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Old Sep 26, 2004 | 11:59 PM
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I picked up my car from the paint shop on staurday night. After we left, not even 1 mile from the shop, me and my little brother's friend, leading in his new Z28 get on the freeway and his driver side T-Top rips off and leaves me with glass shower. I didnt know what the hell was happening but I knew my life was over. Lucky it wasn't but my brand new paint was ruined with a million glass chips that scratched my paint down to the base. So now I have to send my car back to the shop to get resprayed!
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 08:29 AM
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damn...thats like a curse!!! sorry to hear that man is it done yet?
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 08:33 AM
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Thats sucks ***. At least no one got hurt.
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 09:35 AM
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You have the same luck that I have ! I just got my car 3 months ago and the motor let loose 2 weeks ago . Its down for at least 2 months !
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 10:36 AM
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i GUESS YOU HAVE A WARPED SENCE OF HUMOR . . . . . (Damn Caps Lock . . . .)
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 11:58 AM
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It could have stayed in one piece and hit your car, so thats something to be thankful for.
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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How does someone get into the car and not notice the lever down for the t-tops?
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Tweety2
How does someone get into the car and not notice the lever down for the t-tops?
sitting in the car impatient playing with the lever and not lock it ALL the way down... did it myself the second week i had the car so i guess this was karma... wait but i did it on a vacant road
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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that stinks man, but like someone said above, just be blad it broke. that could have caused some major damage if it hit the car in one piece. good luck with the fix
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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sux man good luck
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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I had a friend put my passenger side T-top on and he didn't close it properly. I was on the highway and it flew off doing about 70mph....luckily there were no cars behind me... I looked for it 4 times and couldn't find it.... I think it flew up to heaven....
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 06:04 PM
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Been down the flying t-top road myself lol. To this day, I still swear that bitc* was latched down all the way.
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Old Sep 27, 2004 | 07:12 PM
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...when mines flew off last year, i was arguing with my girlfriend playing with the latch, pulled off fine, got on the freeway, the air got under it, it flapped and i flinched. Once i realized what was happening i reached for it and it flew off and i watched it shattered in the rearview. i drove back to check on it and the frame was in shreads...
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Old Sep 28, 2004 | 12:28 AM
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i did that too. but about a month later my sister totaled her camaro and the only thing that survived was one t-top that happend to be the one i needed. luck i guess
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Old Sep 29, 2004 | 09:30 AM
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We were at a weekend racing event last month, and we're about to take a group photo of our cars. Well this guy lets his passenger move the car to the photo area, and what does this dumbass do? He decides to take the guy's car and do a doughnut with it, and being the idiot he was, he didn't put the ttop in properly and it flew off, hitting the asphalt and shattering into a million pieces. The guy was so pissed, he almost made him walk the 200 miles home. I guess some people just don't pay attention to detail. That or they just don't care.
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Old Oct 4, 2004 | 04:07 PM
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I had lost the drivers side T when passing a car about 90 mph. It blew off and surived with just a few scratches. I was very happy and sad at the same time
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Old Oct 4, 2004 | 04:15 PM
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I never install my T's without locking them(kids like to play with the handles),can they still fly out if they are locked?
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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 08:13 PM
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Don't think so, unless the tabs are broken.
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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 08:36 PM
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Damn, I'm glad I don't have T-tops. Sounds like I would have lost a couple by now, must be my short term memory thing.
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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 11:55 PM
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mine flew off too, landed in grass tho, 3-4 scratched, nothg major....i was so scared...i think that mine flew off couse i did the t-tops conversion, but it cant be that,..i dunno, but its ok now
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