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any one leave there targa top off or verts down when unattended away from home? I’ve had one z28, and one c5 vert. And a t-top yrs ago. Never left them off or down unattended in the past.
Racer
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I do it as long as I’m in a good area and the car isn’t too far out of site. I also have a 3LT package and it comes with an interior motion detection system that sets the alarm off if someone reaches inside he car. Pretty cool.
Burning Brakes
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At my golf club which is inside a gated community...last year at the Classic Race car races in Savannah inside the Corvette Corral...maybe one other time at a public parking lot...but I probably was watching it through a window...so, basically ..NO...and that motion alarm has scared me several times....love it/hate it
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.... done so with with all my Corvette coupes over the past 29 years and 700,000 miles....depends, in general, where I am....
Frequently leave the windows on the Ferrari open....
Frequently leave the windows on the Ferrari open....
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I've left the top down on all my dozen or more convertibles unattended in relatively safe public locations for years. My Shelby Cobra didn't even have a top. I do the same with my C7.
I've never had a problem, but I do choose my locations carefully when I do so. An open convertible suggests the owner won't be gone for long or has eyeballs on the car, so they don't tend to get messed with.
I've never had a problem, but I do choose my locations carefully when I do so. An open convertible suggests the owner won't be gone for long or has eyeballs on the car, so they don't tend to get messed with.
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From: MA
I use discretion but for the most part I leave the top off, windows up and locked when away from the car. There's basically nothing in the car to steal because it's not my daily. And if someone wants to vandalize the car, they can do that whether the top is on or off. I also leave the top off at home while garaged. Come to think of it, I pretty much only put the top on when washing or away overnight.
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It will also go off if someone tosses a half empty milkshake into the interior.
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Always a concern while at the store/whatever, some jerk will toss in a cup full of whatever or worse a lit cig.
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