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Originally Posted by DD
You know its a manual top right? There is no motor
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really? hmmm...new stuff every day...
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Originally Posted by NR
actually ALL the wight is in the stiffenng, regardless of auto top or not.
To create stiffness in the frame alone (co planer) it will take exponentiall more mass than if it were not co planer (stiffening in the roof) the farther apart the stiffening is, the stronger it is, so to keep it strong when its all within 12" of itself takes A LOT of stiffening
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yea, its like for example, you take a piece of flat cardboard, and see how easily it twists and bends, back and forth. then take another piece of cardboard and make a domed 'roof' and attach it securely to the cardboard, and it becomes much harder to twist and bend.
Being a convertible, it has to have quite a bit more stiffening on the chasis to prevent that bending and flexing (cause it has no roof), hence how heavy it is.