Good idea, poor execution:
My comments identified with "Jason"
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July 26, 2009 2:23 p.m. Carrera30 New Reader
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July 26, 2009 2:36 p.m. Wowak Dork
why fuss with installing a windblocker when you can just drill a hole in the windshield, or route a complicated air passage to the front of the vehicle?
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July 26, 2009 2:39 p.m. Tommy Suddard SonDork
Just turn the A/C fan on high. Same thing.
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July 26, 2009 3:10 p.m. jwdmotorsports HalfDork
Tommy Suddard wrote:
Just turn the A/C fan on high. Same thing.
That's what I was thinking.
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July 26, 2009 3:15 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
interesting idea.
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July 26, 2009 4:17 p.m. TJ HalfDork
If you don't want wind, don't put your top & windows down....a vary simple solution.
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July 26, 2009 4:59 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
I imagine you could do the same with a small opening at the base of the windsheild.. it is already a high pressure area and your HVAC sucks most of it's air from there. Just need a bigger opening under the cowl that leads directly to the dash
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July 26, 2009 6:37 p.m. EricM HalfDork
When I first met my wife, she had a 1981 Rabbit Convertable (pre cabriole name plate) and we just put the side windows up about 1/3 of the way and everything was fine.
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July 26, 2009 6:57 p.m. alex HalfDork
Oh, I get! No device, girl frown because wind. Press button, girl smile! Me buy now!
Seriously, does that even count as marketing these days? I've heard 1930s blues songs that seem like more realistic recipes to get into a girl's pants.
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July 26, 2009 7:42 p.m. irish44j New Reader
this must have been developed by the multiple middle-aged ladies in this area who drive around their 3-series convertibles with the top down and front and rear windows UP.......lame.
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July 26, 2009 7:47 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
I did that in the winter with my fiat. As long as the windows were up, the heat could keep up with the cold.
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July 26, 2009 7:56 p.m. pigeon Reader
In the Miata the trick is to just put the pass. window up - I used to run all winter top down that way, in Buffalo no less!
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July 27, 2009 1:07 p.m. thatsnowinnebago HalfDork
The real trick here is just to keep a kerchief in the glovebox of your convertable. When girls complain about their hair getting messed up by the wind, just open the glovebox up and gesture to the kerchief. Problem solved.
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July 27, 2009 1:12 p.m. Raze Reader
thatsnowinnebago wrote:
The real trick here is just to keep a kerchief in the glovebox of your convertable. When girls complain about their hair getting messed up by the wind, just open the glovebox up and gesture to the kerchief. Problem solved.
Even easier, kick girl to curb, motoring in a convertible is about the wind, girls are a dime a dozen, and by a dime a dozen I mean $100/night...
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July 27, 2009 3:19 p.m. aircooled SuperDork
Raze wrote:
Even easier, kick girl to curb, motoring in a convertible is about the wind, girls are a dime a dozen, and by a dime a dozen I mean $100/night...
Those types of "girlfriends" usually don't have to worry about wind buffeting, they tend to keep their head pretty low....
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July 27, 2009 7:08 p.m. M030 Reader
By show of hands...er clicks...who else here enjoys the wind buffeting? To me, that's part of the fun of driving convertible with the top down.
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July 27, 2009 7:21 p.m. Raze Reader
aircooled wrote:
Raze wrote:
Even easier, kick girl to curb, motoring in a convertible is about the wind, girls are a dime a dozen, and by a dime a dozen I mean $100/night...
Those types of "girlfriends" usually don't have to worry about wind buffeting, they tend to keep their head pretty low....
touché
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July 27, 2009 7:25 p.m. Dorsai New Reader
pigeon wrote:
In the Miata the trick is to just put the pass. window up - I used to run all winter top down that way, in Buffalo no less!
+1
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July 27, 2009 8:36 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork
M030 wrote:
By show of hands...er clicks...who else here enjoys the wind buffeting? To me, that's part of the fun of driving convertible with the top down.
Me. Dammit, that's half the fun. Any woman who won't ride in the 'vert over wind buffeting won't ride me, either.
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July 28, 2009 12:24 a.m. Nashco SuperDork
Another idea created by a guy who can't get any and thinks some magic gizmo is going to fix the problem.
It's not the wind blowing in her hair that she doesn't like man, she just doesn't like you. She wouldn't say a thing about her hair if all she had on her mind was how much she likes you. Have you ever heard the joke about porcupines and bimmers?
Bryce
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July 28, 2009 9:50 a.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork
Nashco wrote:
Another idea created by a guy who can't get any and thinks some magic gizmo is going to fix the problem.
It's not the wind blowing in her hair that she doesn't like man, she just doesn't like you. She wouldn't say a thing about her hair if all she had on her mind was how much she likes you. Have you ever heard the joke about porcupines and bimmers?
Bryce
+1 an expensive convertible sports car is a golden ticket to sex on a silver platter, if she's complaining about the wind you're really DOING IT WRONG.
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July 28, 2009 10:30 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
honestly.. MOST converts I see on the road are being driven by women.. I rarely see a guy behind the wheel of a vert.. unless it is an old sports car.
Saabs and BMW verts.. along with VW seem to be primarily driven by women
