Thanks for the responses so far. With regards the hoods i assume people prefer the traditional one for looks only?
Having used both, the trad hood is not waterproof above 50mph as the front over the screen lifts an water runs up the screen and into the car. There is a variation between cars as to how waterproof they are altogether. Some people get wet in relatively light rain and others hardly get wet at all. In my experience the easy up is better although the trad hood on my earlier 4 seater was good enough except that being vynil it shrank when cold and so was 2 inches too short to use in winter unless it was left on all the time.
