Vert rain sensor
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Burning Brakes
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Vert rain sensor
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
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
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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
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
Racer
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From: Tinley Park IL
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.
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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.
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I just close mine because of the aforementioned A-Hs. I've seen a teen hauk (sp?) a loogie into an open vert.
Last edited by BlueOx; Mar 27, 2013 at 12:22 PM.
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. I just don't want another complex system that might malfunction - and adds weight!
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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.
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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
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
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
Last edited by Joe aka - KODAK; Mar 27, 2013 at 03:27 PM.
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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.
I just close mine because of the aforementioned A-Hs. I've seen a teen hauk (sp?) a loogie into an open vert.
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Oh well ........... On the C7 you don't have a choice. No manual top.