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Old 05-22-2014, 09:58 PM
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It also allows the heat to be vented out before you sit in the car. As opposed to sitting in a hot car and holding the toggle down switch for 20 seconds.

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Very true!
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Very true!
Probably the most valid reason.

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I traveled thru three states today to play Golf with a Corvette customer...ran into several of my Corvette customers! Small world...they all liked this instructional video.

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I really like the video, hate golf...
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Good job Mike, but I have to admit, miss the days of the ratchet wrench on the C4 when you had to bold the top down, and no matter what you did it rattled. Love the old days.... After seeing you take off the top on the coupe, I must say, owning the Convertible makes live easy. Great explanation of the entire process. Have to love the Convertible push a button and let the car do the work...sort of like "Set it and Forget it" technology....
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there should be a button on the coupe's remote, a person comes out and removes the top for you and places it in the cargo area.
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Thanks for sharing the great vid, Mike!
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Thanks for sharing the great vid, Mike!
My pleasure.

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Originally Posted by 1KULC7
Good job Mike, but I have to admit, miss the days of the ratchet wrench on the C4 when you had to bold the top down, and no matter what you did it rattled. Love the old days.... After seeing you take off the top on the coupe, I must say, owning the Convertible makes live easy. Great explanation of the entire process. Have to love the Convertible push a button and let the car do the work...sort of like "Set it and Forget it" technology....
I have received some great feedback from this video. I plan on doing others on different area's of the C7.

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Thanks Mike, well done!
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Thanks Mike, well done!
My pleasure!

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got my coupe the other day !! took the top off today your video was mint ! thank you !
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got my coupe the other day !! took the top off today your video was mint ! thank you !
So glad it helped. As I said before, I have done it several thousand times...experience helps!

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Mike,

There is an official Chevy video out there that goes over the same thing. I think your video is much better and easier to understand how to take the top on and off. Thanks.


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Mike,

There is an official Chevy video out there that goes over the same thing. I think your video is much better and easier to understand how to take the top on and off. Thanks.


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I can get my remote start to work (sometimes) but never the top. Press Unlock twice and then hold the button! I get three beeps and that's it. Any suggestions? Nice video!
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I can get my remote start to work (sometimes) but never the top. Press Unlock twice and then hold the button! I get three beeps and that's it. Any suggestions? Nice video!
Yes, close the doors and trunk and make sure the trunk divider is clicked in place....and press lock twice...then press unlock twice...then hold the top down button and it should work. Remember to hold the down button until you hear the beep.
I have a feeling the trunk divider is not clicked in place. Call me desk direct 3012124420 if you are still having issues. Please let me know how you do.

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Originally Posted by Mike@Criswell
Yes, close the doors and trunk and make sure the trunk divider is clicked in place....and press lock twice...then press unlock twice...then hold the top down button and it should work. Remember to hold the down button until you hear the beep.
I have a feeling the trunk divider is not clicked in place. Call me desk direct 3012124420 if you are still having issues. Please let me know how you do.

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Works fine! Strange how starting requires LOCK and dropping the top requires UNLOCK. That tough to see in the manual, the tiny lock symbols can look so similar.

Thanks for the reply!
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Works fine! Strange how starting requires LOCK and dropping the top requires UNLOCK. That tough to see in the manual, the tiny lock symbols can look so similar.

Thanks for the reply!
Captain Chet. The remote start will only work two times in a row. The third time has to be started from inside the car as usual. Then you can re start the next time two times with the remote etc etc.

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Success! I've had my Convt for almost a month and finally got the top to lower using the FOB. I had some success starting the car using the remote but that was totally hit and miss too and mostly did not work. I decided to use the spare FOB as I figured the remote I was using was used to show off the features to prospective customers at Lindsay Chevrolet. Using the spare worked perfectly and effortlessly every time so either the battery is low on the remote used in the showroom or individuals were pressing the buttons so hard they might have done some internal damage to the electronic sensors. In any case it's working and I can finally show it off to my daily golfing friends who are excited beyond comprehension (LOL) to watch me start the car remotely after a grueling game of golf and lower the top so that the car can air out a little before the trip home. I think this feature works great for golfers as the car is sitting in the hot sun for 18 holes and it's perfect for letting it air out while I remove my golf bag from the cart, clean the shoes, etc. Thanks Mike for the video!!

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