Inappropriate Behaviour

The monsoons aren’t the time to be driving a sporty convertible, and we found out the hard way.

- Aatish Mishra

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN TWO hours that I turned the wipers off. Heavy clouds still hung low in the sky, threatening to ambush us with their fury, but that didn’t stop me. I reached up to the switch above the windscreen and retracted the Mini Cooper S Convertible’s roof. The windows came down, the canvas roof detached itself and within seconds it was folded, and stowed away behind me. There was no way I was going to be cooped up in that Mini (no pun intended) any more. My brain was already frazzled courtesy some brilliant planning by the evo India photography team and I needed to air-cool my bald head. The monsoons are actually a great time to drive a convertible, when it isn’t raining obviously. The tropical sun is hidden away, temperatures are pleasant and the scents floating through the countryside would shame any fancy-ass cologne. Absolutely brilliant, until an approaching car splashes through a puddle and gives you and the interiors a good dousing. Don’t make a liquid-cooled joke, I’ll punch you.