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SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: When you have the top down do you cruise with the roll bar up or down
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When you have the top down do you cruise with the roll bar up or down
Just wondering what style do you guys like better? I mainly drive with it down (I never use the windscreen) but I sometimes put it up but can't decide if I like it up or down more. Right now I like it down more.
how about you guys/gals
-Mike
how about you guys/gals
-Mike
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05 SL500, 02 BMW Z3 (Mrs. VF), 05 FJR1300, 91 ZX-11
Always down, it ruins the lines up. I only use the windscreen when it is cool out and I have the windows up and top down.
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rollbar down because I ussually put the top down only in the evenings if I can, don't really like the mid day sun beaming down on me, especially if I'm in traffic sittin there...at nigth sometimes that windscreen can be a bit of a distraction...
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I like it down, I use to like it up as well but it looks alot sleeker with it down. Hmmm kinda back and forth I guess...
About the windscreen are you suppose to put the bar up with it, or just fold it up ( looks kinda weird with it just folded up without the roll bar up to...)
About the windscreen are you suppose to put the bar up with it, or just fold it up ( looks kinda weird with it just folded up without the roll bar up to...)
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IMO when the roll bar and windscreen are in the up position it gives the car more of an aggressive look. Only problem is on the highway you cant see clearly behind you when the cops are coming lol
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Of course down. IMHO the looks with it up is terrible. Looks like a VW Golf convertible from the 80s.
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You are suppose to have bar down and the windscreen folded up.
That way no wind (turbulence) get under the windscreen.
Nicke
150shot:
You are suppose to have bar down and the windscreen folded up.
That way no wind (turbulence) get under the windscreen.
Nicke
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2003 SL55 Silver/Charcoal Pano,K-Go,Bi-Xenon,Phone,AC Seats,
Up! It's safer! It takes 0.3 seconds to activate when you are in a car accident, so it might not get up in time in some accidents. Better to leave it up all the time! (Even when the top is closed)
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2005 vw touareg, sl500 r129 SOLD, 2002 sl500 kleemann
up when i have the windows up, speeding, and if there's a guy in an SUV with xenon lights behind me:P otherwise its down.
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I'm torn. It does look kind of bland with it down, but with it up it looks out of place too in that it doesn't look like it serves any real purpose. I go back and forth. I never use the windscreen though. It's sitting in the closet.
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This seems to be a polarizing question. Whatever the view, it seems to be hard core in that direction.
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I like it down, I use to like it up as well but it looks alot sleeker with it down. Hmmm kinda back and forth I guess...
About the windscreen are you suppose to put the bar up with it, or just fold it up ( looks kinda weird with it just folded up without the roll bar up to...)
About the windscreen are you suppose to put the bar up with it, or just fold it up ( looks kinda weird with it just folded up without the roll bar up to...)
Roll Bar always down.
(I think people look at it as a safety blanket to be up until they get used to going fast with the top down )
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Irrelevant, but mostly down. I just like to drive by any buildings with high-reflective windows and look and drool. That or those chromed out tankers carrying fuel. I just cruise next to them and admire the 6.