Dereliction of Duty

Listen up, fellow convertible owners.  It's spring.  The weather is perfect for a little top-down cruising, even if it's only 10 minutes to get home.  Put your top down.  Leave it down.

I think convertible owners should be required to drive with their top down if the weather demands it.  It should be a ticket-able offense to buy a pretty little top-down auto and then drive with it up on perfect days.  It's just wrong.  Give it to someone who will actually use it for it's intended purpose if you're just going to leave it up.

During this time of year weather underground is my home page.  I check it throughout the day to make sure no rain is on the way.  I find excuses to run errands just to hop in and let the breeze blow through my...well, caress my shaved head.  My rule:  top down between 65 and 95 degrees F, unless there is rain in the forecast.  I went 5 or 6 days last year without putting the top up at all.  And I keep a hat and fleece in the car for sun/cool nights.

I'm a nut.  But I'm a happy nut when the top is down.  I love this time of year.