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I'm driving my car today ,nice hot sunny day, air-con on full blast,

shades on :cool: :rolleyes::D

I was overtaken by at least two convertables with their tops down, a Escort and a Audi i think? That must be nice i thought , wind in your hair , open to the world , great.

Then a bit further on at a round-about i noticed another open top waiting to pull out. It was a Smart Car, less it's roof!

I didn't have long to look at it but i rubber necked a bit and noticed the driver was wearing a Fullface crash helmet?

Why? OK, Safety ,maybe , but don't all new soft tops have to have rollbar or reinforced window frame? Maybe this car had no front windshield and the driver didn't want bugs and grit in his face.But doesn't that take away all that open top car driving is about or maybe the driver just wanted to stay anonymous in case his mates clocked him :D

Whats going on :confused: has anyone else seen these half-a-Smart cars and is it law or personel choice if you wear a skid lid?

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Use a Lure Instead !! ;)

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Umber:

I have an open top classic car and its my understanding that it is illegal to wear a helmet in an open car. In my car seat belts are not a requirement though.

Tell us then what is it? ferrari, porche, triumph,MG,polski fiat, or lada!

 

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Perhaps you saw a new Smart Crossblade. It is basically an even more cut down cabrio that has no windscreen or doors so unless you really really like bugs, gravel, oil etc thrown at you 50mph it's probably best to wear a helmet.

 

Have a look at one here

 

(sites a bit broken in Explorer but OK in Netscape (amazingly!))

 

[ 15. August 2002, 12:00 AM: Message edited by: davidP ]

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Site's fine for me with IE. Maybe some java on there and your browser's lacking code to deal with it?

 

Microsoft dis-allowed plug-ins including java recently and lots of sites now don't work well unless you go directly to Sun and get their java code.

 

Netscape wasn't so stupid and isn't having problems.

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Aren't they made by Mercedes?

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John S:

Aren't they made by Mercedes?

They were originally part of Swatch with links to Merc, but now they're fully part of Daimler Chyrsler (so yes, but not directly)

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davidP:

davidP:

Aren't they made by Mercedes?

They were originally part of Swatch with links to Merc, but now they're fully part of Daimler Chyrsler (so yes, but not directly)
Still a load of ruddy blubbish though! I mean, how much tackle can you carry in one of them things? Two rods and half a pint of maggots and the darn thing will be full!!

 

I suppose they could make half-decent bivies though :rolleyes:

 

Now, if only they put a 5+ litre V8 into it....

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Quanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra

 

Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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