How to protect cockpit in a downpour

[lvhdude]

Originally Posted by froggyman

I am all for any kind of top. I have had three Cobras and all of them have had either a soft top or a hardtop. You see, you never know when you are going to need it. That does not guarantee that you will not get soaked really soaked even though you have one.

Ask my wife Cindy. LET ME TELL YOU A STORY:

After I got my second Cobra, a Unique 289 FIA with a soft top, we were ready and up for our first Unique Shades of The Past get together in Pigeon Forge, TN. MY NEW and beautiful car was immaculate, wire wheels really pretty, trunk full of shiny tools, I am not much of a mechanic but the TOOLS sure looked good in the trunk, and cleaning equipment and two small bags. The Weekend Weather was promising US a beautiful Sunny weekend all weekend, soooo, I left my soft top home. Now my biggest 1st mistake was not telling Cindy that I was going to leave the top home. Why? With such a beautiful Sunny weekend ahead, why bother her with this silly tidbit of information. March ahead sailor. No one will know the difference.

Well, after a beautiful two days at Pigeon Forge, on Saturday night I overheard a couple mentioning that those people heading to Kentucky might get a darn hard downpour at about mid day Sunday, WHAAAAAT? Where that come from?

I did not sleep that night so on Sunday morning we got up early at my own initiative, but my wife was not aware of the impending Downpour heading our way. So I decided to solve the problem, leave by 6 in the morning and avoid the Mid Day crisis, right? No one would get wet, problem solved. Not so fast SAILOR, second mistake was not telling Cindy my real reason for leaving early, she instead insisted angrily to spend some time Sunday morning talking with the other Spouses and saying their goodbyes. "NOW I AM WORRIED, I AM BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE I AM IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AM ABOUT TO GO DOWN TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND CONFESS THAT I AM THE ONE THAT TIED LITTLE PAPER BAGS ON THE KITTENS LEGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YARD AND WATCH THE CAT SHAKE LIKE A MACHINE GUN." We will get soaked, and Cindy is not aware of the Downpour awaiting her across the border into Kentucky. SOONER OR LATER I AM GOING TO HAVE TO CONFESS, BUT NOOO, THIRD BIGGEST MISTAKE.

After a late, late start we are heading North and up to the Kentucky State line when Cindy mentions that the skies are looking dark in the horizon. I said, nervously, nahhh I think we can outrun it, Cindy says, please STOP AND PUT THE SOFT TOP ON THIS DAMN CAR NOW!

4th BIGGEST mistake, I said DON'T WORRY, I am driving around it and we will not get wet anyway. A little further Cindy says "Juan the road ahead looks damp, don't be stubborn and pull over at this gas station and put the soft top on." 5th BIGGEST mistake not confessing right then and there as I was looking for some apartment complex under cover and avoid the rain and then confess.

As we proceed forward Cindy notices water drops on the windshield, NOW I FEEL LIKE AM GETTING CAUGHT WITH MY PANTS AROUND MY ANKLES YOU SEE, and she says "Juan it is going to start..." then a car pulls in front of us at a red light, and the words came out from Cindy... "TO RAIN" as we stopped at the light, it felt like 55 gallons of water dropped on top of Cindy, and I am looking at her and I swear she looks like a WET POODLE ON PROZAC, dang 6th BIGGEST mistake I act and turn the dinky windshield wipers on right away, at which time the WET POODLE ON PROZAK has turned to me with fangs fully displayed and says, WHAAAAAT? ARE YOU KIDDIN??

Finally pulled under cover of a building nearby, and she says "I suppose now you are going to put the top on?" WELL 7TH BIGGEST MISTAKE, I DECIDED I HAD TO CONFESS THAT I COULD NOT BECAUSE I HAD LEFT THE SOFT TOP HOME. At this time the POODLE ON PROZAK LOOKS AND ACTS MORE LIKE A TAZMANIAN DEVIL and tells me... "You knew this and did not tell me all this time? You had a trunkfull of gadgets and shiny tools and no soft top. WHAT KIND ON AN IDIOT YOU THINK...."

You can imagine the rest of the trip home. "I CAN TELL YOU WITH 100% CERTAINTY I WILL NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT A TOP. I WILL LEAVE THE GADGETS HOME." It is not fun riding with an excited, and out of control Tazmanian Devil in you Cobra, too close and dangerous for comfort.

Put the top in the trunk first.

Dude! That is a hilarious story! I am truly Laughing my ass off. I am in wears valley for a few weeks with the Harley, and I've been caught a few times already in the rain. Great stuff! My Cobra's still in the construction stages, so I'm learning what to look forward to. Thanks for shareing.