Electrifying Experience
 

A few years back, while living in NW Fla a strong electrical storm passed over my home and we got zapped. At first I thought it just hit the house, however, when I went outside to check on my Volvo, I smelled burnt electrical and rubber. My Volvo looked like a dragster as the lightening strike hit my car and burned the front two tires to the ground and blew out the entire electrical system. I always though that cars were immune to electrical strikes because of the rubber, NOT SO!

A couple links of interest on this topic... (more back-up material to support the original post)

Why hard-top vehicles are safe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage

Statement that convertibles are not safe:
http://www.struckbylightning.org/resources/game.pps

Now, given the choice between sitting in the metal bleachers in the game link (that one made me laugh out loud) or riding the storm out in your Boxster, go with the Boxster... :)