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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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I see lots of verts, all makes, and it seems that when the temp reaches 90* everyone puts thier top up I only put the top up if my melon starts getting friedwhat about you?
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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Full 90* sunlight in 80% humidity = sauna.

How cool does it look when someone looks over at you, and you look like someone threw you in a pool, except that you're drenched in sweat not pool water?
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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i always have the top down on nice days. even if i'm sweating a little the top stays down. didn't get a vert to keep it up.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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Sweating a little I keep it up too, of course... But what if you feel the droplets running down your nose at 3 second intervals and begin to smell your own *****?

Depends on where you live.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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Not as bad as my morning drive when it is 72* and you see people with their tops up or even fully buttoned and running the A/C.

Today I had the roof off the vette and got caught in a major downpour on the the way home. I was on a parkway that had no shoulder so i had to wait for an exit before I could get out and slap it back on. Interior is nice and clean now.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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Top down even when hot, unless my wife insists that her hair/makeup/clothes/whatever can't take the wind and/or the heat.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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Yeah , when that unexpected shower starts raining on your party its kinda neat to just reach over & hit that button and in less than ten seconds the top is up & locked into place windows are up & A.C. is on high . I love it !
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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Only have the top up when it's raining or I am inbound to a
customer visit and have to arrive not-mussed-up. Even when
it's 95/95 out.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by bboyferal
Sweating a little I keep it up too, of course... But what if you feel the droplets running down your nose at 3 second intervals and begin to smell your own *****?

Depends on where you live.
i guess it doesn't get as hot in chicago as it does in florida but we do get some hot days, like today. its was humid as hell.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Z ROADSTER
Yeah , when that unexpected shower starts raining on your party its kinda neat to just reach over & hit that button and in less than ten seconds the top is up & locked into place windows are up & A.C. is on high . I love it !
LOL,

Unless the boot covers are on! Ask me how I know!
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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Top always down! In the garage when theres even a chance of rain. Have no A/C, but wouldn't have bought a vert if I had to have the Air! I have gotten lucky a couple of times and had rain drops on the windshield when I pulled it in the garage. I am indifferent to people keeping the top up as long as they dont have the windows rolled up with the top down!
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Old Jul 18, 2008 | 07:54 AM
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Top down 99.9% of the time. Not a DD & only goes out on nice days. If it gets a little cook'n Ive always got a hat ready to go.
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Old Jul 18, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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It rarely reaches 90 here but since you are asking, 90 degrees = a/c. It's good to run the unit once in awhile anyway.
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Originally Posted by Z ROADSTER
Yeah , when that unexpected shower starts raining on your party its kinda neat to just reach over & hit that button and in less than ten seconds the top is up & locked into place windows are up & A.C. is on high . I love it !
I'm sure i set a personal best in getting the top on yesterday.
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Old Jul 18, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Ragtop 99
I'm sure i set a personal best in getting the top on yesterday.
Yes Sir that button is nice , but your windows go down automatically though so that ain't fair . Hope your battery don't go dead on you with you locked inside & the top up . Cause thats a bummer man !
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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Z ROADSTER
Yes Sir that button is nice , but your windows go down automatically though so that ain't fair . Hope your battery don't go dead on you with you locked inside & the top up . Cause thats a bummer man !
there's an emergency lever for opening the doors in the C6 in the event of a pwer loss.
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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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i guess im the odd ball...i usually only put my top down at night, usually if i do it during the day it is so humid around here that it doesn't really help or sometimes even makes matters worse
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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Ragtop 99
there's an emergency lever for opening the doors in the C6 in the event of a pwer loss.
Yeah , I saw those little handles down on the floor but forgot they were there when the battery went south. Evidently an engineer also got trapped & decided to put them in there for just such an emergency .
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top down, sunscreen on and ac blasting... unless my girl is in the gar. she hates wind.
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Old Jul 19, 2008 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by BobDoLe
top down, sunscreen on and ac blasting... unless my girl is in the gar. she hates wind.
Get you a WIND-STOP man , then she'll have nothing to complain about .
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