I love sunroofs, especially all the different types of panoramic ones. BUT, i think of them as status too I guess. They’re so cool! Even if I have the sun shade closed (due to noise or too much sun) I have it in the tilted position. I think it adds some flair and sportiness.

Not all sunroofs are loud.  I had one in my focus hatchback and I would forget it was open sometimes.  It honestly was not loud until I reached freeway speeds.  Also you can crack the back windows when it is open to give all the extra air an exscape route- it actually calms things down some.

I am hardly a Mom, so maybe my comment doesn’t belong here, but I am totally the opposite.  This may also have to do with living in the Pacific NW where we have huge amounts of dry and cool (50F-75F) weather (albeit often cloudy dry).  I open my sunroof virtually every day, March through October, and keep it open for my whole 45 min commute.  Even in the dark.  I actually think my Integra is not windy enough with all the windows open.  So go figure.  I think all cars should be available both with and without sunroofs.

I live in Phoenix. For roughly four months it is too hot to use a sunroof during the day.

Otherwise I have it open almost all the time and love it. The only drawback is the nuisance of closing and opening when you are making multiple stops for shopping.

I wish cars had a ‘preferred’ setting to automatically close the sunroof when you locked the car. And open (if you chose that setting) when you start the motor.

I never close the shade unless I’m not in the car and want to help keep the seats cooler.  I love the extra light…. you know… make the vitamin D and help keep depression away.  Run the air conditioner anyway.  Only open the actual glass when it’s nice out.  I love the fresh air….  Who doesn’t want to stick there hands in the air like they just don’t care every so often?!

They’re hugely useful for cooling a hot car off quickly. And since heat rises, I like to keep the sunroof vented and the shade partially open to allow heat out when I park.

Maybe its a Colorado thing - with our harsh high altitude light, I can’t stand to have my sunroof open.  The last thing I need is skin cancer on my scalp.

For me a sunroof is a big tease. I just bought a convertable. If you want to go topless, you might as well do it right!

I used to crave for a sunroof on my car. Now I got it, but over the last 4 and a half months, I’ve only opened it less than 10 times, and the shade is mostly closed except last week which we have 46 degrees mornings.

I LOVE my sunroof! I keep it cracked any time it’s not supposed to rain and the car isn’t as hot as it could be when I get in. Further, I drive around with it open to get the extra breeze without all the noise I get from having my windows open.

I am looking to have a power moonroof (is that redundant?) installed on my ‘04 Honda Element LX.  They cost about $1100.  I am wondering how structurally safe it is to install on my vehicle.  I already have a pop-up style manual sunroof located way in the back. It’s a weird design, I know.  It’s only availabe on the FourWheeDrive models of the Element.  What were the designers thinking when they put a manual sunroof way in the back like that?  UGH! I get so annoyed when I think about it.

My first car was a used 1986 Ford Escort GT whose first owner decided to install an after-market pop-up sunroof. The roof could also be removed, but excessive removal caused the rubber seals to relax and it started to leak. Someone suggested I simply coat the seals with Vaseline, as it would be an impermeable water-proofer. So the pattern was established: removal, rain, leak, Vaseline and more Vaseline. It was all fine and dandy until one day, I was cruising down the road and decided to pop open the roof. I wish I had a video of what happened next. Apparently, some of the Vaseline had gotten into the latches and when I lifted up the roof, it flew up and off the car completely. In my rearview mirror, I saw it crash behind me on the road as I flew down the highway. Thank God no one was driving behind me. I drove around with garbage bags duct-taped onto the naked roof until I had another after-market sunroof installed. That one leaked, too. After all these years, though, I still love having a moonroof; this time, I have a Jetta with a factory moonroof that retracts and pops up, with no danger of coming unhinged.