Seed pods are a pain, I get them everywhere.
I hired a 4 seater from the factory in 2006, about 16 years ago. They showed me how to put the roof on if it rained, I forgot the first step by the time he had finished.
A MGB GT would be a nice car for winter, you can easily fit heating pads to the seats. The cheaper insurance is the main reason I went for a Frontline style MGB, I get to keep the wreck if the worst happens to it. Unlike my Nissan Silvia that I wanted to keep but was two years off being old enough to qualify for the Historic Insurance meaning it got taken away..