Yes, but what about the entertainment value provided for onlookers when a
sudden downpour causes the driver and passenger to hop out and attempt to
erect the top in traffic at a stoplight before the light turns green? A
little luggage (that's all that fits -- a little luggage) in the boot
makes it even more amusing, as bags and parcels are flung about, some
possibly being left in the roadway in the confusion.
Max (been there, done that, now I just leave the top at home and risk it)
Eric Erickson had this to say:
>Skye Poier wrote:
>>
>> The folding hood as I understand it is very similar to the packaway;
>> you still have to attach the rear bar to the tonneau panel, do all
>> the lift the dots, etc. You still have to roll it up to put it
>> away, its just that the frame and the roll are behind the seats
>> instead of in the trunk. Might save 1 or 2 minutes.
>>
>
>I love my fold-down top! I have seen the "pack-away" users standing in
>the rain trying to put the top up, whereas I can just stop at a set of
>traffic lights and have the top up before they turn green... no, I have
>never tried to put it up while driving :-)
>
>When it stops raining... just throw it back again without even getting
>out of my seat (yes, I stop further down the road to make sure it is
>sitting down neatly behind the seats... but that is purely a cosmetic
>thing).
>
>
>Eric
>'68MGB MkII
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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