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No, Never! I always put them back in.
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Yes - 5 minutes or less
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Yes - 30 minutes or less
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Yes - 1 hour or less
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Yes - 2 hours or less
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Yes, always - who cares, nothing will happen
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Yes - If I can check on it occasionally
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Old 01-22-2006, 05:53 PM
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When you go out (with your T-tops off) and park your car in a parking lot, say at Taco Bell or the Mall, do you put the tops back in or take your chances and leave them out?

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i will if i can see the car
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For the most part, same here. I will if I can keep an eye on it.

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Originally Posted by Silver02TA
i will if i can see the car
Or if I'm running in an out of a store.

But If I'm going to the mall, or movies, I'll put them back on.
Old 01-22-2006, 07:27 PM
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lol your just asking for someone to "drop" a 44 oz big gulp of coke in there! ahahahaha lol
Old 01-22-2006, 07:43 PM
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if i'm running in and out...i'll leave them out...but if i'm going in for a while and can't keep an eye on them then no, they go back in. but at friends house's and such, they stay out. unless in a big neighborhood.
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It all depends on the location!

In my IROC, someone managed to throw some gum on my driver seat within 2 min. of me running into Wawa
Old 01-22-2006, 07:54 PM
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I put mine on if I can't see my car...people out there are pathetic...I get people that spit on my car, on the windows, write things on the windows with spit etc..Don't understand why 20+ year old people would do this, but obviously they are not mature or something, but I don't take chances.
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Depends on Location and if i can see the car. If I take them off I at least roll up the windows forcing someone to have to work harder to mess with crap
Old 01-22-2006, 09:25 PM
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I don't trust people. If I'm going into a gas station or something for a couple minutes I'll leave em out but I roll up the windows and lock the doors so if they do try to get in the alarm will go off. Any length of time and they always go back in and roll up windows. I've had enough things happen to other vehicles even when they were locked so I don't take the chance.
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No one did anything to my vert, but I've heard stories. I didn't take too many chances with it though.
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If I do leave them off I roll my windows up. But I dont leave it for long because I dont want people to throw stuff into it..
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I will usually leave them off if I am just running in somewhere for like 15min. I make sure I don't have any valubles visible, and I roll up the windows and lock the doors.

Oh, and it better not look like rain at all.
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I Live in NY, that would be a big mistake
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Man, I ALWAYS put them back on. IF I'm running in somewhere for like 30 seconds or less, I'll leave them off with the windows up and doors locked. But if I'm going into a place without DIRECT view, I still will put them back on. Most of the time even with direct view, I just don't feel like rubbernecking all the time and watching for something. Easier on my mind to just put them back on.

Plus, it would be just my luck, some dumbass pigeon would fly by who just got done smashing on some Taco Bell or something. Next thing you know I've got a pigeon chillin in my TA.
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I always put them back on. Too many disrespectful people out there.
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I will leave mine off if Im only gonna be in the store for a few minutes or if I can see the car the whole time Im in there
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Originally Posted by Silver02TA
i will if i can see the car
Old 01-23-2006, 08:19 AM
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it depends on where i'm at and if i can see it or not .. if i'm goin to a mall or somethni where i'm far from my car then no but if i'm at a corner store then yes
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i woulld say 98% of the time i put em back on. it would be like leaving my most prized possetion out in the open for someone to steal...wait...it is leaving my most prized possetion out in the open for someone to steal. i would just rather take 2 minutes and be safe. you never know these days.



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