if Honda offered a retract. hardtop...
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From: Plattsburgh, NY
Originally Posted by AlanL,Jun 16 2005, 12:14 AM
NO!
I do like my hardtop, but I also love the fact that it only weighs 44 lbs and I can pop it off and be a lighter weight convertible any time I want. I don't want the extra weight of the mechanics that would be necessary for a retractible version.
I do like the hardtop because there is little use for a convertible in a Pacific NW winter, but that's only half of the year.....
I do like my hardtop, but I also love the fact that it only weighs 44 lbs and I can pop it off and be a lighter weight convertible any time I want. I don't want the extra weight of the mechanics that would be necessary for a retractible version.
I do like the hardtop because there is little use for a convertible in a Pacific NW winter, but that's only half of the year.....
Same can be said for the colder months here in Upstate NY.
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For me, NO! 
A convertible is a soft top car. I know the retractible hard tops work well but it's not something I'd look for in a car like the S2000. The Lexus, yes, but not an S2000.
I love the look of the soft top. I love the sound of rain on the soft top, and I love the relative simplicity of the soft top. Yes, it's more vulnerable to vandalism, but I'll live with that. As for the weight issue, it may or may not be a significant point depending on many of the variables that have already been brought up. What I don't like about it is the added complexity and the probable disappearance of what little trunk space we've got. Also, I don't want to know what this would do to the price of the car. The bang-for-the-buck quotient is about as high as it gets on the S2000.
Drive Safe,
Steve R.
A convertible is a soft top car. I know the retractible hard tops work well but it's not something I'd look for in a car like the S2000. The Lexus, yes, but not an S2000.
I love the look of the soft top. I love the sound of rain on the soft top, and I love the relative simplicity of the soft top. Yes, it's more vulnerable to vandalism, but I'll live with that. As for the weight issue, it may or may not be a significant point depending on many of the variables that have already been brought up. What I don't like about it is the added complexity and the probable disappearance of what little trunk space we've got. Also, I don't want to know what this would do to the price of the car. The bang-for-the-buck quotient is about as high as it gets on the S2000.
Drive Safe,
Steve R.
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Always wishing for what you don't want. sheesh. Would you trade the trunk for it? Having disassembled my car almost completely I can assure you there isn't that much extra room.
A convertible soft-top with a trunk at 2800lbs for $32,800 or a convertible hard-top with no trunk to speak of weighing 2950 lbs for $38,200.
A convertible soft-top with a trunk at 2800lbs for $32,800 or a convertible hard-top with no trunk to speak of weighing 2950 lbs for $38,200.
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*cough*WUSSES*cough*....
It's a roadster. It was meant to be a roadster. It was designed to be a roadster. It was conceived to be a roadster. It has the soul of a roadster. Don't take that away.
It's not a sport coupe. It's not a GT. It's not a luxury 2-seater.
I like the fact that I'm driving the most "hard core" vehicle this side of a Lotus Elise.
It's a roadster. It was meant to be a roadster. It was designed to be a roadster. It was conceived to be a roadster. It has the soul of a roadster. Don't take that away.
It's not a sport coupe. It's not a GT. It's not a luxury 2-seater.
I like the fact that I'm driving the most "hard core" vehicle this side of a Lotus Elise.
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How big is the curent S2000's trunk ? About 4.5 cft ? The SLK with top down still have about 7 cft trunk space. Fold-down hardtop does not take much trunk space if designed right and it should not be much heavier either. The only possible problem is the cost, it can be much more to manufacture than soft top.
You still can enjoy top down driving with nice weather, and you can have the comfy of a hardtop in extreme teperatures. What wrong with having a cake and eat it too ? If the extra cost is reasonable.
You still can enjoy top down driving with nice weather, and you can have the comfy of a hardtop in extreme teperatures. What wrong with having a cake and eat it too ? If the extra cost is reasonable.
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Originally Posted by StinkyTofu,Jun 15 2005, 07:55 PM
An even better idea would be to make it available as a coupe. Lighter, more aerodynamic, cheaper, and most likely would make a more rigid chassis. I've gotten tired of the convertible feature on this car 
Im all for that, just the thought makes me want to build one!!!!
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Originally Posted by cthree,Jun 16 2005, 01:05 PM
Always wishing for what you don't want. sheesh. Would you trade the trunk for it? Having disassembled my car almost completely I can assure you there isn't that much extra room.
A convertible soft-top with a trunk at 2800lbs for $32,800 or a convertible hard-top with no trunk to speak of weighing 2950 lbs for $38,200.
A convertible soft-top with a trunk at 2800lbs for $32,800 or a convertible hard-top with no trunk to speak of weighing 2950 lbs for $38,200.
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