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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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So i'm looking at a hardtop car but i've always rode in T-top cars and always had t-top cars. Has anyone gone hardtop thinking thats what they wanted, and kicked themselves in the *** daily for not buying a t-top car? Anyone happier with their hardtop? I know when i had one of my t-top cars, a top flew off at 60mph, that sucks, they leaked and all but they were GREAT on a sunny day!

any input is good input.

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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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I have t-tops and I love them. Driven in many hardtops just doesnt feel right for me. I have no leaks at all and are doing great.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:30 PM
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i vote t-top, love them
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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I would miss my t's in summer,and I like the glass roof. [long as no stones are thrown]
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Depends on where you are located I have had T-tops and loved them, but only took the off once or twice a year as here in Houston there are not a lot of days I want to ride around without the A/C on because of our humidity etc... A couple of months during fall and spring well even winter here are good T-top days I bought a Hard top this time and don't miss the T-tops for me although they can be nice.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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convert here
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 09:33 PM
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i use to have a targa top vette...loved it...now have the hardtop SS...usually houston weather is shitty but this winter is great and wish i had it...but durin the summer t tops are usuless...and its one less thing i have to worry about on the car....i dont regret it really at all
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 10:30 PM
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t-top no doubt! Whats the fun of having cars like these if you can't enjoy them to the fullest?
If you really want a hardtop that bad buy a mustang
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the hardtop was the only thing I hated about my old Formula .. I will never have another fbody that isn't t-top or a vert.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 11:43 PM
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no doubt T tops for sure
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:08 AM
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Love my T tops
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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I love my hardtop but no doubt about it i get jealous of my friends who have t-tops on those beautiful days. So i would just say get one of each!
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 02:43 AM
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Either one is fine with me. Both of my cars have t-tops, but hardly use them. Like Jeff (Inspector12) said, only a few days a year in Houston that you can take them off.
But I do take the shades out in the winter, cool view.


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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by H/C LS6Z
t-top no doubt! Whats the fun of having cars like these if you can't enjoy them to the fullest?
If you really want a hardtop that bad buy a mustang
What are you thinking Mustang? Lets not go over board. LOL!
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:42 AM
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Hardtop here. My current car is a z06 so no tops, and my last car was a hardtop SS. I like the lines better of hardtop cars. Hardtop gets my vote, especially in Houston weather.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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Live in dallas and well right now the tops are off have the car nice and clean cammed and well the weather is nice and i love them.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:31 PM
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I had alot of leaks on my 3rd gen with t-tops so that scared me off and into a hardtop this time, I would get t-tops if I had it to do over again, the pain fo leaks were greatly outweighed by the pleasure of removing the T-TOPS!!
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:43 PM
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don't have a leak that would make me go to a hard top and never lost one going down the road, not sure how that happens so much. i like hot weather so mine are off quiet often in the summer, helps me keep a decent tan
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 01:01 PM
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Had a 95 hardtop Z, now have a 98 T/A T-tops, I like the lines of a body-color hardtop over t-tops or vert.

Plus hardtops don't leak, but looking at the ceiling and seeing where the t-tops should have been on a hardtop made me think of t-tops all the time.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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I have a hard top Trans Am, would rather have T-tops just to have them, always liked them.
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