Retractable Hardtop

[10/10ths]

....as Colin Chapman said, “Add lightness.”

50 pounds, added to the TOP of the car, is a whole lot of not good.

Our 986 has a MAGNESIUM convertible top frame!

Think about that.

It was so critical to Porsche to drop the weight of the top, they used one of the most expensive metals on the planet to make their top out of in order to make it as light as possible.

It’s a SPORTS car.

You want a retractable hard top? You don’t want a sports car. Go buy a Mercedes or BMW and pretend you are driving a sports car.

MAZDA did it because they are a challenger brand and needed something different to spark sales of a car that has been around since 1990 in a shrinking sports car market world because more people like you exist who don’t want to make the sacrifices needed to drive a real Sports Car.

[Porsche-Eh]

Originally Posted by 10/10ths

....as Colin Chapman said, “Add lightness.”

It’s a SPORTS car.

Is it? To me, it has much more of a GT feel. I've owned a '72 MGB and that was a true sports car. You are complaining about 50-75 lbs for a hardtop yet your 986 has AC and power everything (including the roof). A Lotus Elise or Exige is a sports car just like old British sports cars.

[10/10ths]

....Fair, enough.

I'm with you there.

I put 325,786 miles on my 1993 Miata and another 257,891 miles on a 1990 miata that I installed a Flyin' Miata turbo kit on.

I wanted more of a "GT" car and that is, indeed, why I chose the Boxster.

The Elise, Exige, S2000, were too much like my old Miata and too hard core for my more cushy, GT needs, as I have aged.

STILL, an extra 50 pounds at the TOP of the car, is bad for a GT as well.



The removable hard top is the "classic" choice. Soft top, removable hard top, and a tonneau cover, are the classic sports car trinity solution tops for purists.

On a road trip, if you are visiting a certain area and using one central location as a base of operation, you drive across the country with the hard top on, remove it at your destination and put it inside your rental home, and make day trips with the soft top, then replace the hard top for the trip home.

Simple.

[Porsche-Eh]

Originally Posted by 10/10ths

....Fair, enough.
I'm with you there.
I put 325,786 miles on my 1993 Miata and another 257,891 miles on a 1990 miata that I installed a Flyin' Miata turbo kit on.
Simple.

Me too! Except mine was a '97 (see below - had the 1.8 but also the stupid ride height). Good for 20 year olds; and those who want that British car feel but better built