It is still really quite cold in Northern Europe, but rising temperatures allowed us to think about taking our first trip of the year with our classic car. Cabrio owners will have to wait a little longer, I think, especially if their vehicle is "getting on a bit" and there is no heater! Praised be what hardens you!
Of course being patient is very difficult and the first relatively warm and sunny early spring days call us to our first outing of the year. Warmly clothed with scarf and suitable headdress, you can of course banish the first of the annual sniffles.......on the other hand you might come back with a tickly throat and speak very quietly for a few days. Did the same thing happen last year perhaps?

My wife is prescient in these matters (are not all of the fairer gender?) and never comes with me on the first trip of the year! But even in summer, on the trip to and from a classic car event, she prefers a proper roof and windows closed for a draft-free journey. Of course my view that warm feet and a cool head are exactly the right medicine is not considered correct. Suggestions to find a hat to suit both partner and motor car are rebuffed. Excuses are always presented such as "it will ruin my hairstyle", or "it will give me a headache". Even matching hat and goggles are turned down - I wonder why? A silly and difficult situation. What to do about it?