<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">In a Facebook Jalopnik article, author Jason Torchinsky expounds on "Why Was This OK" in reference to the application of substandard plastic rear windows in convertible tops of almost every auto manufacturer except VW.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">As he explains: " No matter how amazing or expensive or well-built the car one of these plastic windows was stuck on, sooner or later the window would cloud up and get filthy and more and more opaque, until eventually it’d yellow and crack" and "But there’s also questions for the convertible-buying population of the time, specifically, why did anyone put up with this s***?"</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Having recently replaced my own Tiger's convertible perfectly useable top specifically because of a no longer transparent rear plastic window, I'd like to know if there is even the option of having the rear window replaced with a new glass or plastic window.  I would have gladly paid extra for a top without a deficient plastic window.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://jalopnik.com/its-absurd-we-put-up-with-this-crap-for-so-long-1832909894?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_facebook&utm_source=jalopnik_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1RMm-lW5Df_T9MYvGcRa-SNHIfvhisyJgYLJmOVF0lw0jMP_SbQGfgg4o">https://jalopnik.com/its-absurd-we-put-up-with-this-crap-for-so-long-1832909894?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_facebook&utm_source=jalopnik_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1RMm-lW5Df_T9MYvGcRa-SNHIfvhisyJgYLJmOVF0lw0jMP_SbQGfgg4o</a></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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