How many vert owners....
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From: Down the Shore New Jersey, Elev.3 feet
St. Jude Donor '17
How many vert owners....
Leave their vette in the garage with the top down. My friend has a C4 and the top is always down. I would think this might put permanent wrinkles in the canvas. I always put the top up and windows up when it is not being used. Just curious. 
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From: Greensboro, NC "REALITY IS MERELY AN ILLUSION, ALBEIT A VERY PERSISTENT ONE"...ALBERT EINSTEIN"
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07
If I know mine will be in the garage for awhile I will put the top up. But I have had the top down for months. You do get wrinkles, but a few minutes in the sun and they go away quickly.
Hope this helps!
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Hope this helps!
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I've got two convertible Vettes (C2 & C5)
C2: when not used for more than a few days the top is up but unlatched.
Sometimes the C5's top is down for a couple weeks during the summer. Only two summers so far, but the top is still almost perfect. In the winter the top is up and latched all the time and I drive it, weather permitting, all winter.
C2: when not used for more than a few days the top is up but unlatched.
Sometimes the C5's top is down for a couple weeks during the summer. Only two summers so far, but the top is still almost perfect. In the winter the top is up and latched all the time and I drive it, weather permitting, all winter.
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From: Dardenne Prairie Mo.
The only time my top is up is in the winter time are temps below 48 it stay down for months at a time in the summer
As long as the top is treated and well cared for it should never get wrinkles in it my dosen't.
As long as the top is treated and well cared for it should never get wrinkles in it my dosen't.
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From: Dallas Texas
but mine is a 2000 and it is starting to show some cracks/wear (it is a white vinyl top)...I think I'll replace it with a black top down the road 
