Top or No Top That is the Question

Top or No Top?

I am not feeling a top. She will never, ever, ever be driven in the rain. SO why have it?

Thoughts?

Never, ever, say it will never be driven in the rain. I said that myself at one time, guess what. It has been rained on a number of times but you may have a point since the top and sidecurtains leak there is no top in place, LOL.

Unless you can look fashionable in a "Hefty Leaf Bag" bag with a couple of holes poked in it, I'd suggest opting for the top... when it rain it pours ...been there .

Todd -

For what it's worth - I think the convertible top, whether you use it or not, gives the car a more 'finished' look (particularly when topped off with a color-matched quarter-tonneau). But like everything else about personalizing these cars, it's all about your own preference.

However, like the others alluded to...it's beter to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it!

Peace - Out!

Something else to consider: the top is actually pretty functional as a chill blocker. It is far from perfect, but WAY better than nothing coming home on a cool summer night, after leaving the house on a hot summer day...

I almost never used the top....one time I got caught in the rain. I think the lines of sight with th the top up are downright frightening.....you might actually be better off in a Hefty bag with eye holes in it. Having just said that I don't believe in the top, I think the SPeedster looks absolutely stupid without one folded in the back seat. If you want a topless car, go for the Spyder.

Go with the top. The tonneau is supposed to have a bump in it from a folded top. And...that rain thing. Too bad it was raining yesterday, what was supposed to be about -5F was 50F and raining. The 8 feet of snow we had last year is down to inches. Will July hit 300F?

I agree with Stan... the top will not do anything except keep a little heat in and the wind out. Case in point, last night the wife and I took the POS out on the town, eventhough it was 62 degrees and I would have prefered the top down, she said that if we were going to take it the top would have to go up. I always cave, but I still drove the car last night. For the small investment that a top will set you back... it is worth it. Also, if you ever cover the car for storage months, it also helps brace the cover up too.

Another side to the coin, when the sun is beating down on you, sometimes it is better to have the top up.

I read here in another post that the top was meant to be "an emergency top" by the designers at the factory. Let me tell you it comes in handy, especially when you get unexpected rain or, as Alan says, the sun is beating hard on you. I, for one, use it a lot, even here on tropical weather; helps you keep a little privacy from a-hole types too....

My top is a ball cap (& sun screen).

Funk that.
Skip the top; risk is its own reward. Worst case, you make friends with the bikers under the bridge.
Need a Luftwaffe jacket and a helmet?

top or no top....that is the question

Now that's a really hard post to follow. Oh, well . . . I've had my JPS for six years now. It has never been driven with the top up. I put it up once in the garage, just to see how it worked. Immediately put it down again. Five years later, I did the same thing. Being a new top, and never been stretched out, it lacked about one inch for closing at the header. So I put it back down for the second time. Probably should take another look at that some day . . .

Oh what the heck go topless!!!~ Esther

Todd, Boy does it come in handy for the cold weather though!!!!!! You can put it up and when it gets warm on that special cruise, then you can put it away.

Gabe