Do you leave your top down when in shops, in a bar, at a restaurant?

[particlewave]

I left it down once...just once. Never again. Spiteful people suck.

[reiver]

I've never had a problem with the top down while parking. I just don't do it overnight or in unsavory areas. I HAVE had a problem on the toll road while driving and some Ford truck driver toss his spittoon contents out the window at 75mph limit...seriously - wth????

[reiver]

Originally Posted by particlewave

I left it down once...just once. Never again. Spiteful people suck.

I had a lot of problems with jerks in my then new 350Z (back in 03). First, many people thought it was a Porsche - even with the giant Nissan logo front and rear. (What kind of Porsche is that? was the most common question I received). Then I'd park way out in a parking lot only to come out of a store with two ancient beat up cars on both sides of me....many slots away from any other car. They just did it to be jerks.

[flybird]

Always top up and locked. And someone talked about the nasty birds dropping bombs, ya Im always cleaning up after them.

[jsceash]

No, I may have the worse luck but used to leave my windows down and somehow a bird crapped in my back deck carpet.

[southernstar]

I will leave it down for short runs into a store (or a restaurant, if I can see where it is parked), but make sure that I have the little red clip in place (which by the way, is still available very cheaply from Pelican). This activates the interior motion sensors if your car was equipped with the optional alarm system. And frankly, removing bird crap from the cloth top is probably worse than from the interior surfaces, especially if you wipe if off quickly. I always carry some clean microfibre cloths and wet wipes in the car, although blessedly, have not had to use them yet on the interior.

Brad