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Old 02-15-2012, 10:28 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310 View Post
six years with the 986 and maybe two downpours, just have to pull over when it clouds up instead of pressing on, besides, I'm sure after you do it 100 times you get better at it. I agree its cumbersome but it's a lot easier than a camper canvass on a 26 sundancer, just need to keep a beach towel in the trunk!
same here. I think I've been caught out twice in all these years. If its on the highway I just lay on the throttle and and I stay dry in the cockpit.

The one downer to the bikini top is the ruffling at highway speed. But that simply encourages you to drive top down with the heat up. I have a rule if the ambient temp is above 55 the top is down. But in retrospect a simple Miata style manual top made of ultra light materials running on a simplified ball bearing track would have been a far more practical engineering exercise and increased sales. But to their credit a motorized soft top(lazy convenience) on any sports car really is contradictory.
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