Top speed top up

[C M Smith <cmsmith@domain.elided>]

It would surprise me if an open car would achieve a higher top speed than a 
closed one of the same specification, even if the "closed" car were to have 
a soft top. Maybe an open car with Brooklands type screens and a cockpit 
fairing might do better than a close one with windshield in place but the 
drag over an ordinary open car's windshield and cockpit is huge. One of the 
many reasons I dislike convertibles is that at anything over about 40 mph 
they are intolerably windy. I spend a good deal of my driving time 
considerably above 40 mph, windows up, sunroof shut and stereo on.....
Michael Smith
Calgary, Alberta,Canada
91 Alfa 164L

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