[Overdrive]

Thanks, guys. I appreciate the offers, and I really hope I won't have to take you up on them.

So I wonder if this is something any of you have experienced or heard of before? I've heard of people saying they get motor noise but no movement when hitting the button or nasty grinding noises when hitting the button, but I'm not getting any motor noise at all, just that very abrupt noise I described above (that was the best sound effect I could come up with on a sleep deprived brain), but no movement from the top or clamshell. The windows roll down after a few seconds of the button press as they normally do when the top is in motion, so it seems like everything else is working right.

I'm going to try to get that clamshell open tonight so I can finally get a look inside the car. They'll have to be camera phone pics, as my digi cam's battery's aren't charged, but so far my camera phone pictures have shown up well on the forum.