I'm curious at what temps people are using the top without damaging it. If you have damaged the top by using it when it was too cold out feel free to post details in the thread.

Please excuse any incorrect or strange F to C conversions in the poll.

 

I've done it in the 40's and nothing happened, but after reading threads, I won't be making a habit of it anymore unless I've run the heater or let it be in the sun for a while to warm it up.

 

This really doesnt apply to any one but 2000-2001

 

What changed with the top in 2002?


I wouldn't operate it under freezing but if you're opening the top that cold you are crazy and the top is the least of your worries.

 

I have seen someone put their top down in -35*C and nothing happened.

 

Why would anyone do that? Just to see if it would work. Surely no one drove like that? That's around -31 F! Can you even breathe in air that cold? 0 F is the coldest I've ever experienced and even without wind it hurt to breathe.

 

 

[QUOTE=JLUDE,Nov 3 2009, 12:39 PM] What changed with the top in 2002?

 

I'd like to hear from the person that damaged a part of the top that isn't the window. What happened? How cold was it? Were you putting it up or down?

 

coldest that I put the top down was the winter of 03/04 in Maine.. I had to let it get warm with the heater otherwise it wouldn't even begin to fold..

temps without windchill were around 50 below zero.. (colder than the north pole) but my policy was, it's not raining or snowing, the top is down..

also, with the windows up, and the heater turned to the position where your legs and abdomen stay warm and wearing a coat and hat, it wasn't bad inside the car..