Just food for thought.. feel free to chime in

How many of you are going with a glass roof? Seems like a majority are going with hardtops according to the Official Ordering thread.

Is it money? Or people who plan to track their cars?

Convertibles are a whole different animal, but concering a glass roof- my wife would want it, but for me, it's a matter of a few issues-

more weight, possibly going to take the car to the track, extreme heat in Florida and can live without the extra few degrees above my head- the elmination of ever having to worry about a darn leak-and of course, last but not least 2k to throw into the financing...

 

I stayed away from the glass roof so I could track my car.

 

Cost and weight issues for me.

 

Cost for me. Just not worth $2k for a fixed glass roof. Odd that they sell the moon roof in other cars for $600 and it has moving parts. I am confident the glass roof will not leak though. If it was removable, it could have leakage issues but it's fixed. No worries there.

 

All comes down to cost for me. When its time to order i'll make the decision then.

 

Cost.

If I want to spend the extra money, I would have gotten a convertible.

 

Um... well, I guess I'm the lone ranger here, then. Cost isn't a huge issue as I'm deployed, and the glass roof will more than keep its resale value 10-15 years down the line. I got it.

 

I don't think I've ever seen an option keep its resale value down the line. . . my guess is in 10-15 years it will be worth about $200 more because the car will likely be worth about $3k.

You're active duty military? Thanks for your service.

 

Cost was the #1 factor of why I didn't choose a glass roof. The price was already getting to the limit of what I wanted to spend, and I couldn't justify the 2k more for it. 1k I would have done it, maybe even 1.5k. But 2k was too much. I also had concerns about how well the shade will hold up long term, since I will be keeping the car indefinitely.

 

I am getting a coupe, but I would rater get a vert than that glass roof...
I do not like the transparent look when the roof undercover sunblock is off. They should have tint the glass darker IMO.

 

I'm going to place my order for a glass roof car today. I sat in hard top and glass roof cars back to back at the Detroit show. The glass roof car was a much nicer, brighter place to spend time. I also thought about it while driving my 1981 Corvette- imagining what the cockpit would be like if the t-tops were painted instead of glass. That sealed the deal for me. I wish it didn't cost $2000, but the added light is worth the cost to me.

 

I want to get one, I think they're really cool and I'm not worried about leaking because its basically a windshield uptop, does your windshield leak? I don't verts too much and id love a sun roof or targa if it only worked well with the lines (which they dont)

 

Glass roof for me!

I have been too spoiled by sunroofs in the past - can't go back to the claustrophobic solid steel roof

I hate convertibles, so that isn't even an option for me - can't stand the look with the top up or the vunerability of em'. 2k is well worth the price for me to have this...

 

just not worth it to me IMO
i think it makes the car look like it got too short of a haircut, maybe if the glass was tinted closer to black it would look more integrated
i also like the closed-in feeling instead of the open-airy feeling this is supposed to represent

 

I never had any intention of getting the glass roof but the 2010 I test drove had one. I was driving along in the afternoon and thinking, "F%$# it's beautiful here." The salesman then pointed out the glass roof. Still had no intention of getting it so I closed it over. The more I thought about it over time the more I wanted it. Having to wait more months than I planned for the x-plan to kick in for me I decided I'd just get it since I'd have some more time to save for it.

I don't like convertibles and sunroofs are just too small. This was perfect. It's just a bit different too. In addition to how much nicer it makes the interior look it has a bit of novelty to it. Someone mentioned in another thread that there were cars in the 50s with glass roofs. I never knew that. Maybe this is something that will again go away in a few years. (Are there still cars with t-tops?)

 

The glass roof is a really nice feature (drove a 2010 GT with it), but not worth $2k to me.

The HID lights and MCA Pkg w/ 18" W Speed rated AHPA/S tires (& the rest of it's content) were more important to me and cost about the same. Did not want to break $30k sticker price either, as is this car is aleady around $8k more expencive than my '04 was !!

Doug

 

for me i wouldnt get it cause the cost. im prob going 11 base vert unless i can get the dealer to take 8K off a 2010 vert . He said no way, no how. Lets see if he changes his mind after the 11s come out...

 

$2k is too expensive. How often can you actually enjoy it when you're, you know, driving?

 

I didn't get it strictly for the fact that I want to stripe the car and I think stripes would look stupid being interrupted by the glass.

The price also helped me decide though.

 

I am going with the Kona blue, so the black glass roof blends in nicely with car