Well if the crooks are cleaver enough to zip past the ignition anti-theft system then I dounbt whether or not the top is up or down will make much of a difference to them either
Well if the crooks are cleaver enough to zip past the ignition anti-theft system then I dounbt whether or not the top is up or down will make much of a difference to them either
that is correct, its a sad world we live in today
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I only leave it down if someone is in the car or in the garage. I dont even like leaving it down if im parked in my driveway, I constantly look out the window. You never know when a punk kid could walk by and steal my CD's and radar detector, cause damn I need that radar detector!!! Personally I just dont trust people, when its a quick reach away!!
I read another "Top ... ?" thread somewhere else, much the same kind of practices mentioned there.
One thing brought up there: some insurance companies will pay losses if the top is down but the windows up. Makes sense to me. A little.
I have a "California Pop Top"* , bought off eBay, and it works good for me, use it constantly (well, not when I'm driving). It's made of that Tyvek® almost-paper stuff, flexible, water-resistant, folds (stuffs) into its own pocket when not in use. A pocket-like fold fits over each outside mirror, a flap under each windshield wiper, an elasticized cord in the trunk crack or around the rear and under the bumper. Strong wind won't take it off if properly put on, and its white color reflects a lot of sun-heat. Especially with the top up.
I actually put it on before closing the garage, keeps dust out of the innards, it does. A matter of 30 seconds to put it on alone, twenty if you have an experienced passenger. If I'm going into a store and expect to be out in ten minutes, I don't bother; longer than that, the Pop Top goes on, with the windows up and the doors locked, alarm on. With the top up, I leave the windows open to allow heat to escape, and to save the cost of a new top if someone is serious about getting in, but the Pop Top goes on.
I've had a number of foreign convertibles and roadsters with "tonneau covers", always semi-installed and requiring just a couple snaps and a zip to close the cockpit. I really missed that on my 1979 TR7, and got what J.C. Whitney called a "cockpit cover". It sounds like what someone mentioned getting from Moss, upthread. It was rubberized on one side and like flannel on the car side, had grommets in the corners with rubberized tape and s-hooks to clamp under wheel well lips. Worked good, too, and even better, it was waterPROOF, so with a stick jammed between the seat and console it made a tent that rain and dew just ran right off. That was what I was looking for (didn't find it) when I saw the Pop Top on eBay.
Still would like a genuine tonneau cover, but the same thing prevents it on the new Mustangs as made it unlikely in the TR7: the "cockpit" ends at the base of the windscreen, way too far forward and cramped for snaps and zips. Too bad.
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< Message edited by FyouGitive -- 6/3/2007 10:50:56 PM >
Back to the topic, I bought a cockpit cover from Moss for about $39 just to keep out garage dust, bird crap, pollen dust. It takes two minutes maybe to put on or take off. Works good, but you need to put cloth around the door handle straps or they will scratch the paint in strong wind. Oh yeah, going topless is better.
I followed your lead, asked Moss to send me one of the "top down" models. I like the construction and material, but it's a bit of a puzzle to me: how in the world are those tabs in the back supposed to hook to anything? Did they leave out some straps or something, or am I just a little thicker than usual?
hey dirty work, some of us lovers of the second amendment also have big dks. why dont you come visit and see? also we dont know kung fu like all you chuck norris lovers in vancuver (i couldnt care less how you spell vancouver) the only reason i ever go there is on my way to ski whistler/blackcomb (i know how to spell the important things like ski resorts, not lame cities somewhere north of washington state). so vancoover (still dont care how to spell it) is like a pit stop to somewhere else (actually i do remember something about cheap hos in vankoover). i take it back, its a worthwhole city
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check out the picture of dirty work's car. look at the wall in the background, just proves that vancoover is a filthy little (s) htty (oops meant to say city), hey dirty work, is that a poopy smear on the wall in back of your car? would all city's look that dirty if we didnt pack heat? reason enought to carry. just remember the second amendment aint about duck hunting, vancouver would be russia without the americans to fight for you and your french parents would be speaking german. express gratitude that we buy your cheap goods
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Only if its a place with few people and where I can see it from the windows....cant trust anyone these days
My car has been sitting in the driveway for 4 days with the top down and I haven't been going outside really...I doubt they will take the head unit without the face plate...oh, can't forget about those stock speakers either...
Livin' with a convertible in S. Florida, it's always a gamble...
1st choice - tops down, there's a good chance it'll rain 2nd choice - tops up, some fool might wanna cut it, to get in 3rd choice - tops down, you make sure everything is outta sight & locked away 4th choice - tops up and you'll really appreciate air conditioning
Fortunately, my stang vert lives in the garage most all days & at night. Though when I'm out & about, unless it looks like rain, the top usually just stays the way it was. If it's up, it stays up, if it's down, it stays down.
On the other hand, I do like being aware of where & how I park when out in public. At night, I like to make sure she is nose out thus having the front seats visible to passers-by. I believe this dissuades some car theives. Maybe true, maybe not, but it's part of my being conscious of the surroundings.
< Message edited by Parva -- 7/11/2007 7:58:15 PM >
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it depends on the weather, an 1/8 inch thick peice of vinal is not going to stop someone with a razor blade who really wants your head unit/CDs/Radar detector etc, sometimes if i park with it up ill even leave the doors unlocked for the simple fact id rather replace a $100 radar detector or $150 worth of CDs vs a $500+ top AND the $XXX worth of stolen goods
Hey chef, thanks for continuing to advance the american stereotype. Vancouver would be russia? wtf? My french parents would be german? maybe you should learn a little history before making a fool out of yourself for all to see. The only reason anyone would invade canada is to get to the United states. Try traveling abroad with a US flag patch on your backpack, see where that gets you. You may want to "pack your heat"
Oh by the way, how's that crumbling US dollar? think I might go south and support your country and buy some of your cheap goods.
I let my daughter borrow our vert to go check her work schedule at the local pizza place, she went into the restaurant and left the top down on the car. She came home about 45 minutes and told me some a**hole had dumped a full beer all over the interior of the car and left the beer can on the drivers seat. I could have killed somebody over that, if I knew who did it I would probably still be in jail
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