Outdoor Car Covers

[Sprintinbits]

I've seen you can spend anywhere between £5 and several hundreds of pounds on these.

I am after a good quality tiedownable (is that a word?) car cover.

It obviously needs to be waterproof/breathable and not damage the paintwork

Does anyone have any experiance/recommendations for a suitable cover?

As usual, all comments welcomed

[SprintMWU773V]

Get on Ebay or try QCC car covers, often at shows or 01606 557728.

[bifold]

Colin ,why not a carport,you have that nice house wall tofix a 4x2 plate,rafters every 18"some nice surport legs,clear corrgated plastic,bis-bosh job done,
best regards mike.

ps if wife to be kicks up,tell her its some where to be able to have BBQS for her family if it rains

[tinweevil]

I'm happy enough with a Monsoon for my GT6 from Cover Zone. A car port is a much better idea tho.

Tinweevil

[DoloWIGHTY]

I've one from Coversystems it protected my car for around 3 years, it worked well and put up with a hell of a lot of wind rain and sea salt thrown at it, despite having a life time guarantee it is now a little "distressed" and in in retirement acting as an indoor cover now the car is safely stored undercover.

I always wanted one of those semi rigid covers, the ones that you pull up and over the car rather like a convertible roof, never could find where they came from or how much they were though.

[Sprintinbits]

Food for thought there

The car port is something I thought about when I was laying the patio but decided against it as I think it would make the garden feel smaller. My choice honest. not the missis
Also, I'd be out under cover 'till about 4 in the morning then miss work through exhaustion Not a good idea. Car would be on the road sooner

I've seen the Monsoon one and thought it was quite good. It's a no brainer as I can get one from Robbers.

Will try and check out the others first though.

Shame about the Coversystems one Alan, did you try the warrenty thing or just reallocate it inside?

[DoloWIGHTY]

Shame about the Coversystems one Alan, did you try the warrenty thing or just reallocate it inside?

I did phone them but they said I hadn't used their securing straps (you could buy them as an extra) I'd simply used some straps I'd bought from B&Q. Though it cost me £100 at the time I didn't persue it as if you'd seen the conditions it had to live through I think you'd agree they were somewhat extreme, an example being the everyday hack of the time a Rover 416 in solid red, when we'd go to leave in the morning for work the whole of oneside would be caked in white sea salt blown over it the night before .

So the cover stopped that happening to the Triumph, I wasn't going to grumble to much.

I did find regular coatings of a good car wax helped as the friction from the cover blowing about did tend to rub it off quickly.

[Sprintinbits]

I hadn't used their securing straps (you could buy them as an extra)

Oh, THAT type of lifetime guarantee. Bet they didn't tell you that when you bought it!

Point taken about the polish, hadn't thought of that