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I've had two cars with them in Seattle. In Seattle, a sypder/cabrio/convertible makes little sense to me; my BMW 325ic top dissolved in about four years necessitating big expense to replace to the wet and mold, despite being under a car port and then garage. California, that top was seldom *up* in the summer. Seattle, the inverse.
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Well you must be the minority, I can show proof from my dash camera that nobody around here drives with the sunroof opened. Not even with the shade down. It doesn't matter what weather conditions. I just find this equipment the most underused next to the horn around here.
The Mrs. car has one because we ordered it and she loves it. Mine has one because it was already factory installed when I bought the car. We both love them and use them often. Would hate to be without them now!
I have a removable targa top (C6 corvette). And the roof is transparent.
TRUST me, when you go to a transparent and/or removable roof, you don't want to go back. It feels so nice to just let the top down and go cruising in great weather.
I don't plan on ever owning another car without a removable top.
How does a sunroof decease headroom space?
Like everything else, you can just Google the headroom question. Agree it is probably less of an issue due to the adjustability of seats.
I'd like to know what vehicles you guys have that a sunroof takes up headroom. Even in my daughter's Fit there's no extra room taken for the sunroof compared to one without.
Depends on the car. Some cars I guess not, others a couple of inches of headroom is taken up.
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Both of my cars have sunroofs. I never use them. The idea of chopping a giant hole in the roof which results in:
1) More weight
2) Up high (raised center of gravity)
3) Additional interior heat
4) Unwanted glare from above
5) Reduced structural integrity
6) Something else to break
Is, quite frankly, the dumbest automotive option in the history of dumb options.
Yes, such a dumb option that by mid-next-decade everything except a standard cab pickup truck will have one.
Also, cars on the line for moonroofs(yes, a glass top is called that) have a different roof plate than vehicles without. So integrity is not a problem.
Yes, such a dumb option that by mid-next-decade everything except a standard cab pickup truck will have one.
Also, cars on the line for moonroofs(yes, a glass top is called that) have a different roof plate than vehicles without. So integrity is not a problem.
I have a Golf Alltrack with the panoramic roof and it flexes quite a bit going over speedbumps. The roof is the same, with one of the crossbeams removed. The sunroof frame is plastic.
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I have a Golf Alltrack with the panoramic roof and it flexes quite a bit going over speedbumps. The roof is the same, with one of the crossbeams removed. The sunroof frame is plastic.
In the case of a panoramic - overkill even for me as a moonroof fan! - the remaining perimeter roof frame plus A-pillars and C/D pillars might be beefed up to compensate. Even just a millimeter or two thicker in those members can make a big strength difference in final-design-purpose events, such as rollover, without shifting center of gravity up significantly.
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I'm just trying to find out why, in certain countries, such as the Philippines I've visited, operating roofs in cars are not popular and are seen on only 1/10 of vehicles - the opposite of the situation in the U.S. and probably Europe.
Major manufacturers won't even market them to the Philippines! It's weird seeing even BMWs of any vintage without a moonroof, when in the U.S. nearly every Bimmer on the road, from 1978 to 2018, has one.
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