What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[thefunkygibbon]

Originally Posted by palmhero

And we're lighter by nearly two kilos! Yeeehaw!
With all seriousness, I STRONGLY recommend everyone to get rid of the rods for the electric roof and use it manually:
- it's FASTER (about 3 times!)
- it's elegant and silent (no loud motor buzzing)
- it's SAFE (if you had.... problems.... before - you know. Torn roof material, bent/broken roof lid, torn water trays, etc.)

The roof lid does not open or flap on bumps and/or high speed. In fact, it's shut tight under the weight of the downforce when you're cruising. The ONLY inconvenience you may experience is this: if you raise the lid after you close the doors (i.e. a passer by fuc*ing with your parked car? ouch!), the alarm will come off.
I'm feeling fantastic that I solved the roof question FOREVER.

care to elaborate on what exactly you have done here? are you saying that the entire hood has to now be put up and down by hand, including lifting up the back hood cover metal thing?
i'm guessing its not very elegant as you say, its hardly going to be MX5 type of speed and ease to hood up and down?
or am i missing what you have done here...?