Old Dec 21, 2004 | 03:03 AM
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Default Re: Got My Wind Screen from Germany Yesterday

I can't help but add a note on the window comment . You see folks here in Europe driving with the top down and windows up all the time. I picked up the habit while here in Europe a few years back in my SAAB cabrio (cv). There's a reason...you actually arrive at a destination without looking as if you'd been in a wrestling match. In addition, it tends to be cool here in Germany and you can use the car 30-40% more often, as it was intended, as a result of having the windows up. It simply makes sense. For those out there that don't like the look...don't drive that way. And like the writer I've driven other cabrios i.e. Triumphs, MGs, Saabs, etc. It always cracks me up to see the guy and gal in the Ford Mustang convertible crusing down the road with their hair tied in knots from the wind.

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" Now before everyone flames me for driving with the windows up in a roadster, that is something I just did for a test to let everyone know what they were getting for ther $250. I have had a 1967 sunbeam alpine, 1969 datsun 2000 roadster and still have a 1981 Fiat 2000 spider. so I love the wind, but all those cars had wing vents(for those of you old enough to know what those were) and on long trips if you cracked them just a bit it would cut the wind from the side enough to make the wind fell less like it was pulling all the hair out of your head after about 3 hours with the top down. so the answer is it is not going to make a great impact on the wind with just the screen(maybe 30%) but it is un-obtrusive and somewhat effective. " Edited
 
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