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Originally Posted by hawk02
At the risk of turning your thread into another tonneau cover on vs tonneau cover off discussion, I'm of the belief that the movement of the uncovered top while driving contributes over time to SOME of the rub marks and broken bows. I'm hard pressed to believe this movement does't stress the top's fabric and mechanics. I have not seen another manufacturer's convertible top flap around in the breeze going down the highway like the Camaro top does when it's uncovered. And I know you can argue that Chevy doesn't include the cover with every trim level so therefore it isn't needed but to me that's an awfully big assumption. Until Chevy or GM officially say it's not needed, I personally consider it a design flaw not to include one with every trim level given the amount of movement the top exhibits when left uncovered.
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I have rub marks that are clearly from my tonneau cover and I have some very serious ones that are clearly caused by the flapping in the wind when the cover isn't installed.
You are damned if you do and damned if you don't when it comes to the tonneau vs. no tonneau discussion. The problem is a poorly designed and engineered product, not a cover or no cover problem (although a nice hard cover similar to the Corvettes or my previous Solstice probably would've solved many of these issues...).