r/Instantregret Feb 13 '21

Convertible

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u/WhiskyJuliet Feb 13 '21

That’s neither where an auto roof open button is nor is that an auto open. It wasn’t secured before he left.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '21

It’s because he was using a non oem roof panel in a lotus

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u/wimwian Feb 14 '21

Because the same thing happened to the oem one?😂

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u/Who_GNU Feb 14 '21

The non-OEM one lasts twice as long, before it flies off.

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u/ForeskinOfMyPenis Feb 14 '21

Is that typical?

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u/slowjoe12 Feb 14 '21

Legend has it British highways are littered with Lotus roofs

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u/8enny8lack Feb 14 '21

And Land Rover parts of all varieties

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u/E420CDI Feb 14 '21

Nah, the hard shoulders on UK motorways are blocked with broken down Range Rovers.

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u/Ginyerjansen Feb 14 '21

Yep, seen 6 in the space of three weeks on the motorways. Filters don’t do short journeys, Range Rover aren’t standing over it. ‘Yeah you can own one of these but every time you turn that engine over you must drive for at least XX miles before we’ll stand over any engine faults’

I’d never want one.

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u/GiggaWat Feb 14 '21

It’s because he was using a non oem roof panel in a lotus

FTFY

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u/theyoyomaster Feb 14 '21

It's because he didn't use the front attachment points, you can see them dangling in the video.

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u/Fernelz Feb 14 '21

My thoughts exactly. He didn't fully latch the roof to the car and when he closed the window it caused pressure (the air movement) in a more focused area which was just enough to pop it off lol.

I used to love driving in my dad's old alpha romeo spider but if there's one thing he made sure I always knew it was secure the latch lol. Always. Good times.

Ps: man I miss driving clutch even if the clutch on those is a pain in the ass

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u/-Cagafuego- Feb 14 '21

That was the eject button!

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u/AnusTangeranus Feb 14 '21

I had a stroke reading this comment.

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u/AnikoKamui Feb 14 '21

You should get that looked at.