easternjets said:
I can't see the point in a Cab!
They're noisier to drive around in, bit like sleeping in a tent as opposed to a motorhome!
They get scuttle shake, they're heavier too due to strengthening.
In the hot summer days you get sun stroke and in the early Spring, late Summer, Autumn and Winter you get frostbite.
The ladies with long hair hate them.
They inevitably leak as they get older and the rubber seals perish and then they smell of wee!
They're a security nightmare, one Stanley knife and your in.
You look a tool when you drive around in them with the top down, more so in town as it's like being in a goldfish bowl.
Anything over the national speed limit and it gets very uncomfortable with the top down.
Buy a coupe with a sun roof or a new Targa, simples!
I've had convertibles since 1999. Hate Coupes. A sports car shoudn't have a roof, end of story. Nothing like a nice summer day/evening or even today for having the roof down. Wife loves it, also has a convertible.
Suspect you've never owned a cabrio.......... Nothing else will do I'm afraid. Can't say I've noticed scuttle shake, that's a bit out of date these days, especially if you knew this:
"For the first time, development of the cabriolet version of the 997 led the design and engineering effort at Porsche with the coupé following. Porsche applied the logic that if you started with the more difficult cabriolet challenges (for chassis stiffness) the coupé version would simply be more rigid. Despite additional weight, the cabriolet versions attain nearly the same performance figures as their coupé counterparts. Even the rear tail comes up slightly higher on the cabriolets to compensate for differences in drag over the canvas top vs. the smoother coupé shape". In fact, cabrio is 0.2 seconds slower to 60 than a coupe, so no, you aren't going to notice. Seems cabrios is 85kg heavier.
If you want a fast road car, and have a coupe over a cabrio "because its lighter/faster" then why do you have a 911 if that's your concern? Why not an Aerial Atom? Oh is because that isn't what you want? Yeah, that's why I have convertibles. Tunnel Blasting is just awesome (I have PSE, always on!) and it's just so much nicer with the roof down.
I live in a nice area, so the security really isn't an issue. I leave it outside on the road roof down all the time.
OP, get a cabrio, much more fun
If it's a daily driver, get a higher mileage looked after car, don't pay over the odds for a low mileage one, there's no point.