Sorry, you lost me here. While I do understand sarcasm, for the joke to work it should be a play on something I said. Maybe in a situation where I inferred accidentally that the hood should remain open. But I don't see that in my post. I am a self proclaimed expert in sarcasm and I have no problem giving advice to help others use it in the proper way.

 

that hood looks very agressive but i bet its expensive. mods first

 

Been DD'ing a CBD hood with the large vents here in SoCal for over a year with rain and such, no problems at all.

 

No, though while I appreciate your erudite response, I would argue sarcasm does not require a particular reference to a comment itself, and can be generated from the general inference or identified irony of a topic. Thus, my sarcasm could be directed at the premise and nature of the post and not to a specific comment. An expert would know that, of course. Though, in this case, I was as much referencing other posts' comments regarding water, etc. and the hood's usage. It was the overall idea of replacing one very light hood for another, equally light hood, at significant expense with little apparent value aside from an individual's aesthetic (which is, by its nature, individual and therefore can't be determined through a post anyway) that generated my comments. While I, ultimately, was trying to be sort of funny, I do appreciate your attempt at taking me to task on my usage...and good luck with your hood, post up some pictures..I promise to say nice things.

 

The relevance and implication from my response is pointed at your comments and questions at the end of your post. Specifically, "Seems like beyond that it would also let more cold air in, hot air out" and "Something else I am missing?".

So the point, to be clearer so the last kid picked for kickball (if at all) understand the relevance, is that most people in this forum purchase items for improving performance and aesthetics and in typically in that order. So the "bang for the buck" by a perceived cooling enhancement (you mentioned) appears low; however the enhanced appearance factor is high (so a few people may buy it). So unless you want it to improve the appearance to meet your requirements, the performance improvements (cooling) may be there but my best guess would negligible.

If your only concern was the risk that an FQ400 may cause damage during heavy rain, you should focus or limit your questions to that point.