Miata Mailing List: October 1993, Message #17
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   From: "Michael Simmons" 
Subject: Re: Windows down
   Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 01:11:48 -0400

Brad Martinson writes:
>
> Okay, we've been thru this before - if you're driving alone, putting
> the passenger window up cuts down on the crosswind buffeting.  I know
> this from empirical research conducted last week. With both windows up
> you get a strong breeze from the rear, which blows the hair into your
> eyes if your hair is long enough. Very weird.
>
I see you've never had an MG or other old British roadster with a small,
vertical windshield (windscreen to the Brits).  The wind in my 64 MGB
would pick my hair up and twist it up at anything above 20 mph.  I'd
spend a while getting the tangles out after every drive, and it was
absolutely necessary to dry my hair before getting in the car or I
would end up with a truly bizarre hairdo when it dried.

Other strange things would happen, too, like the tissue box on the
passenger's seat spinning rapidly, or a tissue circling completely
around the inside of the car, whizzing by my eyes and around my head,
several times before disappearing.

By comparison, the wind in the Miata is quite tame.

Mike Simmons