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View Poll Results: Do you tilt your sunroof?
All day all night baby!
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48.39%
Eh, When it's sunny
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40.32%
What's tilting the sunroof? (Never)
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9.68%
I can't find my sunroof (Don't have one)
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Sun Roof Tilt? You do it?

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Old 06-11-07, 08:32 AM
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For the most part its tilted. The sunroof is only open when I need to let the cops 'see inside' the car because of the tint.
Old 06-11-07, 08:59 AM
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my sunroof is permantely tilted. i like the look....but something is wrong because it wont go down =(
Old 06-11-07, 09:00 AM
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When the cabin is hot.

"Warm air rises while cool air falls down."

IT'S PHYSICS, BABY!!!
Old 06-11-07, 12:33 PM
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u get some fresh air with it on tilt plus u don't get all that wind noise of rolling down the windows.
Old 06-11-07, 12:44 PM
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I only open my sunroof halfway. Make's it just right for me.
Old 06-11-07, 04:51 PM
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Always tilted
Old 06-11-07, 04:56 PM
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I'm a tilted fool. Will never own another car without a sunroof. Especially one that tilts.
Old 06-11-07, 06:33 PM
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Always... looks so good with an agressive stance and kit. Its like an additional roof spoiler lol....

Old 06-11-07, 10:10 PM
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I will tilt it once in a while, usually when driving around in the city. I don't on the highway; I care about gas mileage and the wind noise gets to me at 65mph.
Old 06-12-07, 01:04 PM
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i like tiltin my sunroof so much, and it improves my look to such a crazy extreme... that when im not in my car, i take the sunroof OFF and tilt that **** right above my head while im walking around.. yeah, now whos the man.
Old 06-12-07, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by pingu
I will tilt it once in a while, usually when driving around in the city. I don't on the highway; I care about gas mileage and the wind noise gets to me at 65mph.
huh.. i never thought of it that way, could you do me a favor and do two complete Full to Empty runs, with your trip odometer, and let me know exactly how many mpg you lose when driving with the sunroof tilted on the highway, as opposed to having it closed under the same driving conditions? ill paypal you enough money to buy you a full tank of 94 from one of your local gas stations if driving with it open proves to diminish your mpg by even 1 full mile out of a full tank. i dont care how you like to operate your own personal property or what your preferences are, but that "i care about gas mileage" comment is just really stretchin it, hahaa, even for me.
Old 06-12-07, 01:56 PM
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tilted and/or full out open...I rarely use A/C
Old 06-12-07, 03:55 PM
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I'll be tilting soon!
Old 06-12-07, 05:04 PM
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same for me but I hate the dust that climbs in my car ....


I always have it tilted and the back right window cracked for that perfect breeze
Old 06-12-07, 07:19 PM
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Hehe, well I guess it is a stretch, but if you are continuously driving on the highway, any changes aerodynamically will affect your mileage. That is why cars are put through a wind tunnel tests and such. To be honest, the wind noise bothers me more then anything.

I will try it out as long as I don't get annoyed. The problem is, there is too much statistical room for error. I could be way off of a mile due to traffic, a heavy foot, the amount of A/C I use (weather has been strange in California lately), and the amount of driving I do on the highway vs. the city, and even time of day I drive. My numbers really mean nothing unless the conditions and every variable can be controlled 100%.
Maybe we can get that show, Mythbusters to do it

BTW all of you who can get 94 @ the pump are spoiled :P hehe.
Be thankful you do not have to use CA's 91 aka crap gas.

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