Witness the window!
 

I got this video of eBay and it shows exactly where on my car the top folding oddly (make that 'normally').

http://luve.darkcom.net/AUG.28%2000%20PORSCHE%20BOXSTER%20SILVER/boxster%20movie%201.MPG

This "chop" we all speak of is what got my insurance to pay for my new top! Had I let the top come down naturally and split my window, it would have been a "mechanical problem." Since I got out of the car and hit it, viola, comprehensive insurance kicks in. (Evidently that doesn't affect my rates either.)

It all boils down to a poor design problem. Why use plastic in the first place on a $45,000+ car? Folks in Detroit always used glass on their Mustangs and Chryslers.
had I known that the Boxsters were coming out with the glass window with the '03's, I would've waited a few more months for it: I bought my '02 in Feb. 2002, and I'm kicking myself every time I get out to "chop" silly. :o

it surprises me that the aftermarket world hasn't devised an add on for this.
1997-2002 is a heck of allot of Boxsters.
I'm thinking a spring loaded clip that pops the window into the correct crease?
I wish I were an engineer, I'd be a millionaire.