whats that handle good for?

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highstream

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 Gothenburg
the one above the trunkopener handle.. whats it good for nothing happens when I press it in... :?
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It's used to release the soft top when it's down - but you only need it if you have a manual soft top.
 
srhutch said:
isn't it also used for when the electric roof fails?
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I think that is correct, you can release the roof manually and lift it if you wish. Problem is to lock it into place, but I think there's a tool for that in the trunk.
 
The owner manual for the 07 state that all the manual operation for a failed power top is in the trunk. Would be nice to see what is under that cover...........Thought it might be a good place to hide a radar detector here in VA. :evil:
 
I had a roof malfunction and tried to manually close it. After about an hour of trying with multiple people helping and the manual in hand, we gave up. At least it was in the garage. When I took it to the dealer, they couldn't manually get it closed either...at least not initally. I don't know what they did to get it closed. But I know I got a new power roof mechanism. The moral of the story, hope your power top doesn't fail as it starts to rain! :o
 
I could almost see a Z4 driving around with garbage bags taped from the windshield to the back of the seats.....That would be the pic to end all pics. He'll I might go do it just to say I did it :rofl: :rofl:
 
yah, cause when it rains in arizona, that means flash floods.

some people have said that if you drive fast enough, you don't get wet, but I am pretty sure that's a lie.

Rozie

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Rozie, I got caught in some moderate showers on the way back home from HC and really did not get wet! I was shocked because it was coming down pretty decent. Of course, when you stop for whatever reasons, if you're not under cover you will get a little wet while the top rolls up. It really is impressive. Try it sometime if you haven't already, I think you'd be pleasantly surprised!
T.
 
Driving top down in the rain works for a short distance but the effect doesn't last.

Last year when I still had my Honda S2000 as a track toy I was driving at a track event that had seen scattered showers off and on during the day. For the last lapping session of the day I decided to give one of my students a treat and we dropped the top while on the staging grid as it looked like we were going to dodge more rain during the last session. Sure enough, about 5 minutes into the session another shower moved in and I decided to test out the "keep driving fast" theory. This really did work fine for about 10 minutes worth of laps with speeds ranging from about 35 in a hairpin turn to about 120+ in the straights.

At that point I noticed that some of the water was migrating to the top/sides of the windshield and starting to come off the edges of the windshield to fly around the cockpit randomly as they were buffeted by 100mph winds in the seating area. We definitely weren't staying dry anymore and I finally caved in and pulled into the pits at about the 18 minute mark.

This does work for a quick passing glance of a shower, but you can't sustain the dry interior for long :roll:
 
Well, I assume curves and various other situations on a track would change the results of 'staying dry'. But on a straightaway if the rain is coming from in front of you, I had no problems for over 1/2 an hour. Different circumstances will change experiences I'm sure.
T.
 
If you are lucky the wind is coming straight towards you. Unfortunately that still leaves half of the track that only offers the headwind you can provide with speed so there are some distinct limitations on what you can do about avoiding the wet :D
 
Or maybe just leave the top up :roll:

It's pretty easy to pull off to the side of the road and raise the ragtop, but you can't exactly do that out on the track.
 
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