Peqoud

Driving home yesterday from a rather grueling flight day (3 legs) I was caught in traffic from Van Nuys airport to Pasadena (CA) - almost 2 hours. The heat was finally letting up. As I sat at the freeway exit I went to put the top down. Little bastard stopped halfway - wouldn't go up or down. Kind of stuck in a Sig Heil position. Now I had read about this top breaking, bending etc. if one were to keep operating it... Well, instead of looking like a jackass and driving around with the top halfway open (or some other brilliant solution), I chose to FORCE it down instead of looking like a douche. I am awesome. Sat around with the wife and a glass of vino post flight and was able to put it back up in manual limp-home mode (which I should have done earlier). My little move probably cost me $5k. Sweet.

Note to others: pull over when this happens and read the fu@%ing manual.

JPS

Prob not that much. But a few $. Bummer.

murfysflaw

Uggh... mine got stuck like that last summer, but I was parked at the time and got it raised manually. Ended up being the transmissions right behind the doors were loose. Tightened up the bolts and viola... works like a charm. I did immediately convert it back to manual operation once I got it working though... didn't want to take my chances.

blake

These types of actions are the worst, and really stick with you. Now worries as it can be fixed, but I completely understand how you feel...

I think the 3 flight legs played a major role with your stress level. Travelling commercial always drains me.

-B

timothymoffat

Hopefully won't cost that much. Don't sweat it, we've all been there.

MarkD

That totally blows. I can empathize. I don't do well when overheated and tired either.

Hopefully it was about time for a new top and you can turn this into an opportunity.
If not, I recommend more good vino.