Hey Andy - I use to live on the bench in Bountiful. No winters better than UT winters...snow and warm sunshine in the same day. I didn't have a convertible then but many days were ski / then golf. Now in MI - and it is perma-grey. I have a slate grey box - so I just disappear in the horizon.
btw - my winter drive is an A6 2.7T. Want to swap repair stories