Damn lvs2k, I was just about to say that.

So far so good with the bird poop, but there have been many close calls.

 

My wife and I had a bottle thrown at us from some idiots in a Mustang Convertible while driving down the 680 Freeway in Pleasant Hill. We were getting otherwise, we would have followed them and gotten their license plate #.

 

i was standing outside with a few friends talking... maybe 10 feet from my car with the top down and then feel a spray

look at my clothes and at the car and realized it was one giant shit let go from this one bird. but each of the spots was SO tiny, and the spray was so big (it literally got every inch of my car.. stereo cover, behind the seat, some of the roof well UNDERNEATH the soft top) it's like the bird was shooting at us with a sawed off...

 

Only if it lands on you!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by yf69
[B]i was standing outside with a few friends talking... maybe 10 feet from my car with the top down and then feel a spray

look at my clothes and at the car and realized it was one giant shit let go from this one bird.

 

Sorry for us all, but we do live in an age and place where people lack the basic respect and dignity for others and their property... I always expect the worst out of people anyway...

As far as the issue of rain and convertibles, one individual said that it is no big deal - he actually wrote "no permanent harm at all."

Just my opinion, but if your convertible gets soaked (not misted, or wet for a minute or 2), you've got problems... While the car's interior may appear to completely dry out, this is usually not the case. Most cars have padding under the carpetting, usually placed rontop of the flooring. Water gets trapped there and sits...and sits... and sits. This results in premature wear in the carpetting, the insulation materials, padding... and worse, the moisture will sit ontop of your metal flooring doing its damage to the actual metal and electrical components and wiring usually ran along the floor. I worked in car stereo for years and I can't tell you guys how many times I would pull up carpets to see rust damage, fried wiring, rusted seat bolts/anchors, etc...

Best bet is to get a wet/dry vac and get as much of the water as possible and as soon as possible. Also taking out the seats (not a hard job) and lifting the carpet and and padding will let the water evaporate properly...

- Rick

 

I think only few can top the original poster's horror story.
I hope everything is alright with you.
My almost horror story is bit different.
It was first S2000 get to gether in Virginia and we headed out to Skyline drive.
It was before spring time so outside was quite chilly and little bit too cold for top-down driving but being a rebel, I alone put the top down.
It was getting even colder as the drive went in deeper into the mountain but I held back the urge to put the top back up.
After about 3 hour finishing up the drive and getting darker outside, I decided to put the top back up. Everything seemed normal until the top came up 4 inches short from the latch down position and refused to move up completely.
I guess the cold mountain temperature sub froze the mechanism. I was bit startled and panicked but with bit of strength I was able to manually close the top fully.
What a relief that was, I thought I was going to suffer the first top mechanism failure.

 

kids in a park waterballooned my car as i drove by with the top down....everything was soaked...including me

 

If anyone ever did these things to mine,
It's all about a WWF Smackdown in the Parking Lot
There's too many inconsiderate people nowadays

 

Damn, sounds like some crazy incidents there. I'm just glad that it's still safe to have the top down in Sydney. Funny enough though in Japan, nothing of such sort or little road rage barely occurs on everyday driving with heavy traffic jams. Hmm, I guess it's just the people who determine what it's like.