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CAMARO HAS HAD THIS FEATURE SINCE 2016! 2016!!!!!!

I could give a rat's ass about brand loyalty, I am a convertible lover, and if I wasn't getting a Wrangler for my future car, then the Camaro would have been next.





It's always been a dream of mine to walk up to my convertible as she takes her top off all on her own like a boss.

Best we could do for now is lower all of our peasant ass windows with our peasant ass remotes and that's it. Oh yeah, we still have to turn our manual latch like some poor laborer

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The other fun fact is that you can raise and lower the top up to 31 mph.
 
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RANT NOT OVER!

Are you freaking kidding me?! The remote ALSO CLOSES THE TOP! Oh my god :angry:

I can't even count how many times have I left the top down just so it's easier for my rear passengers to get out only to sit back into my driver's seat or bend over awkwardly to hold the top close button AND still have to lock the freaking latch!


I need to stop watching these videos. I feel like I have been betrayed by Ford. We've been asking for no more manual latches and remote top since the dawn of mankind. :curse:
 

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Guy in the video is wrong. The key fob does not raise the top. It only lowers it. There are some aftermarket hacks that re-program the remote to raise the top.
 

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WesleyEng,

I just noticed a couple things in your sig that indicate you are as much of an outlier as I am. I also have a convertible sports car with a trailer hitch and dashcam.

Here’s my hitch in use....
 

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Smart top module will do most of those things on a Mustang. However, on the list of 100 things I would buy for a car I doubt remote convertible operation would make the list. Certainly doesn't make me mad.

No heated steering wheel on the premium gets my goat.
 
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Smart top module will do most of those things on a Mustang. However, on the list of 100 things I would buy for a car I doubt remote convertible operation would make the list. Certainly doesn't make me mad.
Yeah right, you're going to fabricate some type of motor and housing to release that manual latch?

So tempting to jump on this and make it my next project. I'll only be putting out 4k since my Mustang trades at 20 in it's current state. If only my redline interior and sequential tail lights didn't look so damn good
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Thank god summer is almost over. Don't have to be bitter for much longer.
 

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Before it gets out of hand... Please keep it civil.
 

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Takes forever and looks heavy....just a party trick.
 

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No trunk space... and I read on a forum (don't know if true), that if you lower the top while driving, the wind can kick around papers or other small items you have in the trunk and they fly out. Not sure who would have papers in the trunk... but there you go.
 

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I'd rather have to twist the latch and not have a remote that lowers the top than give up my trunk space or have to rearrange trunk contents just to lower the top...
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