Well if the crooks are cleaver enough to zip past the ignition anti-theft system then I dounbt whether or not the top is up or down will make much of a difference to them either

 

that is correct, its a sad world we live in today

 

If its nice enough to put the top down, I leave it down until it starts to rain of course.

 

I don't have anything inside worth taking, but if the suns out, it's up.

 

I only leave it down if someone is in the car or in the garage. I dont even like leaving it down if im parked in my driveway, I constantly look out the window. You never know when a punk kid could walk by and steal my CD's and radar detector, cause damn I need that radar detector!!! Personally I just dont trust people, when its a quick reach away!!

 

I read another "Top ... ?" thread somewhere else, much the same kind of practices mentioned there.

One thing brought up there: some insurance companies will pay losses if the top is down but the windows up. Makes sense to me. A little.

I have a "California Pop Top"* , bought off eBay, and it works good for me, use it constantly (well, not when I'm driving). It's made of that Tyvek® almost-paper stuff, flexible, water-resistant, folds (stuffs) into its own pocket when not in use. A pocket-like fold fits over each outside mirror, a flap under each windshield wiper, an elasticized cord in the trunk crack or around the rear and under the bumper. Strong wind won't take it off if properly put on, and its white color reflects a lot of sun-heat. Especially with the top up.

I actually put it on before closing the garage, keeps dust out of the innards, it does. A matter of 30 seconds to put it on alone, twenty if you have an experienced passenger. If I'm going into a store and expect to be out in ten minutes, I don't bother; longer than that, the Pop Top goes on, with the windows up and the doors locked, alarm on. With the top up, I leave the windows open to allow heat to escape, and to save the cost of a new top if someone is serious about getting in, but the Pop Top goes on.

I've had a number of foreign convertibles and roadsters with "tonneau covers", always semi-installed and requiring just a couple snaps and a zip to close the cockpit. I really missed that on my 1979 TR7, and got what J.C. Whitney called a "cockpit cover". It sounds like what someone mentioned getting from Moss, upthread. It was rubberized on one side and like flannel on the car side, had grommets in the corners with rubberized tape and s-hooks to clamp under wheel well lips. Worked good, too, and even better, it was waterPROOF, so with a stick jammed between the seat and console it made a tent that rain and dew just ran right off. That was what I was looking for (didn't find it) when I saw the Pop Top on eBay.

Still would like a genuine tonneau cover, but the same thing prevents it on the new Mustangs as made it unlikely in the TR7: the "cockpit" ends at the base of the windscreen, way too far forward and cramped for snaps and zips. Too bad.

Resp'y,

* No business connection, just a satisfied user.

 

I'll park with the top down & windows up if I'll be less than 15 minutes. I hope the motion alarm would scare anyone off if they reach in.

 

I think the motion sensors are disabled when the top is down.

 

Now that it finally stopped raining, ALL THE TIME! Even at Wally World.

 

I followed your lead, asked Moss to send me one of the "top down" models. I like the construction and material, but it's a bit of a puzzle to me: how in the world are those tabs in the back supposed to hook to anything? Did they leave out some straps or something, or am I just a little thicker than usual?