Miata Mailing List: January 1994, Message #5
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   From: Piet.Ruyssinck@rug.ac.be (Piet Ruyssinck)
Subject: Re: top down in the rain
   Date: Mon, 3 Jan 1994 03:40:28 -0500

> Has anyone tried to put the top up while driving?  It seems to me that
> with the window unzipped, you should be able to get the top closed
> without stopping--the air rushes out the window instead of ballooning
> the top.
> 
> Not that I've had the balls to try this with *my* Miata, of course,
> but it did occur to me once as the rain was starting to come down
> harder than I liked.
> 
> 				Ronnie
> 				'92 Yellow

Yes.  No problem at all if you're under about 40km/h.
I think there's no risk involved ; if you can't pull it up you're going too fast to do it.
Lowering the top while driving seems a little more risky - I usually wait until I have to stop for traffic lights. 

Piet RUYSSINCK