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YOUR RESEARCHShould it stay or should it go?
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Although I do not really need the hardtop as I only plan to drive in the summer, it's just nice to have one to change the feel of the car.
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Tighten rear pins with 6 mm allen wrench (follow color-coded arrows on mounts or torque to 35 ft-lbs.).
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For those scoring at home, I bought my 99 cabriolet a couple of weeks ago. It will be a Sunday driver, of sorts, and strictly a pleasure car. I have a company car I do my day to day driving with. I live in northern California where we have fairly predictable weather, so I don't expect to ever drive in anything other than sunshine. Which brings me to my dilemma.
The car came with a hard top, but I do not expect to use it. It takes significant room in the garage, or a I build a hoist for it. Again, a lot of effort for something I'm not likely to use.
Should I sell it? Or should I keep it? Any other bay area folks have one and actually use it?
Thanks!!
Not Dorky! It's cool!!!
Seriously, I like it for a variety of reasons.
1. Winter
2. Variety. It's two, two, two cars in one.
3. Track
4. It looks good.
YMMV, but here's an ocean blue '99 cab, hardtop, at the track. I like it.
I say keep it and store it somewhere. It's a hard color to find/match, and see how nice it looks on the car in the above shot!?
You only just go the car, it's too early to tell if you will never want to use it! And once you get rid of it, it will be pretty hard finding another one.
Of course, my car has a hard top built in!
Easy to put on and take off, but it takes two people to manage unless you have a hoist. To the OP, I would say sell it if you don't need it and don't have the room.
Quick and easy 2-man job (if no hoist): do front latch first, then rear mounting pins. Tighten rear pins with 6 mm allen wrench (follow color-coded arrows on mounts or torque to 35 ft-lbs.). Done.
Dorky shmorky. I think the hard top looks great on the Cab, too.
As for whether you should keep it or sell it, I'd say if you're really never going to use it then what's the point in keeping it? Suspending it indefinitely from your garge ceiling just to gather dust doesn't seem to make much sense. If you're up in the air on that answer then keep it until you decide otherwise. It's not like you're going to make a fortune off of selling it. If you're looking to sell your car at some point in the near future then having the hard top might help with the sale...but maybe not as much if you're selling to someone in CA.
-Eric
All good points, though I certainly don't want to appear dorky
Sounds like I should keep it for a while and figure out my habits with the car before making any decisions.
Thanks all!
It seems like the used market for these things is limited - I've seen them for sale as low as 200 (and as high as 1200).
If you sell it and then decide you want one, you'll end up buying another hardtop and potentially having to paint it. There's no way you'd break even. If you have storage space, keep it for a few seasons. Who knows, maybe you'll want to drive in the rain sometimes.
Just my luck!!! I bought a 99 Cabriolet last year with no hard top included. And I live in Chicago.
And who just happens to be all the way in Cali wanting to offload his hard top which happens to be the exact color Ocean Blue Metallic.
Although I do not really need the hardtop as I only plan to drive in the summer, it's just nice to have one to change the feel of the car.
Oh well, at least I dont have to deal with storage
Being in Cali, it may not seem sensible to keep it, but if I were in your shoes, I would hang onto it (unless you want to give it away dirt cheap, then maybe we can talk about it
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Enjoy the car!
Make a hoist for it and then you can store it above the car and put it on by yourself when you want to.
Here is a thread with a couple of homemade hoists referenced. If you do a search there are at least four types of hoists on 996 and/or 997 forums.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...oist-help.html
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