FALL FLING; We toss open some tops to catch autumn's slanting rays.(Product/service evaluation)

Byline: BOB GRITZINGER Most people with a yen for open-top cruising imagine an idyllic drive along a sun-dappled scenic highway, a warm breeze blowing back the tresses and rippling the shirt-sleeve of an elbow crooked on the windowsill. Reality, on the other hand, finds many a convertible owner hunkered down under a closed roof with the air conditioning blasting, or risking heatstroke, third-degree sunburn and permanent disfigurement from riding top down in a traffic jam with the midday summer sun blazing overhead.

Not a pretty picture. Convertible lovers know that warm ...

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