stevelischynsky

If you left the top down unattended, a rain sensor to automatically put the top up for you would be handy.

The link below would be ideal, just attach it to the stick shift

http://www.growersupply.com/rainsens...FQoFnQodKxUAgA

steve L
73 coupe since new

sam90lx

Stop! This car is already on the verge of being Kit from Knight Rider.

BlueOx

I never leave the top down unattended. It's one of the beautiful things about the power top. It is quick and easy to put the top up.

HurricaneRN

Yeah, and now with the fob, as you are walking away...

BlueOx

Right!

Badluck33

What part of the country do you live in?

I am on the fence about vert or coupe.

I'm in chicago and I'm not sure if the vert retains heat the same way a coupe does and on clear days with no snow or salt on ground, I'm driving. It could be Jan 1st.

Larry/car

Verts have come a long way. I still have a 1985 Dodge convertible, don't use it much, on a cold day when the heater stops heating the heat is gone right through the top (the car has a cold feel even after a reasonable time period). Today's vert, the headliner provides a barrier and heat is retained almost like a coupe. I liven in South Central Pennsylvania and I will purchase a new C7 convertible.

tuxnharley

I agree, there are too many A-Hs around to leave the car open. That said, 'tho - the manual top on the C6 could actually be raised faster than the power one (but not remotely)!

BlueOx

I'll take the power top's 'slower' up and down if I don't have to stop, put it in park or neutral (and pull the ebrake), get out, manually open the tonneau, pull it up, get back into the car, and fasten the latch...especially if I need to do it in traffic!

I just close mine because of the aforementioned A-Hs. I've seen a teen hauk (sp?) a loogie into an open vert.

tuxnharley

You've got a good point, for about 50% of the circumstances. IMHO, when stopping and parking the manual top is just as good, since I'm gonna be getting out of the car anyway! . I just don't want another complex system that might malfunction - and adds weight!

BlueOx

I hear ya. Fortunately, if it does malfunction, it can be operated manually. You can open the tonneau manually and then loosen a nut with the allen wrench it comes with so the top can then be raised or lowered.

In the years I have owned mine, and the many, many times I've operated the top, I've never had a problem. But if I do have a problem, I know how to get it back up and latched.

I ALWAYS put the top up when I put it in the driveway as there are cats in the neighborhood that have been known to get into the interior if I don't close it. And since I hate cats, and don't want to be sued for killing someone's pet, I thought getting into the habit of closing it made more sense!

I always put it up in the garage too! It keeps the interior dust down.

Joe aka - KODAK

Nothing directed towards you, but it seems pretty damn lazy if you can't push a button to put it up before you leave the car. I think it would take about 5 seconds to think about pushing it and then push it.

It would be just another electronic BS item you really don't need that could break - this would also be headed towards a BMW, just way to much electronic gizmo's

BlueOx

It's about 18 sec.

MikeyTX

Not to mention the odd lit cigarette.

MikeyTX

Oh well ........... On the C7 you don't have a choice. No manual top.