Almost a couple of years ago I hooked up with Rayb who gave me a spare aerial. It was a chilly November night and he had just fitted a hard top and a new TT mark 7 exhaust. So, he took me for a 5 mile spin in his nice sounding TF. I found it quite spacious under the roof. Bright, due to the light coloured felt, warm and definitely quiet. Not bad at all.
Then I took him down the road in mine. Roof down, airscarf on. We both agreed that it was a great feeling driving at night with the roof down. Nobody stares as much and a full moon with the stars out looks superb. Particularly when you know it's freezing outside the car and warm around your shoulders. I'm not knocking hard tops. I'm just saying that the one time you get a nice day or evening, when you would randomly drop the top, you can't.