Driving a convertible during first year ? 'Too Much?' (Photos included)

OMG thats my NIGHTMARE!!
Whenever I wear like heels and a dress and tights on the tube people always look at me

My boyfriend's more into that sort of thing - for me it's all about zooming along country roads, where it just feels so alive!

They're addictive aren't they?
My new technique for coming out of some of the big A-road roundabouts near me is now like this:

-1: into the roundabout, second gear
-2: get to exit
-3: check I'm clear
-4: FLOOR IT
-5: Realise I'm doing 65 in second gear
-6: up to fifth, get back down to the 50 limit

Endless fun

When I'm not at uni, I'm in the shetland islands.

Had some epic drives there in it in the week when it wasn't icy over the winter. Going 30+ miles on a large, open single carriageway which twists and turns through the valleys and such and not seeing a single other car at 10 at night is quite a wonderful thing

I remember being driven through Shetland and never seeing anyone. One of my relatives stopped going to his local supermarket because they put a roundabout outside and he'd never seen one before.

If you're insisting on buying a convertible for Uni at least buy a decent one. Get a 2nd hand MX-5 it's a quicker better looking more fuel efficient and all round nicer car.

It may look like a hairdressers car but the 207cc looks like the hairdresser's receptionist's car. They also drive like a pig and have the acceleration equivalent to that of a fat bloke on a pushbike going up a steep hill.

Lol, yes, the local council only started using roundabouts in the late 90s or something, so a few of the locals had never seen one before.

It's worth a visit though, just for roads like this one:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=tingwall&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Tingwall,+Orkney+Islands,+United+Kingdom&ll=60.20281,-1.233044&spn=0.067305,0.32959&t=h&z=13&layer=c&cbll=60.203576,-1.233088&panoid=vtSLb9DQRvKhFjaJ_SxoVA&cbp=12,0,,0,5

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=tingwall&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Tingwall,+Orkney+Islands,+United+Kingdom&ll=60.42131,-1.223259&spn=0.13439,0.65918&t=h&z=12&layer=c&cbll=60.42106,-1.223785&panoid=-JisXz0OHEEZiJy_RNopBQ&cbp=12,57.09,,0,9.73

I keep meaning to go back, but haven't had a chance for ages. Will have to take the car on a roadtrip sometime when Helenia can get time off. Though those roads need some bends for an MX5...