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It would be the same as rolling it with the roof up. There is nothing more protecting you than a 2 mill cloth roof. You might get a bit dirtier and scratched if you rolled through a hedge, but the roll protection comes from the windcreen and rear roll hoops.
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I remember one particularly horrendous one in tne US on The Dragon Run where an S went down a bank/ borderline cliff and landed upside down on a hard rock surface. The roof was down at the time, and the driver was unscathed, It's probably about 3 years ago, but someone will remember it I'm sure. There were loads of pics about at the time, also a video of the S spinning out just before a bend , leaving the road and going airborne! 
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Protection comes from the A-post not the windscreen (being pedantic I know 
) as well as the Roll bars.
On some of the new convertibles in the market there are also a couple of thick metal spikes that fire out of the rear of the car behind the roll hoops/bars.
) as well as the Roll bars.On some of the new convertibles in the market there are also a couple of thick metal spikes that fire out of the rear of the car behind the roll hoops/bars.
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From: Heath & Reach, Beds, UK
Originally Posted by Tonky,Dec 1 2004, 01:09 PM
I remember one particularly horrendous one in tne US on The Dragon Run where an S went down a bank/ borderline cliff and landed upside down on a hard rock surface. The roof was down at the time, and the driver was unscathed, It's probably about 3 years ago, but someone will remember it I'm sure. There were loads of pics about at the time, also a video of the S spinning out just before a bend , leaving the road and going airborne!
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Originally Posted by AquilaEagle,Dec 1 2004, 02:21 PM
I think i have a video of that somewhere
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Originally Posted by Tonky,Dec 1 2004, 01:23 PM
Actually, I'm pretty sure that there's a roll bar built into the top of the windscreen, - an extention of the A pillars in effect?
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Originally Posted by stanza,Dec 1 2004, 01:17 PM
On some of the new convertibles in the market there are also a couple of thick metal spikes that fire out of the rear of the car behind the roll hoops/bars.
