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View Poll Results: It's over 100 degrees. Top down or up?
Always down. Heat? What Heat?
23.02%
California Style: Top down, air conditioning on
47.62%
Always up. I paid enough for my S, I deserve comfort.
29.37%
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It's over 100 degrees. Top down or up?

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Old Jul 9, 2002 | 09:06 PM
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top up. there is only so much one can take of the heat.
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Old Jul 9, 2002 | 09:12 PM
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Originally posted by VinceD
...my face is so burned....
Put a tube of 15 or 30SPF in your secret compartment. Always have a baseball cap handy.

BTW, it's alright if you leave the top up driving to work. Wouldn't want you sporting a Don King do at work.
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Old Jul 9, 2002 | 09:12 PM
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it was top down for me.. ACs for wusses
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Old Jul 9, 2002 | 09:21 PM
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Top down, minor A/C if any. It was 115 here today, didn't drive my S2000, but if I did it would have been top down. The temperature in my SUV is set to 84 and I drive with the moonroof open.

Unfortunately, the frickin monsoon season is almost here and I may not do too much driving in the S2000 with the light rain and heavy dust.
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Old Jul 9, 2002 | 09:40 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by walkabt
[B]Top down, minor A/C if any.
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Old Jul 9, 2002 | 09:48 PM
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As long as I'm moving, the top's down. If stuck in a serious traffic jam and it's over 100, then I'll put the top up.
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Old Jul 9, 2002 | 09:56 PM
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sounds strange, but i rarely put my top down-
i "sometimes" put my top down summer nights.
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Old Jul 9, 2002 | 09:57 PM
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Originally posted by CRussel
As long as I'm moving, the top's down. If stuck in a serious traffic jam and it's over 100, then I'll put the top up.
Charlie, that sounds about what I'm probably gonna do. It was top down all the way from Oakland across the Richmond Bridge (which felt great) then boom! traffic stopped dead all the way through Marin. I swear I felt like I was frying alive. I love sun, but shite, a man's gotta know his limitations...
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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 12:15 AM
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With the top up, how do you know how hot it really is...

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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 05:13 AM
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OAT 105+ makes the inside over 130 in the parking lot at work. Only way to cool it off quickly (back to only 105) is to put the top down! Then ... I've done both. The sun is brutal in stop-and-go traffic, so I'm with the "it depends" crowd. Moving freely , top down; in traffic, top up w/AC on.
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