Carrera30
Carrera30 New Reader
7/26/09 2:23 p.m.

Good idea, poor execution:

Open road

My comments identified with "Jason"

Wowak
Wowak Dork
7/26/09 2:36 p.m.

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?

Tommy Suddard
Tommy Suddard GRM+ Memberand SonDork
7/26/09 2:39 p.m.

Just turn the A/C fan on high. Same thing.

jwdmotorsports
jwdmotorsports HalfDork
7/26/09 3:10 p.m.
Tommy Suddard wrote: Just turn the A/C fan on high. Same thing.

That's what I was thinking.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/26/09 3:15 p.m.

interesting idea.

TJ
TJ HalfDork
7/26/09 4:17 p.m.

If you don't want wind, don't put your top & windows down....a vary simple solution.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/26/09 4:59 p.m.

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

EricM
EricM HalfDork
7/26/09 6:37 p.m.

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.

alex
alex HalfDork
7/26/09 6:57 p.m.

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.

irish44j
irish44j New Reader
7/26/09 7:42 p.m.

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.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/26/09 7:47 p.m.

I did that in the winter with my fiat. As long as the windows were up, the heat could keep up with the cold.

pigeon
pigeon Reader
7/26/09 7:56 p.m.

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!

thatsnowinnebago
thatsnowinnebago GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
7/27/09 1:07 p.m.

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.

Raze
Raze Reader
7/27/09 1:12 p.m.
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...

aircooled
aircooled SuperDork
7/27/09 3:19 p.m.
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....

M030
M030 Reader
7/27/09 7:08 p.m.

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.

Raze
Raze Reader
7/27/09 7:21 p.m.
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

Dorsai
Dorsai New Reader
7/27/09 7:25 p.m.
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

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
7/27/09 8:36 p.m.
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.

Nashco
Nashco SuperDork
7/28/09 12:24 a.m.

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

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/28/09 9:50 a.m.
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.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/28/09 10:30 a.m.

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

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