can i drive w/out a hood?

[MP3Architect]

alright so i sent my cf hood off to be painted and she's ready to be picked up (just got back in town). now...it took me 2.5 days to get it to the paint shop because the only people i know that have trucks are unreliable or very busy and not able to help me out. so instead of hassiling family members and friends again im thinking of just driving over to the shop without any hood on so i can just slap it on my car when i get to the shop and not worry about transporting hoods. so im wondering.... is this safe? should i do anything to prep my car before doing or not even try at all? ive seen cars on the roads before without hoods on them.

 

[Pretzellogic]

As long as you're not planning on driving in the rain, or through a swarm of locusts or someting, you should be fine.

How long's the drive?

 

[Black_Protege_5]

Should be fine as long as its not long distances. And you will take in colder air.

 

[anarchistchiken]

The only real danger of driving without a hood is having rocks fly up and hit engine components, but it's a small risk. Just keep the speed down and stay off the interstate whenever possible. Rain needs to be avoided, but that goes without saying.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

no long distance. i drove to pick up my cf hood as well. it was a 40 min drive

 

[rednecks_r_us]

A friend of mine drove 2 hours with out a hood in his Protege to get my old hood from me. He had a SRI an was loving the ram air, cold air induction.

 

[AznXstazy]

lol, i would worry more about cops than stuff flying at me. i dont no how legal it is to drive without a hood. if its not far, mayb like 10 mins away i would do it

 

[zerocover]

Its not illegal to not have a hood.
But Im sure youll attract alot of popo attention.

 

[MP3Architect]

its gonna take me about 40 minutes to get there stying off the freeway and taking slower roads. im pretty sure ill get pulled over if a cop sees me though (s*** i was pulled over 3 times just this weekend and not one of them was for speeding....it was all just because i was out in nowhere texas with a modded car....but one of those times i was pulled over by border patrol and searched so that was a lil different). i plan on carrying the quote for the hood with me to hopefully get out of any tickets though.

 

[Pretzellogic]

i plan on carrying the quote for the hood with me to hopefully get out of any tickets though.

Sounds good. Just drive the speedlimit and be sure to "yes, officer" a bunch if you get pulled over.