# Why do you want a sunroof in your car? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 9, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-sunroof-in-your-car/1032928 "2026-09-09T09:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-sunroof-in-your-car/1032928/35 "2026-09-09T16:31:38Z")
I have never bought a car (except a convertible) w/o one; it’s one of three absolute requirements in a car for me. I use it all the time. I’ve ruled out cars because I can’t get one or at least not for a reasonable price. One car it was a $15,000 option - okay it was only a $2500 option _but_ one had to go up three trim levels to even have it as an available option; getting one w/ a sunroof was $15,000 more than the base & probably $20,000 over the life of the car due to a different engine in the higher model. Tilt it open a bit in the summer when it’s sitting in the parking lot & the hottest air goes right out making it not so hot when I go to get in it. Except for the defroster I hardly ever use the air conditioner, windows & sunroof are open so I get glorious fresh air most months; even a decent winter day it gets opened On rainy days I’ll use the tilt function so that I get air flow w/o getting wet. The shade is almost always open letting in additional light on all but a few of the hottest days & the opening begins behind my face so it doesn’t typically cause any glare. Yes, there was a time when with aftermarket sunroofs it wasn’t if they’d leak but when; however, I believe they are better now but didn’t get much of a response when I [asked about them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermarket-sunroof/953637) a few years ago --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-sunroof-in-your-car/1032928)._