everything you said jerimiah is very true and i agree with. But for some reason, or somewhere i read the design somehow accomidates a convertible. But that could be my wishful thinking or some magazine article's wishful thinking. I've read so much on this thing and it still seems i don't know anything. Peace.. As for weight to me 200 lbs is a small price to pay to fold the top down. That's where i draw the line at least. It could be a manual folding top like on C5 vette's there's not much to that.