Would You Have Preferred a Sunroof-less Si?

DyM said:

I love my sunroof, and that convertible feeling of rushing wind you get driving with all the windows down and sunroof retracted. Wish Honda would give us a t-tops option, I want more of that feeling haha!

Re: sunroof vs moonroof - back in the ancient days, before infotainment systems, bluetooth, and power doors and windows..... sunroofs were rare, and incredibly expensive. They were a sign of nobility and access to resources. Available only in top of the line luxury trims, and offered to none but the highest of nobles, royalty, and drug dealers. Then... engineers invented a contraption that gave one the look/feel of sunroof but without the cost and maintenance fees. Car companies OTHER THAN BMW and Mercedes could then offer this option on their working-class cars to attract more customers. "How?" you may ask. Well, young Timmy, it was manually operated, much like the latch on a jar. Rather than retracting into the roof with an expensive and complicated mechanism that used electricity, the front of it was permanently hinged to the roof. At the back it popped straight up about 1-2 inches via that latch, centered in the headliner. This was the moonroof. Made of Plexiglas instead of real glass half the time, which aged majestically about the same as a light beer, this contraption offered the sunroof's luxurious view for only a portion of the price. Medieval problems require medieval solutions, after all. Incidentally, because of the location of the latch, showing off one's moonroof was also an excellent opportunity to flex one's bicep, which is an old mating ritual, which is a story for another day, Timmy.

Though clearly the times have changed as the millennia have passed, one could still observe the respectful memory of their existence in our own 10th gens! That's right, Timmy. Because our modern sunroof has a moonroof option, where instead of retracting into the roof, it just pops straight up instead just like the moonroof used to. And that there is the difference between a sunroof and a moonroof.

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CanadiaegeanBlue said:

I'll keep the Sunroof as the opening above my head is appreciated on nice days It was a plus for me over the Type R

You'll find better overall gains with lighter wheels and stickier tires, and some suspension modifications.

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hicompb18c1 said:

Agreed. One reason I bought an STI over a Type R a year ago was the moonroof. I would never have bought my current Si if it didn't have one, in fact.

Like you mentioned here ^, there are way more significant ways to save weight and improve your track times than getting rid of the moonroof.

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