No. I live in the UK and, for everything outside the three days a year it’s not raining, a soft-top just gets you a likelihood of your roof being slashed and your stuff nicked.

You realize you’ve now invited everyone to chime in with why NOT to move to Texas

Do people drive in the rain in California?

Reasons to not move to Texas:

Salt? Rust? Snow? What are these things?

Sold my 13 wrx Limited with 65,000 miles for just $4k less than I spent on it brand new, 4 years later. The Golf R that replaced it depreciated that much as a drove away!

Evo’s are a far better drivers car.

Counterpoint:

Pictures have never been kind to the R8. But in person, my god it’s beautiful.

That looks butt.

*Giggles*

Nah, dude, its totally for the tight JDM Racing Type R Tow Hook brah

Hmm I see, I see... Followup question: what are those 4 round thingies at the corners of a car? 

Dealing with smog requirements in California.

Being lumped in with other owners of whatever your pick of automotive poison is. Folks learn I drive a WRX and suddenly it’s all jokes about flat-bill caps and vaping. It really makes me want to hulk out of my Ed Hardy t-shirt, but I manage to calm down before I break something, bro, by hitting my vape, which has…

Not having enough time to get everything done. I dream about the day I can wash, clay bar, polish, and then wax my car in one day in a sheltered area with no other commitments. I also dream about the days I can spare to carefully diagnose and repair the various issues with older project vehicles like my VW bus. I also…

I was riding with my dad the other day talking cars. He’s the gear head that got me into cars, built 4 hot rods and multiple other cars, now has a NC Miata and rides my old Triumph Sprint ST. We were talking cars and he says you know, they really are one of the worst things you can spend your money on (investment…

Some of the negative points in no particular order:

“I want to buy a new Jetta.”

There are now a dozen or more track-special cars factory-developed to road race. Arguably the best one yet comes from Dodge.