Originally Posted by
PeterW
I fully agree with all of this. No rattles, whistles or leaks. I find it to be a huge amount of fun driving it with the top off. I love it. Puts a smile on my face every time.
Head room is a factor. I'm 6'2" and just fit. If I wanted to track the car, which I don't, I would not have enough head room for a helmet. But I would simply get another seat and take the padding out. ... Unless maybe they'd let me on the track with the top off!! Must haves for me when I bought were manual, Targa, no major modification, reasonably complete service history. I wasn't particularly bothered about colour and I wasn't too bothered if there were a few things to sort out.
Good luck.
Peter
I've had three targas. I currently have a targa and a coupe. They are both great cars, but there are some differences. As mentioned above, there is slightly less headroom. However, you can obviously buy or construct lower cushions to deal with this. Ask Geraint on this forum. He made his own moulded seat cushion.
On track, most places will allow you to drive roof off. There is however little difference in headroom between coupe and targa, so if you are 5ft 10+ and want to track with the roof on, you'll need to do something with your seating arrangements.
Reference ride and rigidity. As has been said many times before. The targa has a more compliant ride and is better for it on UK roads. If you want less body roll, simply add a type-r front ARB a type-s rear. Paul, correct me if I'm wrong.
There is a bit of feedback from the steering on bumpy roads, but this can be almost eliminated by some of the new chassis bars on the market. I've never had these and I'm reading between the lines of the Prime testimonials, but certainly the new love fab bars sound pretty good.
Again maybe Kaz can confirm this. But I believe they anchor straight into the chassis legs, which should create greater rigidity through the chassis legs. I know this isn't always preferable on a coupe, but certainly worth it on a targa.
There have also been talk of a t-top section being developed, which would still allow the fitment of the roof section.
However, as a standard car, it's really very good and although you will feel steering feedback on bumpy roads with the roof off. Roof on, it's 95% as stiff as a coupe.
Furthermore, it really is great to get the roof off. It's an extra dimension and very addictive.
Last edited by Papalazarou; 04-07-2014 at 07:40 PM.
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