Why are slicktops so sought after?

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  • Raxe
    R3V Elite
    • Nov 2006
    • 5346

    #16
    Originally posted by RUFFLZ
    how much weight can you possibly be losing without the glass?
    Glass?! Ffffuuuu I want a moonroof.

    >> 1988 3.1 ITB E30 /// 2002 E46 M3 6MT / 2008 335xi 6MT / 1991 S38B36 E30 (sold)

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    • Massimo
      No R3VLimiter
      • Jan 2008
      • 3207

      #17
      I haz slick top bitches.
      sigpic

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      • Harry's E30
        Mod Crazy
        • Sep 2010
        • 643

        #18
        because racecar

        BUILD-http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=242728

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        • priapism
          E30 Enthusiast
          • Mar 2010
          • 1182

          #19
          Not just the 20lbs, but where it is. Up high, making a nice pendulum. You want weight down low, it drops the CG down lower and helps handling a bunch. Also being sunroofless gives more headroom.
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          -Sean : 91 Calypso 325i : Castro Motorsports SoCal Spec E30 #33

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          • freeride53
            R3V OG
            • Jul 2007
            • 11972

            #20
            Biggest thing is the increase in structural strength.
            I don't give a fack though. I love cruising with my windows down, sunroof back, pumping The Scorpions in true 1980s German fashion. :up:

            1991 BMW 318i (Old Shell RIP, Now Being Re-shelled & Reborn)
            1983 Peugeot 505 STI
            1992 Volvo 240 Wagon
            2009 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport 4WD

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            • Galactodactyl
              Advanced Member
              • Mar 2011
              • 182

              #21
              Every car I've purchased that had a sunroof leaked.

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              • brainspo0n
                Grease Monkey
                • Dec 2010
                • 373

                #22
                I like the sunroof in my 4 door, it adds more to the experience (love the hand crank, too)

                ventilation is improved when you have the back end popped a little. I use it more than I would a marginally better power to weight ratio/lower cg

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                • freeride53
                  R3V OG
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 11972

                  #23
                  Originally posted by brainspo0n
                  I like the sunroof in my 4 door, it adds more to the experience (love the hand crank, too)

                  ventilation is improved when you have the back end popped a little. I use it more than I would a marginally better power to weight ratio/lower cg
                  Story of my life.

                  1991 BMW 318i (Old Shell RIP, Now Being Re-shelled & Reborn)
                  1983 Peugeot 505 STI
                  1992 Volvo 240 Wagon
                  2009 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport 4WD

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                  • brainspo0n
                    Grease Monkey
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 373

                    #24
                    I love it when you see car adds that boast some miniscule technical advancement in some new model that improves performance by some infinitesimal amount

                    as if the driving skill of Joe Blow can exploit this

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                    • DrJosh
                      R3VLimited
                      • May 2009
                      • 2011

                      #25
                      I have opened my sunroof a total of two times since owning the car aside from cleaning. For me they are useless. I would much rather have a slick top.
                      Originally posted by Sonny
                      I am a meme for our community.

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                      • SA E30
                        E30 Fanatic
                        • Feb 2004
                        • 1248

                        #26
                        I don't care for a sunroof, but what I wish we got over here are pop out rear windows... They seriously help with ventilation and IMHO look cool.

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                        • JamesE30
                          R3VLimited
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 2092

                          #27
                          I do like sunroofs and one wouldn't deter me from buying an e30, but I love the clean top of an e30 with no sunroof. Next to the hood probably my favourite surface on the car. The black shut line of an always-ever-so-slightly-misaligned panel in the middle of the roof totally ruins it for me.

                          This thread makes me want to wash my car and take a shiny pic of the roof. brb

                          R.H.D
                          M-technic I club

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                          • Pantless Spency
                            It's McRib time!!!
                            • Feb 2011
                            • 7284

                            #28
                            i'd prefer sunrood, but i see all the cons of owning one, especially water leaks.

                            i would honestly kill someone for a moon roof, one came up on CL around here for $400 and i nearly tracked down and killed the guy selling it, but it had been sold.

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                            • Nairb
                              E30 Fanatic
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 1207

                              #29
                              Originally posted by brainspo0n
                              Iloveitwhenyouseecaraddsthatboastsomeminiscule technicaladvancementinsomenewmodelthatimprovesperf ormancebysomeinfinitesimalamount
                              wat.
                              My 1991 318is Progression Thread

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                              • JamesE30
                                R3VLimited
                                • Feb 2007
                                • 2092

                                #30
                                Back:p

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                                R.H.D
                                M-technic I club

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