Well I’ve proven it many times, that driving with the roof off in the rain is possible without getting wet. The trick is to avoid slowing down. So therefore it’s not in your best interests to get yourself stuck in a queue of traffic, as I did yesterday. I’m not sure what would have been the more amusing sight – me getting soaked or the old boys in their classic cars holding umbrellas in the vain effort to stay dry. Either way, you can only laugh.
But what is it about wandering round a car park and looking at the machinery that I and so many others enjoy so much that we do it rain or shine? Admittedly these aren’t your run-of-the-mill daily-hack get-me-to-work-and-back cars that I’m talking about. These are motoring exotica and classics. But it’s still a bloody daft thing to be doing on a Sunday morning.
The run down to this ‘show’ was amusing in itself. My little S1 Lotus Elise trying to keep up with a Mosler just wasn’t going to work. Luckily for me, I had one thing to my advantage – the Mosler is the size of the Titanic. I’m sure if you were to look at Goodwood in a satellite picture taken that day, the Mosler would be as easily visible as the great wall of China is from space. So yes I did (just about) manage to keep up with that car if only because it couldn’t fit down some of the roads. It really is an awesome machine and its no wonder Moslers perform so well in races. They’ve got the power and speed to get ahead and once there, they have the width to prevent anyone from overtaking.

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