Then there's heat in a convertible that doesn't have air con. We got stuck in a holiday traffic jam in 34C temps and had to put the roof up to keep from cooking.
Yeah, same here. But things do get a bit more difficult. And you bleed more. The number of times I've done some fettling and discovered blood running from a finger or arm that I didn't know I'd scraped.
Literally thin skinned.
OK, that's not excessive, but it is more than mine uses. Type of driving conditions could account for that.
Having said that, it does sound like a valve guide seal issue, which isn't usually a head off matter.
I never locked my only convertible, and never left anything of value in it.
it did have an alpine perimeter alarm system, for whatever that was worth.
It was never attacked, but that was 23 years ago and people are much shittier now.
I'm still uncomfortable with strangers working on my car. But creaky bones makes crawling under cars less fun now.
I miss the days when I could get on a garage creeper, drop a gearbox on my gut, and crawl out from under the car again.