If I could do it over again I would order my car and get the glass roof.

I thought for sure I was going to be tracking the car a lot, so I opted to skip it... but that hasn't been the case at all. Oh well.

 

If I want glass over my head I have a 2011 Edge with the Vista roof option and it also opens.

 

I wish I had ordered it now. Oh well...

 

Too many rocks on roads here....Didnt want hassle of replacing cracked glass roof...

 

except vert's kill the roofline, which diminishes from the look IMO. Also, I live in So Cal and I feel no need to tint it.

And there is nothing to worry about as far as accidents go. I don't know if it's tempered or laminated but it won't break into shards and cut you or anything

 

Couldn't have sait it better myself, lovin' every minute of it. Opens up the green house considerably. I like the roofline so much that a vert was out of the question, so i opted for the glassroof . It was well worth it IMO.

 

does the sun make a glare on the gauges and/or nav screen?

 

i sat in a glass model....felt like i was in a greenhouse

prefer a vert!

 

Originally I really wanted a coupe with a glass roof. But then I changed my mind to a 'vert because

- when driving the glass roof, I too felt like I was in a greenhouse
- missed not having an sunroof that opened (I've had a sunroof on all my cars)
- realized I could get a 'vert for not much $$ more

Those sealed the deal for me

PS. I think the roofline looks better on a vert. So there!

 

If it was free it'd be one thing, but at $1995 it's a non-starter for me.

 

Well my Exploder has a sunroof and I can't even remember the last time I had it open, or even the shade open for that matter. So I just can't see $2000 worth of value in it, especially when it doesn't even open.

 

I'l be damnnn if when getting my 2015 MY it is not an option anymore.

 

It is rather pretty, but amazingly rather smooth, no points on it at all

And it's already tinted, and it has a sunshade, doesn't entirely eliminate the light coming through so it's always brighter inside. But it is stronger (laminated and hardened polycarbonate glass) than the thin steel roof that's there otherwise, so actually would be better protection in a rollover.

Yes, so you can close the shade. My Chamois seats are really the source of any glaring (and the too light tint I got on the side windows...)

I can understand that, though it was x-plan discounted on mine. But I'll tell you it's the one most 'impressive' feature everyone notices about my car.
They're pretty rare and not a single person has said they didn't like it after sitting in my car.

Much stiffer (and lighter) than a full convertible, too.

 

the problem is heat. being baked under sun is really bad. I did admire it before, but after my wife's edge with huge sun roof I withdraw a little. It is big fun to passenger, but driver can't feel too much the benefit.

 

Verts lose chassis rigidity, add road noise, and add many leak points down the road.

Non-glass roof cars feel very claustrophobic inside.

28lbs is the weight of your arm, and based on most of your 5,000 calorie-a-day diets, you could probably stand to lose 28 lbs yourself, fatty.

 

What % tint did you do that you think is too light?

 

I love mine, well worth the extra 2k.

 

I love the glass roof, sun, rain, snow, and dead of night. Why else do we have MyColor gages and ambient lights, but to illuminate the glass roof at night?

I use the cover when it's parked in the sun (wish there were similar covers for the REST of the glass, just sayin), and on rare occasion if the sun is in my eyes. Otherwise, I'm counting on its SPF 50 rating.

If the glass roof is colder in the winter and warmer in the summer than a solid metal roof, so what IMO. It's not much of a difference in temperature.

csledd said it best, "The glass roof is what god would have sent if Jesus couldn't make it."

 

So true, so true, though my arms weigh a whole lot more than 28lbs (muscle is more dense than fat, you know )

I'm not sure what it is, but it's too light, at least during the summer, I've thought about ripping it out and doing it again. It is nice being able to see out at night, but I wish I'd gone darker (had it done in the winter, in the garage, stupid stupid )

 

My thoughts exactly, I almost pulled the trigger on the glass roof but bought the vert. If it came on the base model I would have maybe gone that route.