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Sunday, 12 July 2026

Old Style Driving



This morning Mrs H and I buzzed off to the local garden centre in the MX5.

No driving in a closed box with the air-conditioning on, but old style driving on quiet roads. Top down, windows down, elbow on the door with the breeze blowing up my shirt sleeve. As Mrs H said, this is how roads ought to be.

4 comments:

dearieme said...

We prefer all-windows-open to using the air con. I begin to wonder whether this is because our air con is so feeble. Attention required? We'd better have it seen to before winter when its anti-misting action is wonderful.

A K Haart said...

dearieme - it may need attention because even in this warm weather ours would have kept the interior cool if we'd left the top up and used it.

Tammly said...

I must say I was grateful for our new cars air con when I had to go into town for the Saturday shopping, made driving much more comfortable. I do have an open topped sports car too, but being very old 1956, the engine heat leaks through to the cabin and spoils the open air effect. Good in winter though.

A K Haart said...

Tammly - I imagine warm feet on a winter drive makes a spin in your 1956 open top well worth while.