Convertibles are special.
Mitsubishi's folding-top version of its pleasant Eclipse sports coupe is so. Like most convertibles, on one of those just-so spring days the Eclipse Spyder brings the indoors and outdoors together. You forget why you even thought a car needed a top that wouldn't fold down. You can smell the blooms the way you never could in a tin-can sedan or hard top. Yet you're more protected and comfortable than on a motorcycle or bicycle.