I've been a big fan of convertible's since my early twenties. I've had a Triumph Spitfire (anything over 70 mph and the whole car would threaten to shake itself to bits), Renault 17TS (not a true convertible but with a full length sunroof), a Fiat X19 (my ears have never been the same since due to the proximity of that engine), a Ferrari copy, a Marlin and now the 306. In every single case I got the cars for wind-in-the-hair motoring and had a blast.
I dunno, there's just something special about driving a convertible. The 306 just makes the whole experience so much easier (as long as the roof's not playing silly buggers) as you have a simple to drive car with the bonus of getting your noggin burnt as you go. The other advantage is that unlike some convertible's, there's not much jealousy or nastiness from other drivers that could see your paintwork scratched or worse.
I've had to do the usual 'trick' of replacing the 'knicker elastic' in my roof to encourage the roof supports to fold inwards as the roof lowers. But even after doing that, the roof would still not always behave itself and often the roof would then snarl up on the rear headrests. In the end I fixed the problem by replacing the elastic with 6mm (approx.) bungy cord -or shock cord as I found the only elastic I could get hold of over here was pretty weak and would lose it's elasticity in the 35 -40 C degree heat we regularly have and since then the roof's worked perfectly.
I dunno, there's just something special about driving a convertible. The 306 just makes the whole experience so much easier (as long as the roof's not playing silly buggers) as you have a simple to drive car with the bonus of getting your noggin burnt as you go. The other advantage is that unlike some convertible's, there's not much jealousy or nastiness from other drivers that could see your paintwork scratched or worse.
I've had to do the usual 'trick' of replacing the 'knicker elastic' in my roof to encourage the roof supports to fold inwards as the roof lowers. But even after doing that, the roof would still not always behave itself and often the roof would then snarl up on the rear headrests. In the end I fixed the problem by replacing the elastic with 6mm (approx.) bungy cord -or shock cord as I found the only elastic I could get hold of over here was pretty weak and would lose it's elasticity in the 35 -40 C degree heat we regularly have and since then the roof's worked perfectly.