bnicho wrote:The irony is that some summer days it's just too hot to take the Moke out, as I'd end up sunburnt in about five minutes.
Some friends of mine have just moved to near Angouleme in France and they too have found this and they mentioned that soft top cars are not that popular for this reason (They have a Lotus Elan Sprint, a Lotus 6 & 7 and a dismantled MG Midget, so lots of soft top stuff!!). However, the Elan has had more use this year than I think it's had for years
I think I'd put up with it, as I did gladly in 1984, the year I bought the Midget (That was a good Summer, not as long as 1976 but the local reservoirs were all low by September).
The major drawback for me (Apart from not being very good at French and liking British food) would be that the French don't have preserved steam railways like us. I suppose they didn't have a Dr Beeching, to shut down so many of their branch lines or a Woodhams scrapyard (
http://www.penmorfa.com/Barry/), who sat on the locomotives so long that people began to buy them to restore.
Rules exist for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.