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Old Aug 26, 2016 | 06:40 AM
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It looks like I'm with the majority here. I also close the latch. I have a power top so I unlatch, push the top up slightly, and close the latch while the windows are rolling down. Once they are down I hit the power top button to drop the top.
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Old Aug 26, 2016 | 09:26 AM
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I too close my latch, just made sense to me to protect the top and the latch.
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OK, I'll bite. I leave it unlatched. It's twice the work messing with it, and I haven't had an issue.
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Old Aug 26, 2016 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by airspeed
I have a 2007 convertible and the top front latch snapped off in my hand does any one have
an idea of how to repair it. thanks for any info you may have.
That sucks. Maybe start a new thread "vert latch broke" and more folks might see it.
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Old Aug 26, 2016 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jimmymac25
OK, I'll bite. I leave it unlatched. It's twice the work messing with it, and I haven't had an issue.
OK...i'll bite back...LOL.....Twice the work ??...HUH....just how much work are we talking about here ??.....
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Old Aug 26, 2016 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by windyC6
OK...i'll bite back...LOL.....Twice the work ??...HUH....just how much work are we talking about here ??.....
C'mon, windy, don't be a brick...ya gotta twist the latch open, twist the latch closed, twist the latch open and twist the latch closed. That all adds up.
Put a nickel in the ashtray every time you do the double latch business and, by the end of the year, you'll have 40-50 cents...
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Old Aug 26, 2016 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by ruxvette
C'mon, windy, don't be a brick...ya gotta twist the latch open, twist the latch closed, twist the latch open and twist the latch closed. That all adds up.
Put a nickel in the ashtray every time you do the double latch business and, by the end of the year, you'll have 40-50 cents...
Yea....I guess your right, but it could take me a while longer cause i'd have to keep wiping the sweat off every 2-3 seconds.....
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Old Aug 26, 2016 | 02:50 PM
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I gotta save my energy for things that count!
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