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      08-28-2011, 06:03 PM   #20
JimD
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It would have to be a system that would raise the top IF the rain sensor detected rain and IF the speed was under 25mph. And what if you are in the process of accelerating? You get the top partially up and then torn up or you have to slow down?

Afternoons here in the summer time often involve spotty showers. I like to drive home with the top down and have been caught a couple times. On the highway, it needs to rain HARD before you get more than a few drops on you. I've had to stop once under an overpass to raise the top. The rain quit maybe another mile down the road.

I do not need or want a system to automatically raise the top. If I guess wrong and get caught in the rain, I will either raise the top or continue to get wet. Doesn't happen often and I can deal with it.

Jim
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