On 2 Aug 2000, at 0:12, Tomsaudi@aol.com wrote:
> Am I the only person here missing out on driving his/her MG this summer
> because of the rain? Here I am in August, and I could not even guess the last
> time I drove my MG. It's either always raining, I'm out of town, it's too
> humid, etc, for me to enjoy the car. What makes matters worse is that this is
> my first full summer with the car.
Sorry to hear about that, Tom. But my advice, too, is to just drive the thing.
This is
my first summer with my B, too, and this week was the first time I drove it in
the
rain. (Bought the car last Fall.)
I've always avoided driving it on days where rain was fairly likely, until this
week.
My other car is out of commission at the moment, so I'm driving the MG all
week.
Of course, the first day I took the MG "because I had to", I got rained on big
time in
the afternoon. I managed to get off the road and get the top up moments before
the
downpour started.
Fortunately, I found that the blower fan works well on both speeds, and it was
able
to keep the windshield defogged nicely. And I sure was glad I took time before
leaving home in the morning to apply Rain-X.
Yes, the top does not fit like it should, and I got leaked on. But, as my wife
asked me
earlier, "What happens if it rains?" All I could answer was, "Well, the car
gets wet."
Now that it's happened once, it's not such a big deal. It's worth it for the
top-down
time I get in between the rain!
As for the humidity, it gets pretty stifling here in North Carolina, and I just
the MG
anyway. But then, only a small part of my 36-mile commute is in stop-and-go
traffic -- the humidity (and warm floorboards) is much easier to deal with at
highway speeds.
Tom, I encourage you to just get out and drive the thing. You might want a
couple
old towels handy, and an umbrella just in case, but you'll be glad you did.
--
Keith Gernert
79 MGB
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