Hey, who hasn't driven away with the poptop or back hatch up? Er, um
hasn't everybody...?

On 4/4/09, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 10:10 PM 4/3/2009, Danny C wrote:
>>And it did not blow up and rip off in the 90 plus miles I drove.
>
> Actually it only goes up a foot or so and makes a big flapping noise
> so you know right away to stop.  Don't ask how I know...
>
> There's a little pin that sticks out of the latch if it isn't fully
> latched.  If that pin is fully seated then you're securely latched.
>
> When Dutiful Passage and I were fairly new to each other I once drove
> her seven miles on country roads with the top fully up.  I noticed
> that at 45 mph the engine seemed a bit gutless, but I didn't twig
> until I got to my destination and got out.  Just about died on the
> spot.  So don't feel too bad.
>
>
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