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It is actually repair insurance, sold by Toyota Finance, and it has lots of dealer
as well as insurance policy discretion as to what they will cover. Ask them for a copy of what it covers before you buy it.
cheap material for it's tops.
Toyota can give Al Gore a run for his money with nonsense and BS.
cheap and crappy.
I took a drive in a friend's Aston Martin DB 9 convertible the other night. New, the car sells for about $203,000. It rained. We got wet when we got out. That tells me it's not Toyota cheaping out to save a few bucks or forgetting a detail.
Rain gutters, like the ones on hard tops seem to be an engineering/design problem for convertibles.
It's really an opportunity. Someday an entrepreneur is going to invent a solution to the problem. In the mean time, you can have my solution for free: buy a hat.
Ducking,
Meegwell
Meegwell
I'd welcome any ideas, suggestions, caveats, and recommendations.
Thanks,
Meegwell
Test drive any other convertible when it rains. Let us know your finding. I suspect you will find the same problem with all or most of them.
Sorry I don't have better news.
Meegwell
Not so. Many convertibles, (Mustangs and Sebrings for example) have a rain gutter sewed above the doors.
Karl at aoksales.com
Anyone have any feedback on their experiences?
Sam
Thanks.
-lou
2006 SLE
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However the roof is sad, and I've not found a shop in Raleigh, NC that want to be bothered to call back about the roof job. The dealer price for parts was way North of the value of the car, but a few of the online suppliers look ok.. The issue is I don't want to receive a large heavy box of junk only to find out it is truly junk.
Has anybody used a site like http://www.convertibletopguys.com/ or others to get a roof and has anybody done their own install?
Thanks
Clean and blow out this area. Leafs and tree pollen will block flow.
Also remove rear seat and spare tire, remove all the drain plugs so your not holding water.
There are two on each compartment on sides of spare, one where jack is, and another under the cup holder looking plastic tray in trunk.
If you have compressed air available, go under car and blow out drains. They are only gaps in where the body panels are welded together under rear window.
Yes mine began leaking for no real reason.