Have you ever owned a convertible car?

[Sleeping in EQ]

I'm considering leasing one....

[Walter Sobchak]

No, but I search for used 99-01 Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor (with a manual tranny) every weekend on craigslist in advance of my daughter turning 16 next year.

Like this one:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/d/maple-valley-2001-mercedes-slk-230-6spd/6925305514.html

Looking for something under $4k.

[Scott R Nelson]

I've had a convertible since the first week of the year 2000. I started with a Honda S2000 when they first came out. Had it for about five years until I bounced it off of a tree.

Bought a 2005 Mustang after that, which I intend to keep for a long time. it is still in excellent condition with about 65,000 miles on the odometer. My general rule is that the top is down unless it's raining or under 40 degrees. And sometimes when I take certain passengers with me. I guess if I'll be driving it very far when it's over 90 degrees the top might go up too, but that's a rare event. It has been to all 11 western states and 27 national parks (couldn't drive to Channel Islands or it would be 28).

On a hot day, it feels wonderful to take it out just as the sun is going down and it starts to cool off. I just feel better in an open car. Any anybody who claims that a sunroof is just as good is clueless.

"Life is too short to waste it driving a boring car."

https://i.imgur.com/NWrxLZf.jpg

[Donuthole]

I've had a convertible since the first week of the year 2000. I started with a Honda S2000 when they first came out. Had it for about five years until I bounced it off of a tree.

Bought a 2005 Mustang after that, which I intend to keep for a long time. it is still in excellent condition with about 65,000 miles on the odometer. My general rule is that the top is down unless it's raining or under 40 degrees. And sometimes when I take certain passengers with me. I guess if I'll be driving it very far when it's over 90 degrees the top might go up too, but that's a rare event. It has been to all 11 western states and 27 national parks (couldn't drive to Channel Islands or it would be 28).

On a hot day, it feels wonderful to take it out just as the sun is going down and it starts to cool off. I just feel better in an open car. Any anybody who claims that a sunroof is just as good is clueless.

"Life is too short to waste it driving a boring car."

https://i.imgur.com/NWrxLZf.jpg

Scott R. Nelson rarely disappoints.

[Clark Addison]

My father all through his 30s and early 40s liked small red convertibles. He had a Karmann Ghia (he had this when I was very young, and up until I was about 20 I thought it was a "Car - McGia", a Fiat Spider, and an MGB. I have a lot of memories of riding around in that MGB with its back "set" that was really just a carpet covered ledge with no seatbelts. It's a wonder none of his 9 kids were ever launched out of that thing. We all loved them and would always push to have the top down.

About 2 years before I got my driver's license, my father started buying Buicks.

[Donuthole]

My father all through his 30s and early 40s liked small red convertibles. He had a Karmann Ghia (he had this when I was very young, and up until I was about 20 I thought it was a "Car - McGia", a Fiat Spider, and an MGB. I have a lot of memories of riding around in that MGB with its back "set" that was really just a carpet covered ledge with no seatbelts. It's a wonder none of his 9 kids were ever launched out of that thing. We all loved them and would always push to have the top down.

About 2 years before I got my driver's license, my father started buying Buicks.

Almost as cool.

[Sleeping in EQ]

I've had a convertible since the first week of the year 2000. I started with a Honda S2000 when they first came out. Had it for about five years until I bounced it off of a tree.

Bought a 2005 Mustang after that, which I intend to keep for a long time. it is still in excellent condition with about 65,000 miles on the odometer. My general rule is that the top is down unless it's raining or under 40 degrees. And sometimes when I take certain passengers with me. I guess if I'll be driving it very far when it's over 90 degrees the top might go up too, but that's a rare event. It has been to all 11 western states and 27 national parks (couldn't drive to Channel Islands or it would be 28).

On a hot day, it feels wonderful to take it out just as the sun is going down and it starts to cool off. I just feel better in an open car. Any anybody who claims that a sunroof is just as good is clueless.

"Life is too short to waste it driving a boring car."

https://i.imgur.com/NWrxLZf.jpg

I've been told that autumn is the best season for cruising with the top down.

[Scott R Nelson]

I've been told that autumn is the best season for cruising with the top down.

That all depends on where you live. In Las Vegas or Phoenix, it's winter. In Canada, summer. In California it's all year.

Around here, all but winter.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Does a Jeep with a removable top count? We take off the top and the doors every year from June to October.

[frank ryan]

My father all through his 30s and early 40s liked small red convertibles. He had a Karmann Ghia (he had this when I was very young, and up until I was about 20 I thought it was a "Car - McGia", a Fiat Spider, and an MGB. I have a lot of memories of riding around in that MGB with its back "set" that was really just a carpet covered ledge with no seatbelts. It's a wonder none of his 9 kids were ever launched out of that thing. We all loved them and would always push to have the top down.

About 2 years before I got my driver's license, my father started buying Buicks.

Well I didn't know until reading this post that it had an H in the name.

[Scott R Nelson]

Does a Jeep with a removable top count? We take off the top and the doors every year from June to October.

It should definitely count if you take the top off.

While I lived in California it seemed that the BMW and Mercedes convertibles were most likely to have the tops up. I was always encouraging other convertible drivers to put their tops down. I heard a lot of lame excuses for why the top was still up.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Does a Jeep with a removable top count? We take off the top and the doors every year from June to October.

I think a Jeep with a removable top counts. Jeeps can be great fun, too.

[clackamascoug]

I can't recall even being in a convertible since 1981. One of my roommates at Pineview (Tony) had an MGB and we swapped cars for two weeks and $70 (a months rent) when he went home to San Francisco. He didn't trust his car to make it and back and I had a new Mazda 323. I took three different girls out in his car - it was really a game changer for me.