Roof: Any regrets with the canvas
Winching
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TReK
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I saw one at the dealer recently and I was extremely jealous of how cool it was (on a 110 X). It's a super cool option and really opens up the interior when it's all the way open.
The only downsides I can see are:
1) I live in Portland OR and it rains so much, I would never trust this on my car parked mostly outside. (Even a hard top M4 convertible leaked like a sieve from new... just the nature of it)
2) You can't use the expedition roof rack which I think really is a cool accessory on the car
Otherwise... if I were in a dry place like LA, San Diego... I would be so all over the canvas roof.
The only downsides I can see are:
1) I live in Portland OR and it rains so much, I would never trust this on my car parked mostly outside. (Even a hard top M4 convertible leaked like a sieve from new... just the nature of it)
2) You can't use the expedition roof rack which I think really is a cool accessory on the car
Otherwise... if I were in a dry place like LA, San Diego... I would be so all over the canvas roof.
Pro Wrench
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From: Atlanta, GA
I saw one at the dealer recently and I was extremely jealous of how cool it was (on a 110 X). It's a super cool option and really opens up the interior when it's all the way open.
The only downsides I can see are:
1) I live in Portland OR and it rains so much, I would never trust this on my car parked mostly outside. (Even a hard top M4 convertible leaked like a sieve from new... just the nature of it)
2) You can't use the expedition roof rack which I think really is a cool accessory on the car
Otherwise... if I were in a dry place like LA, San Diego... I would be so all over the canvas roof.
The only downsides I can see are:
1) I live in Portland OR and it rains so much, I would never trust this on my car parked mostly outside. (Even a hard top M4 convertible leaked like a sieve from new... just the nature of it)
2) You can't use the expedition roof rack which I think really is a cool accessory on the car
Otherwise... if I were in a dry place like LA, San Diego... I would be so all over the canvas roof.
But is it okay for a car to “leak like a sieve” if you only get 20” of rain a year vs the 36” Portland gets every year? I mean, if a car leaks I wouldn’t want to own it anywhere rain is possible.
By the way, I live in Atlanta, where our 47” dwarf’s Portland’s by 31%, and have a house in Cashiers, NC, where the annual average is 81”; definitely wouldn’t want a leaker in either place! And isn’t it funny how the national average is 38”, higher than either Portland or Seattle, which have such a reputation for being rainy.
I guess it’s a “light mist all the time” sort of thing rather than what we get back east.Cheers!
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Mudding
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If I didn't trust it.....
But is it okay for a car to “leak like a sieve” if you only get 20” of rain a year vs the 36” Portland gets every year? I mean, if a car leaks I wouldn’t want to own it anywhere rain is possible.
By the way, I live in Atlanta, where our 47” dwarf’s Portland’s by 31%, and have a house in Cashiers, NC, where the annual average is 81”; definitely wouldn’t want a leaker in either place! And isn’t it funny how the national average is 38”, higher than either Portland or Seattle, which have such a reputation for being rainy. I guess it’s a “light mist all the time” sort of thing rather than what we get back east.
Cheers!
By the way, I live in Atlanta, where our 47” dwarf’s Portland’s by 31%, and have a house in Cashiers, NC, where the annual average is 81”; definitely wouldn’t want a leaker in either place! And isn’t it funny how the national average is 38”, higher than either Portland or Seattle, which have such a reputation for being rainy.
I guess it’s a “light mist all the time” sort of thing rather than what we get back east.Cheers!