# Is a car sunroof one of the most overrated features? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001 "2025-02-05T20:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/143 "2025-02-13T22:09:18Z")
Ford Crown Victoria front crossmember with suspension/steering swap into Ford Trucks… ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/144 "2025-02-14T01:40:42Z")
@ChrisTheTireWhisperer agreed with the flags placed on your comments. Please stop insulting others. As noted by others you’ll get along just fine if you stop saying others aren’t smart enough to comprehend you. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/145 "2025-02-14T14:15:56Z")
Yep, **no** bases named for Alvin York or Audie Murphy. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/146 "2025-02-14T14:21:41Z")
Those were the two war heroes who first came to mind for me. If Sgt. Alvin York and Lieutenant Audie Murphy have not been honored with the naming of US Military bases after them, why would that honor go to a FAR less prominent PFC? I think that most of us know the real reason for this situation. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/0/60817e710415049ee4db16741ec9b8ef0601c220.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/5/c573c1b9677e57b731b126c9aba4b211198be8c8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/147 "2025-02-14T15:03:28Z")
…because things go well around here when we talk politics and racism. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/148 "2025-02-14T15:26:39Z")
Okay, back to the original post. Most overrated? Depends on the person rating the feature as we have seen from the responses. I have never owned a car with a Sun/moon roof. I did drive Subaru once that had a sunroof, was okay. Tom McCall did not think much of the sunroof in his personal Lincoln. For you youngsters on this site, Tom did the reviews for Mechanix Illustrated: ![IMG_2840](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/3/73086dedbddd198743829bb779938f99065015ab.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/149 "2025-02-14T16:04:15Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > For you youngsters on this site, Tom did the reviews for Mechanix Illustrated: He was also a personal friend of Paul Whiteman, the “King of Jazz” in the 1920s & '30s. Whiteman’s radio show was sponsored by the Dodge Brother Motor Company, and was considered to be responsible for a significant up-tick in Dodge sales. Even though Whiteman was more associated with music than with cars, he shared an interest in all things automotive with his friend, McCahill. In the 1950s, he was the owner of a Cadillac racer that ran in Nascar events. Because of his prominence in motor sports, the SCCA named a race series after him. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/150 "2025-02-17T16:51:07Z")
Here’s more on that whole ‘sunroof/moonroof’ thing. Turns out the 911 has the only true ‘sunroof’ option still available. [Moonroof Vs. Sunroof: What’s The Difference And How Can You Tell Them Apart?](https://jalopnik.com/moonroof-vs-sunroof-what-s-the-difference-and-how-can-1851759868) ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/151 "2025-02-17T23:08:05Z")
Good article, lays it out well. I am presently searching for a vehicle with a modern moonroof in the Philippines, and the locals still use sunroof as the blanket term for any opening in a car roof. The situation there is opposite that in the U.S.: Whereas in the States 80 percent of cars on the road have a moonroof, only 20 percent of cars in Philippines have one. Patience is a virtue! ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/152 "2025-02-19T21:51:32Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I am to the point of going to need a car or two but it seems the more I hear, ford, Gm, are out. Toyota is near out and the remains brands hanging on by a thread. How did these major companies manage to make their brands so negative? Acura if it weren’t for the dang turbo four instead of a six. @bing, I watched to 2/8/2025 Motorweek today and it was Driver’s Choice Awards time. The sports sedan winner was the Genesis G70. I mention this because it has a V6 available. The 3.3L has 365 HP and gets reasonable gas mileage. You might check it out if you haven’t already. ---
**Author:** ![sheridanpaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@sheridanpaul](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sheridanpaul)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/153 "2025-02-20T00:16:41Z")
Agreed. Right now driving a 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 6 EV, that came with a sunroof, no option to NOT have it. Otherwise the perfect vehicle. Stories of those with leaks abound, but this is my first (and last sunroof). We have agreed to never open it, so nothing can get onto the gasket. Sun? I do everything possible to stay out of the sun, I am one of those with “white-guy” syndrome—I burn and peel! Look out the top? Why be distracted!?! Personally, I would want steel above my head if I was to go bottoms up! Call me boring, but alive. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/154 "2025-02-20T01:22:50Z")
> [@sheridanpaul](#): > > I would want steel above my head if I was to go bottoms up! My Tesla Model 3 has a tinted glass roof and I’m not tempted to look out of it while I’m driving. Also, many if not most cars with glass sunroofs also have a sunshade that you can pull shut. Both of my Honda Accords and my wife’s Odyssey have the sunshade. ---
**Author:** ![johnlump\_191311](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@johnlump\_191311](https://community.cartalk.com/u/johnlump_191311)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/155 "2025-02-25T15:58:37Z")
Yeah. I just got back from LA and it was the same. 60s. But you know it’s winter. Even down there. Summer is more about 70s shore and 90s inland. ---
**Author:** ![johnlump\_191311](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@johnlump\_191311](https://community.cartalk.com/u/johnlump_191311)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/156 "2025-02-25T16:01:10Z")
And the drivers with their high beams on in city traffic. Doubt they have any clue what that little blue indicator light on the dash means. Assuming they even look at the dashboard at all! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/157 "2025-02-25T16:09:37Z")
That’s really not a new phenomenon. Back in the days when the high beam indicator was a little red light, instead of a blue one, it wasn’t that unusual to encounter people driving with their high beams on. My mother–who never drove, but was very much aware of things in her environment–told the story of getting a ride home from work in a colleague’s '55 Chrysler New Yorker (I _really_ wanted that car when the lady got rid of it, but that’s a story for another day…), and Mom noticed that many of the oncoming cars were flashing their high beams at them. She glanced at the dashboard, and–sure enough–the red high beam indicator was lit up. She told the driver to switch to low beams, and the driver asked, “How do I do that?”. She also asked my mother, “How did you know that my high beams were on?”. Mom had to explain the function of the button on the floor, as well as the high beam indicator. The driver said something along the lines of… _I was wondering for the past few years about that red light._ ![:smack:](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/d/adab6e8ff6624929e4e2c00d93633a00292b57e4.gif) The driver had been operating motor vehicles for at least 30 years, and she had been driving that beautiful New Yorker for 5 or 6 years. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/158 "2025-02-25T19:44:04Z")
I’d take that New Yorker over the Spirit from the other discussion ☺ ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/159 "2025-02-25T19:56:09Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > I’d take that New Yorker over the Spirit from the other discussion It was gorgeous! Visualize an immaculate black '55 New Yorker 4-door sedan that was meticulously maintained. Even though the lady who owned it wasn’t very much aware of things like her car’s high beams, she did take it to a good mechanic, and it was in really nice shape. I wanted to buy it when she stopped driving, but she opted to give it to her nephew. I was really disappointed! For those who are too young to remember that model, this is a pic of the one that Harry Truman owned, and that lady’s New Yorker was identical, except for the wire wheels: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/b/3b2a343dd75ae83942a02706eeaad7732e043345.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/c/9ceed8218f0a548fc4b7273e9023b671226473c9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/160 "2025-02-25T21:32:31Z")
A relative had one of those. Looked like that. Wasn’t sure if it was a 55 or 56. Don’t know whatever happened to it when he died. Always liked that car. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001/161 "2025-02-26T02:17:28Z")
That is just a good looking car [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-a-car-sunroof-one-of-the-most-overrated-features/199001.md?page=7)