I love the uncluttered sweeping lines of the coupe roof. But at this time of year when there is frequent overnight rain I am fed up with running the gauntlet of trying to get in the car before a stream of water deposits itself perfectly on my shoulder, or worse in my lap The early morning balletic ritual is getting on my nerves.

You know the routine:-

You open the car door carefully,
Ease onto the seat slowly avoiding any sudden movement
Reach for the door handle, … good so far... and you are just about to let rip with a celebratory “YES”
until the door is just about closed when…
down the stream of water comes

I have discovered that the chivalrous act of opening the passenger door for my wife is a pretty good solution, a wet t-shirt looks far better on her anyway But unfortunately she no longer falls for this one worked for good while though

I used to keep an old wiper blade handy but have been spotted one too many times by my neighbours who already think I am absolutely obsessed with the car and think I am stroking the thing lovingly every morning. Shaking and rocking the car before opening the door created similar bemused looks, I dare not guess what they were thinking about that one, so it looks like I am destined to a damp life

John

p.s. I have thought about re-laying my driveway so the it slopes towards the passenger drive, but this feels a tab obsessive even for me

hahaha! yep i know the routine

As i pull away i end up serving left and right and braking/accelerating in an effort to get it all off so i can open the windows

A bit will always get you though. Especially for the first few days after polishihg it

You wiper idea has got me thinking of taking the squeegee (spelling ) out with me

I get around this by wearing one of those bright yellow So'westers. Match this up with a scraggly beard and pipe and you have a pretty awesome look with functionality too. Harr!

Yabbut... talk like a pirate day is only once a year

Neil

Park it on a slant of about 10' works a treat, just make some form of bump for one wheel only on the drive and drive onto it and it should allow the water to run off

Or make a car port

LOL - all so true

There's another one to watch out for

Wet car - get in - ignition on - open window - close door - I always get soaked as the water sitting in the window seals splashes into the car

TTIUWP

I just park mine in the garage

HHhhhmmmm, i'll give you that, you were quick

Found that 156 yet bezzer

A 156!!! Bezzer, you are not going for a 156 are you, I can think of cars that are 50 plus times better than them

a 147 perhaps

no coz that would be 9 times worse wouldn't it

Maybe there should be a desertion to alfa thread

Garage for me here too.

You could use the park on a slope idea but take care not to make it too much of a slope for the handbrake to handle (or is that just my car).

Edited to actually make the sentence make sense!

How about squirting the windscreen with cleaning stuff at slightly over 30mph with the window open - all comes in!

I quite like it.

As I cant afford water, this is my daily shower!

When I was hoovering the car the other day I was half in and half out, when down came the stream. I was only wearing a T-shirt and the water was so cold it actually hurt

Anyone ever washed their car in the Winter & the water starts to freeze on the roof??

I was washing the car in the raod & managed to create a sheet of black ice around my car I had to raid the kitchen for that 10 year old bottle of salt - You know the sort - white bottle red/blue writing on it that everyone's Mom has at the back of their kitchen cabinet, together with 12 year old cans of peaches

i sometimes use one of those squeegee things that get water off. i use that on all the glass but you could use it on the roof before you get in?

i got the wind deflectors on mine it dos help a lot

I park on a hill - ha ha

What about the Norfolk owners

Whats all this talk of Alfas throughout various posts? Whats the Alfa equivalent of a 20vt in terms of performance? And is the coupe a bad handler?

Alfa equivalent would be the V6 GTV, and no the coupe isn't a bad handler unless the suspension is tired.