Top up or down in garage?

ShakyDog · 03-18-2010, 09:08 PM

So what is the general rule with the top?

Do you put it up when in the garage over night?

Leave it down?

Whatever . . .

Just wondering if it is bad on the top to leave it down for extended lengths of time, or not a problem at all.

Steve

bosstones · 03-18-2010, 09:15 PM

I don't have a vert, but I'd probably leave it down if it was only overnight or so. Personally, for anything longer than that, I'd leave it up to prevent dust, bugs, and whatever from getting in/all over the interior.

M_Six · 03-18-2010, 09:18 PM

Overnight or a day or two I'll leave it down. Any more than that and I'll leave it up.

RichardTS · 03-19-2010, 06:46 AM

Leave it up. Long term sitting with the top folded will just make the wrinkles from folding permanent. Top up means fabric stretched. Top down is like a folded shirt in a drawer - creased.

nickpapa · 03-19-2010, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by RichardTS

Leave it up. Long term sitting with the top folded will just make the wrinkles from folding permanent. Top up means fabric stretched. Top down is like a folded shirt in a drawer - creased.

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ShakyDog · 03-19-2010, 08:40 AM

This is what I figured, but I just wanted to confirm.

I guess I could allways move the steamer to the garage and steam the wrinkles :-)

Steve

rps · 03-19-2010, 08:58 AM

If the car is sitting for more than 10 minutes I put up the top. There are too many horror stories out there about leaving the top down and a quick storm coming up and the water damage that ensues.

gago · 03-19-2010, 01:07 PM

leave it up dust goes into the interior as well

Hawkeye · 03-19-2010, 01:15 PM

Top up all the time

Lance_Goodthrust · 03-19-2010, 03:50 PM

I always put the top and windows up to keep out dust, bugs, etc.

WhoU4 · 03-19-2010, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Top up all the time

Come on Hawk admit it, there must be some time you wished you had a roadster...

To save on wear, if I bring it home with the top down and am driving it the next morning, I'll leave it down. It goes back up at work.

Finnegan · 03-20-2010, 02:38 AM

When I had a vert I always put the top up.

Spiders just love to make themselves at home in the car (especially during the Spring and Summer). Not to mention the bugs the die after being trapped in the hot garage that end up on the seats.

After finding a few dead bugs, a spider web or two, and hearing that Click and Clack "Black Widow" episode I decided top up was the way to go. Especially since I've found a few of the little hourglass sporting nasties hiding in the garage. I usually roll up the windows in any car that stays in the garage....

Note: The Click and Clack episode was about the guy here in the Sacramento area who had a zillion baby black widows in the car

. (One solution the gave to "fix" the problem was to set the car on fire; I think the other was to fumigate....)

Did I mention I don't like bugs?

b0bab0i · 03-20-2010, 08:23 AM

Top is down all the time, 24/7.

But that's because i have a hardtop

MVF4Rrider · 03-20-2010, 12:22 PM

I have some black widows in my garage time to time, so guess which configuration I choose?

bosstones · 03-20-2010, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MVF4Rrider

I have some black widows in my garage time to time, so guess which configuration I choose?

Top down, windows down, doors open, storage compartment & glove box open, and boot lid & hood open?

Finnegan · 03-20-2010, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MVF4Rrider

I have some black widows in my garage time to time, so guess which configuration I choose?

Quote:

Originally Posted by bosstones

Top down, windows down, doors open, storage compartment & glove box open, and boot lid & hood open?

Perfect configuration for dealing with those people who always want to drive the car. "Sure, you can drive it, but be careful about the black widow next to the clutch pedal....See, there it is! There's a few more running around in here somewhere too."

Of course the downside is then trying to get the spiders out of the car....

Of course, if you're finding you need to spice up the driving experience, this adds a whole new level of excitement to the experience....

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bosstones Lieutenant Colonel 1177 Rep 1,549 Posts Drives: o_0 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Suburbia iTrader: (0)	I don't have a vert, but I'd probably leave it down if it was only overnight or so. Personally, for anything longer than that, I'd leave it up to prevent dust, bugs, and whatever from getting in/all over the interior. __________________ - Jeff bosstones' flickr
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M_Six Free Thinker 17238 Rep 7,456 Posts Drives: 2016 MB GLC300 4matic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Foothills of Mt Level iTrader: (0)	Overnight or a day or two I'll leave it down. Any more than that and I'll leave it up. __________________ Mark markj.pics "Life is uncertain, eat bacon now." -UncleWede
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RichardTS Second Lieutenant 5 Rep 238 Posts Drives: 335i E92 & Z4 M Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Orleans iTrader: (0)	Leave it up. Long term sitting with the top folded will just make the wrinkles from folding permanent. Top up means fabric stretched. Top down is like a folded shirt in a drawer - creased.
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ShakyDog Captain 184 Rep 623 Posts Drives: 2007 Z4 3.0i Alpine White/Red Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Missouri iTrader: (4)	This is what I figured, but I just wanted to confirm. I guess I could allways move the steamer to the garage and steam the wrinkles :-) Steve
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rps Captain 35 Rep 609 Posts Drives: 2013 X1 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pace, Fl iTrader: (11)	If the car is sitting for more than 10 minutes I put up the top. There are too many horror stories out there about leaving the top down and a quick storm coming up and the water damage that ensues. __________________ NB8S Past Garage: Z4, 135i. Present Garage: 2013 X Drive X1 2.8i.
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gago Private 7 Rep 79 Posts Drives: BMW Z4 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jer Z iTrader: (0)	leave it up dust goes into the interior as well
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Finnegan Dog Listener 707 Rep 7,850 Posts Drives: Z4M/. Z3M, E36/46 M3 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Teaching the dog to slalom iTrader: (22)	When I had a vert I always put the top up. Spiders just love to make themselves at home in the car (especially during the Spring and Summer). Not to mention the bugs the die after being trapped in the hot garage that end up on the seats. After finding a few dead bugs, a spider web or two, and hearing that Click and Clack "Black Widow" episode I decided top up was the way to go. Especially since I've found a few of the little hourglass sporting nasties hiding in the garage. I usually roll up the windows in any car that stays in the garage.... Note: The Click and Clack episode was about the guy here in the Sacramento area who had a zillion baby black widows in the car . (One solution the gave to "fix" the problem was to set the car on fire; I think the other was to fumigate....) Did I mention I don't like bugs?
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b0bab0i Major 24 Rep 1,033 Posts Drives: 03 TiAG z4 3.0i w/ hardtop Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	Top is down all the time, 24/7. But that's because i have a hardtop
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