top down if its warm, what a baby, my rule is if its above feezing (yes 32) the top goes down. if you want a vert get a SN-95

 

If it's a cruiser, get a vert. I may have to put a roll cage in mine at some point, which would defeat the purpose of a vert. That, and I just prefer hardtops.

 

I have a vert. There are few things better than driving around on a beautiful day or night with the top down.

 

It's obvious which direction I went...

Bottom line is, if you wanna race at all, get the coupe. You don't want to have to chop up your vert to put in a roll cage. But, if you're not racing and you'll be able to use it at least a third of the time, get the vert. I love mine. Anytime the weather is over 40, I have the top down.

I guess you're either born a vert guy or a coupe guy, you just may not know it yet if you haven't had a vert Fair warning, they're strongly addictive! (I haven't had a hard top in 15 years!)

 

Here are some self evaluation questions to help you out.

- Do you check yourself out every time you walk across a mirror or glass?

- Do you ignore things like displacement, horsepower, torque, understeer, heel-and-toe, apex, limit of adhesion etc?

- Do you prefer the mall over the strip?

- Do you live in a climate with hot summers, cool winters and old people?

- Do you enjoy the sun, the wind and bird poo in your hair?

- Do you have fantasies about jumping into the back of your car like Chris Tucker in Rush Hour?

if you've answered yes to more than half of those then you need a convertible, my friend

 

It depends on what I was going to do with it. If racing was a big part of my plan for it, the coupe, it's lighter. If road-tripping was my main focus the vert.

Either way you'll have a great car which will be a lot of fun.

 

actually the 05-06s are alot stronger verts then the previous fox and SN-95s, they are still not as strong as the coupe. the 05s torsional rigidity torques out at 6500 pound-feet per degree of twist. the old one was rated at 3000 pound-feet.

 

I agree with all of the above, plus having owned a 'vert before, I've found that there was a very limited window of opportunity to drop the top and truly enjoy driving it. Most of the time it was either too darn cold to have the top down (most winter days), or to darn hot to have the top down (most summer days). Yes, I know what you're going to say...but for me, I don't want to freeze me *** off or end up looking like a lobster at the end of a days driving. Now I will say driving it in the spring time was awesome, but otherwise the top was up more than it was down. JMO

 

I agree with everything Rotten Rat said. However, if you're not looking to race and can afford it, get the vert. They're plenty fast and can be modded just fine. They are very comfortable with the top up. Depending on where you live, ask yourself this: Are you going to put the top up every time it hits 85+ and use the AC?? If you say no, if you like the warm weather etc, get the vert. If it gets cold you can always put the top up, but when it's nice out in a coupe, not like you can take the top down. And driving a vert is....well, NICE! However, answer the racing and $$ question first. Just my opinion....

 

I don't know how many of you know this, but the heater and air conditioner still work with the top down. You're not using any extra energy having the heater on, and it can be enough to take the edge off of a cold day.

I'll occasionally turn the air conditioner on with the top down, just to make my arms and chest area a little bit cooler. I'm not as cool as with the top up, but the energy usage is the same when the AC is on whether it's doing an excellent job of cooling with the top up or just a marginal job with the top down.