the neck and chin, hands, thighs and feet; right through the gear)
We rode back from Atlanta the other night in the low 40s-top down, heater on...wife and I were comfortable, she wore a hat, my ears got cold.

 

On really cold days I'd actually wear snowmobiling gear, including the suit, boots, and gloves. Up top I'd wear a belaklava under a full face Simpson ("Darth Vader" in bright red ) helmet. I'd actually sweat whenever I stopped, because I needed the breeze of movement over the gear to keep me cool.

Even in the hottest weather I always wore full leathers, and they're good down to 45 degrees or so, as long as you can keep your neck and face warm.

I'm not that hearty; I just dress to stay warm.

But yes, I can back you up about the daggers. Any air leaks in the gear are absolutely painful. That's why I had cold weather gear that's more suited to Michigan than Georgia. I'm a southern boy and I really don't do cold well.

 

Same here near the Canadian border.

 

You people are crazy. I voted for Under 70.

SoCal weather fo' lyfeeee

 

I voted for under 30 degrees.....but I will pretty much drive the car with the top down in ANY temperature. If its cold, I just crank the heater and throw on some gloves/jacket/stocking cap...and I am set.

But as REDMX5 stated, I don't get to do that very often because if it is that cold the top needs to already be down BEFORE reaching that temperature....and wherever I am going the top must stay down due to the required caution needed for the plastic rear window.

When I came home from work on Monday it was 45 degrees out....all I needed was a light jacket and the heater....80+ mph all the way home on the freeway.

For those who don't like the cooler temps coupled with the top down...see my signature.