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05-24-2013, 09:48 AM
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 Drives: 2011 Camaro RS convertible Join Date: May 2013
Location: Lafayette, LA
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Keeping top down indefinitely?
I bought my 2011 vert to drive on sunny days. I have the boot on and top down all the time. I drive the car for short periods every other weekend. The car stays in a closed garage otherwise. Have had no issues with dust or bugs. Should I change my set up? Put the top up each time I park it? Thanks. As of now, the top has been down three weeks.
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05-24-2013, 02:13 PM
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Drives: '17 Corvette Grand Sport M7 Join Date: May 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
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I put mine down in April and put it up in Sept. or Oct.. Garage kept. I've had no issues since I bought it new in 2011.
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05-24-2013, 02:30 PM
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Drives: '11 Camaro SS Conv. + '06 Silverado Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Hopewell Junction, NY
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I rarely leave my top down for extended periods of time. I find that when i do, the wringling in the fabric appears pronounced.
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05-24-2013, 02:44 PM
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Drives: '11 VR 2LT HHr Join Date: May 2011
Location: Gateway to the West
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I left the top down on my 99 Cavalier Z24
from oct til like april the following year. The Top Fabric Shrunk and was difficult to secure the latch. Could be different for a new Camaro ~
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05-24-2013, 08:37 PM
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Drives: 2011 IOM/IO 2SS RS Vert Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Spring Hill , Fl
Posts: 96
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My top has been down since I purchased it in June of 2011. It stays in the garage until we take it for a drive on a nice, sunny, no rain in the forecast day.
The top only goes up if we are going into a store for a long period or if it is early morning or late night and a little chilly (which isn't very often in Florida ). Have had no issues with my top...... No wrinkles, no shrinking and no rub marks.........When I drive, the tonneau cover is ALWAYS on with a towel between the cover and top. When I open the top......I always hold the open button down until the top is fully open to avoid any bouncing or rubbing of the top and mechanisms. Don't know if my habits attribute to no issues with my top.......or if I was lucky and just got a good one 
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05-26-2013, 07:35 PM
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"Catharine"
Drives: '11 2SS/RS LS-3 IOM/IO vert Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 2,132
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Top up every night, rarely leave it down but when I do seems like more wrinkles. Is up always for almost 8 mos of the year Oct thru May.
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05-27-2013, 07:25 AM
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Wrinkles always slightly appear whenever I put mine down, but disappear after a while once up. I never use my tonneau cover because it's a pain in the ass unless I'm driving 1hr+.
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05-27-2013, 09:12 AM
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Drives: '67 427vette/'11 Pacecar/'02 BMW ci Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: SW Ohio
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Mark, close it and post a picture of it right afterward. Curious to see how it looks.
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05-27-2013, 10:10 AM
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Drives: 2011 2LT/RS M6 VR Convertible Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Southeast NH
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05-27-2013, 10:51 AM
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Drives: 2012 45th Vert, 2011 4x4, 9sec Vega Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Canada
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Tops been down for 2 months now, tonneau cover on, inside the garage. The wrinkles always go away after its been up for a bit.
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06-04-2013, 01:59 PM
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Drives: 2012 2LT 45th anniversary convert Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Chicago
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I have heard many stories about tops shredding when they are finally put up after being left down for years.
Also, I am not in any kind of rural area. But discovered that a squirrel got in my garage, and could not get it out. Never had this before in 20 years of living there. I had to go buy a trap to get rid of it. I would not have wanted to see what kind of damage it might have done to the interior if I had always left the top down. |
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06-04-2013, 09:51 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro pace car Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: IL
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My top goes up when I put her to sleep for the winter, down all summer very few wrinkles, no way am I going to put it up...love to look at it with the top down...not so much with the top up!
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06-05-2013, 12:21 AM
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Drives: 2015 Spring Edition 2SS M-6 Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: South Central Florida
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06-05-2013, 07:18 AM
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"Catharine"
Drives: '11 2SS/RS LS-3 IOM/IO vert Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 2,132
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My next garage!
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