With the current Hairdrier (Roadster) I can easily get in without opening the door and wthout putting my feet on the seat, but have to open the door to alight. Just turned 75 years.
Brian of SpotMog On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Tim Harris <t...@lambdapi.plus.com> wrote: > I definitely prefer the look of mine with the top down, and indeed, entry > and exit with top up are activities which I find impossible to achieve with > any degree of elegance. I vastly prefer driving mine top down, there's no > question about it, but when the weather's rubbish, better to drive it top > up than not at all. > > These days, I tend to only leave it at home when I'm having to carry large > quantities of stuff that I can't fit into it, or when I have to drive long > distances to client sites (it's not insured for class1 business use). > > Tim > > > On 14 September 2012 17:13, <glynnhughjo...@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> ** >> I agree with you Tim and must confess that I think my Mog looks better >> with the hood up but being 65 now and over 6 foot I don't look too good >> getting in or out with it up! I won't give you my opinion of the >> attractiveness (or otherwise) 4 seaters with hoods. >> Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *Tim Harris <t...@lambdapi.plus.com> >> *Date: *Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:28:13 +0100 >> *To: *mogtalk2<mogta...@listbox.com> >> *ReplyTo: *mogta...@listbox.com >> *Subject: *Re: [mogtalk2] Audi survey >> >> Over the last few days I've been driving my Mog quite a lot with the hood >> up, mainly because I've been carting stuff around that I don't really want >> on open display when I leave the car parked, and with the weather being >> changeable it's easier to put the hood up and down that wrestle with the >> tonneau cover. On a couple of short trips I've left the hood up even when >> it's not been raining, and do you know what? It's not bad at all! >> >> It's undoubtedly true that a Morgan with the top down is a vastly more >> pleasant experience, but that doesn't mean that a Mog with the hood up is >> an unpleasant experience, far from it. >> >> I know full well from many years Morgan ownership that the 'hood down at >> all times' thing is usually meant in a light-hearted way, I participate in >> the banter myself, but I'm left a little concerned that some people might >> feel they can't or shouldn't take their Morgan out with the hood up. I was >> particularly disappointed one autumn evening a few years ago, when I >> attended a Noggin. The weather was a bit rubbish, rainy and not what you'd >> call warm, so I put the hood up and set off. The Noggin was packed, loads >> of people there, but sadly mine was the only Morgan in the car park. >> Everyone else had come in other cars. >> >> If people are using their tin tops instead of their Mogs just because the >> weather's poor, then that's a sad state of affairs in my eyes. >> >> Drive your Morgan. Enjoy it. Putting the hood up allows you to drive your >> Morgan more and enjoy it more, then that IMO can only be a good thing. >> >> Tim >> >> On 13 September 2012 22:45, david taylor >> <davetaylor3...@googlemail.com>wrote: >> >>> If you don't put it up it won't leak either! >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/mogtalk2@listbox.com/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/mogtalk2@listbox.com/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
