{"id":500363,"date":"2023-02-13T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T00:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=500363"},"modified":"2024-03-07T09:54:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T09:54:29","slug":"put-your-top-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/put-your-top-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Put Your Top On"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A couple of weeks ago, you may recall I bared my soul to you with the admission that I drove my Alfa Romeo so little that I had to have the carbs rebuilt, in order to get it running again (<a href=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/neglectful-owner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neglectful Owner<\/a>). Shame\u2026I know.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But one detail I didn\u2019t think to share at the time was that when I went to pick up my car at the shop, I was surprised to see that they had put the top up on it. Now, ordinarily this wouldn\u2019t be any great revelation, but in the almost 20 years that I\u2019ve owned this car the top has only been up once\u2026and that was the day it was delivered to me off the back of a transporter! Of course, keep in mind, I live in Southern California where the weather is arguably nice all the time. Plus, as I\u2019ve already confessed, I drive the car so in frequently that, when I do, it is only in good weather. So, if you\u2019re driving a convertible, in nice weather, why wouldn\u2019t you drive with the top down? 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