So my daughter has a new boyfriend, a 12th grader who seems nice enough. But his car has no hood over the engine. Apparently it got messed up in a fender-bender. He’s working on saving the money to get it fixed, but in the meantime he’s driving around with the engine with full-frontal exposure. I…

You should have seen the young man who was driving a Neon around here a few years back and which had no hood. What it did have was crime scene tape striping the car and about a dozen strands woven across the top of the hoodless engine compartment. He could be seen cruising around with yellow tape f…

I also have been thinking about the “cool factor” which ok4450 and galant implied. Around here, what’s cool for males of that age is to remove the doors on their older 4x4 Toyotas, I think there’s some connection with the “rock crawler” style, those are 4x4s modified for negotiating extreme rough o…

I suppose driving sans doors would be no different than motoring around in a Jeep CJ or something like that but it would certainly make me nervous. It’s dangerous enough out there with doors, much less not having them at all. A few weeks ago a very long time friend of mine passed away after having …

No hood for a few miles on a clear day is OK. As far as going a few weeks without a hood over the motor - not a good idea. The motor won’t like being rained on. If it has a distributor cap and plug wires it might not run at all if wet. The alternator is not protected from rain and could short ou…

Before assuming it’s safe, perhaps a look at the attached technical document is in order. Today’s cars are typically designed with the hoos as a critical energy absorption path. Removing the hood substantially reduces the passenger protection. http://tijil.org/Scion_Docs/Scion_06_misc_docs/2007scio…

You’re very welcome. Be safe, everyone.

Yes, this is very helpful. I’ll see if I can help the boy get a replacement hood soon.

I came here about my own car’s hood that got crunches halfway through a road trip yesterday, but I MUST KNOW! What ever made of this guy? Was he honest? Did he get the hood? Did he marry your daughter & give you grandbabies? DETAILS!

Well another poster in the wind. We’ll never know, but check the papers anyway.

Is it safe to drive a car with no hood?

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WesternRoadtripper October 16, 2012, 11:04pm 17

@mountainbike: That’s what I thought just based on common sense. Good to have this substantiated. Thanks.

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Is it safe to drive a car with no hood?

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