Top up top down?
 

Just a general easy question:
When you guys take the car out to, say the groceries or something. When you park, is the top up or down?

Those with speedster humps have it permanently down, but what if it rains?

Up.

I converted mine over to a power clam shell and manual top. It is up or down 10 times quicker and not as much wear and tear on the system.

1. i don't take the boxster on grocery runs but...
2. in general if i stop for an errand while having fun and the top is already down, it generally stays down. i use a red clip.
3. if i am going to be away from the car for more than a few minutes (such as a stop at a mall, etc.) of if i stop at a restaurant and i won't be able to keep an eye on it, then the top goes up.

Down. If it's already down. With red clip. Unless it's like an all day stop. When I was 20 or so my best friend got a new 914, and whenever we took his car to a saloon or restaurant or such, we had to sit by a window so he could keep an eye on his car. Which he would do the WHOLE time we were there.
Life's too short.

Top up/down
 

Sorry for the question but, I am a new Boxster owner. What is a red clip? Thanks.

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Mine's a daily driver. I take it everywhere. Grocery shopping, work, errands, etc. It's a car. I use it as such.

If the top is down while I'm driving, I'd leave it down when I park. Pretty much anywhere. With the red clip. Not that the top would be up if I didn't have the red clip. I'd probably leave it down regardless.

My biggest concern about parking somewhere with the top down isn't someone doing something malicious to my car. My biggest concern is coming back and finding bird crap on my interior! :eek:

Like others, I leave it down. I tested the red clip to see just how protected the contents of the car were. I was a bit disappointed, so if I have anything of value it goes into the frunk.

+1 as above.
Guvs.

Mine is also a daily driver. I live in Arizona do if it isn't the rain that I'm worrie about, it's the unforgiving sun damage and heat that kills the car. If I'm in a parking garage or if it's at night, I tend to leave the top down... But I'm always nervous leaving the top down when I can't see my car for reasons mentioned above.

I wonder how hump owners deal with this problem

On a side note, the 981 top goes up and down under 30mph. This is a feature I truly want

Then why not make your 986 do this, for free?
Top Operational while-in-motion

Or, you can pay upwards of $300 and have it perform virtually exactly like the 981.
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You mean something like this?? If the "bomb" was released a millisecond later, it would have been on the driver's seat!! It's a life altering moment for convertibles.

my car is DD and the top is down unless it's raining.

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I used to always drive my 2001 base with top down unless it was raining or it was too cold. (Thank god for the heated seats!)
And when I parked, the top stayed down.

Last year, I changed to 2003 top with glass. :)
Since then, I put the top up all the time when parking.

Wow, that was a close one.
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Why I've never googled such a hack is beyond me. Thanks for the share

UP!!!! Very few days (fall/spring mornings/evenings) that I'd consider. I guess I'm getting older lol

Top always down. I've got the humps so it's a bit inconvenient to put the top up. Like mentioned above, life's too short to worry about what is going to happen to your unattended car with the top down. I did get caught in a rainstorm. In my haste to get remove the humps and get the top up, I busted the clips on my deflector. And as soon as I got my top up, the rain stopped.

Drive with the top down and park with the top up.

When parked, if the top is down its too easy for someone to throw crap into the interior as a joke.

anything longer than a 7-11 stop the top is up.

Same as most of you. If I can't see the car, the top goes up.

Concerning bird bombs though, my '97 has the original top with no leaks. I'm under the impression that it would be easier to clean from the interior than it would be to clean the top. Maybe I'm just too scared to touch my top.

If I can't see it, it goes up. I always have ten seconds to spare for a little peace of mind.

Red clip +1.
Up at home or work or anytime it's parked out of site for >30 minutes, or in the hot sun to help protect from damaging the interior.

Driving down.

Parked in my garage.....down

Other than a quick at the convenience store, or to pay for my gas, the top goes up.

Largely because I live in Florida, and it is known to start raining at any given moment. In fact if it is summer, around 3:00 PM, and you are in Central Florida, it is raining.

When I bought my car I asked the inspection ppl which way was better to store the car...the answer was a definitive top up... I tend to keep mine stored up in the garage...I assume for one it is better for wrinkles not to form...for another dust. Dunno of it really matters.

I don't have a red clip...might get one... For now I generally keep top up due to birds etc unless it is a very quick stop and I am lazy...

Ahhh, but since mine is a daily driver, the top sees a lot of action.

If the garage were storage and not overnight, I would agree completely.

Since I grew up driving MGs and Triumphs which take 5 or so minutes to erect the top, I learned at an early age to just leave the top down wherever I park, unless there is a threat of imminent rain or its on the street and I'll be gone for several hours. I drive my boxster every day and everywhere.

I was hit by bird poop while parking my car top down a few years ago. It was not a small bird but a huge seagull . Cleaning the interior was no fun and my wife and kids lauged at me for days calling me the bird man :)