windscreen out - safe to drive?

Is it safe to drive my 88 16v without the windscreen in?

I heard that the earlier windscreens that aren't bonded in aren't structural, but would it still be unsafe to drive?

 

errrrrrrrrrrrrrr ur having a laugh right?

 

HAHAHA, you'd end up looking like Dan Akroyd and Chevy Chase in spies like us, just after they get out of the centrifugal testing machine!!!

 

talking about this...

my mate was driving his mini (painted in dulux white emulsion) and a stone smashed his windscreen, he had to kick it out, was near a DIY shop, stuck on some safety goggles and drove home like that for another 35 miles!!!

must have looked so so so so so so funny!

 

yup you can do it, they do provide some stiffness to the shell but you main problem will be flies and grit as they really hurt, a small cloud of midges at 75mph on a bike (no helmet) nearly shotblast my face.....
Edited by: jake

 

i drove mine to the paint shop striped convertable with out wind screen make sure its aint forcasted to rain

 

my mates windscrean broke, he had to drive 150 miles with no screan in the rain

I laughed my tits off i tell ya

 

Only the bonded windscreens (Rallye, etc. and the yank Mk2's) are structural. Don't forget your Biggles scarf...

 

Wear a Biker Helmet if you can!

 

this is bloody funny! i want more stories!

 

WEll the mate that did the 150 mile trip was in an allegro

 

I'll tell you the one about my astra windscreen washers freezing in the snow about 6 years ago. Trouble was I couldnt see no matter what I did with the fluid. The snow was falling, plus i wanted to spend crimbo with this girl I was seeing at the time so I drove from Cornwall to London (to get fresh socks) then to Bedford with my head out of the window.

 

LOL @ JAKE!!!

crackin!

 

That actually illegal to do on the road in a car.

Wear some safty google and winddown your rear windows to give the air somewhere to go. It will accelerate a lot slower without the windscreen

Buzz

 

My sis's pug 205 had the windscreen nicked out of it when she left it in town overnight one time, was mid winter and f'in freezing and her boyfriend drove it home, bout half an hour down the motorway

 

Well flerk me! How odd!

 

so how do caterham drivers cope if they have aero screens (like a flap on the dashboard)

 

you just get very cold very quickly
Edited by: jprocter

 

I know they are cold cars to drive, legally I meant...
Edited by: jake

 

yeah ots really cold especially if u dont have any doors or any other windows in