07-29-2009, 10:11 PM
I owned a Jeep CJ7, and it took many minutes to put up the top. Today's Wranglers make the job so easy, it's ridiculous. I never even used the top on my CJ7--I lived in Florida and then San Diego (and the cross-country trip was crazy in that thing), and I simply had a bikini top with the doors off. It was pretty awesome.
My current car, a Mazda Miata has a manual top, and it goes up and down in less than 10 seconds. I always wonder why people ask me why it doesn't have an automatic top, because an automatic top would take three to four times longer to put up and down, at least.
Incidentally, mikebw is more or less right about the rain--in my Miata, if I'm traveling at least 20mph or so, normal rain stays out (downpours excluded). My Jeep had a different profile, and it was a bit more difficult to keep the rain out, but that's what the bikini top was for...
-Tofer
My current car, a Mazda Miata has a manual top, and it goes up and down in less than 10 seconds. I always wonder why people ask me why it doesn't have an automatic top, because an automatic top would take three to four times longer to put up and down, at least.
Incidentally, mikebw is more or less right about the rain--in my Miata, if I'm traveling at least 20mph or so, normal rain stays out (downpours excluded). My Jeep had a different profile, and it was a bit more difficult to keep the rain out, but that's what the bikini top was for...
-Tofer