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Originally Posted by JHZR2
The car would be a 3rd/4th car, but would also likely be a DD for the most part.
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Yeah, well, just be advised that that may change.
I, too, was all jacked up when I got my cab. Everyone flocked around me like I was a rock star. And let's face it; much about a vert is ego. It's about being seen, more so than it is about performance. If it were more about performance than certainly the coupe reigns as king. Nothing inherently wrong with wanting to shimmer in the sunshine for all to see, unless you're an incurable narcissist.
As far as the rattles go, mine didn't really start until I'd had it about 18 months. Oddly it started in one of the front arm rests. I'd take it in and they'd tweak it. After which it would be fine for about 4 months, then it was right back in for the same arm rest. Then a couple of months later the other arm rest started acting up.
No doubt dealerships love selling verts not only for the additional sales revenue, but also because they know invariably over the life of the warranty it's going to be back in 2 or 3 times for rattles alone. That's virtually a dead lock cert.
I have no intention of raining on anyone's parade. Experienced cab owners know what they are getting into.
But I just think first time owners, who have no real clue what's it’s like to live with a cab daily, need to be cognizant that everything isn't sunshine and lollipops. After living with it a couple of years I guarantee some of the bloom will come off of the rose, particularly for those in the cooler climes.
But knowing what I know now if I had to do it over again, I'd still make the same decision and get the vert. It's just one of those things that gets under your skin and won't be satiated until you buy one and try it on for size.
And if after a while you find like me that it doesn't 'fit', then the excellent thing about verts is that resale value is solid (unless you get some oddball combo). After 2.5 years of ownership I got back almost 85% (excluding taxes) of what I paid for it.
It was bittersweet to let it go. And God willing, some day I'll get back into one. It just won't be until I'm somewhere year round warmer.
Where the top is down just about once a day, and I can smile up into the blue clear sky and thank Him for this as well as other blessings He's given me. Hopefully that'll be back home; in the heaven on earth I know as Monterey. 
Anyway, I think the only final decision you need to make now is the hardest one; what color combo to go with.
Me? I'm someone who likes unusual color combinations. My vert was Steel Grey with Tanin red (think of Coral red, only with more snap) leather.
Make mine Le Mans blue with Lemon leather and Moonlight black roof.
