Car cover
- David6214
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there are several threads that reference them....
here is one viewtopic.php?t=1473&highlight=car+cover
here is one viewtopic.php?t=1473&highlight=car+cover
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I did once have a car cover and...
What puts me off using one of these covers is my previous experience of it rubbing through the paintwork when it was breezy or windy (which is something we have a lot of in northern Scotland - still, it keeps the midgies at bay!). No matter how tightly it was secured it always flapped away in the wind.
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Quite often when it is windy I would find my cover half on the floor. After my second cover getting ripped to shreds by the recent high winds I bought a fairly cheap cover from Argos & bought some of these :-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RATCHET-STRAPS_W0 ... dZViewItem
£1 each from a local store. Brilliant.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RATCHET-STRAPS_W0 ... dZViewItem
£1 each from a local store. Brilliant.

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I have a Coverzone Voyager lightweight outdoor cover. It is very light and breathable but isn't very waterproof. It can often blow away too so it's currently on Brown Beauty held down with the straps it came with and some bungee straps attached to the wheels which cost £1 each! Not ideal hence I will be looking for a heavier weight one at Stoneleigh. It also gets very windy where I live.
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1961 Chevrolet Corvair Greenbrier Sportswagon
1980 Dolomite Sprint project using brand new shell
2009 Mazda MX5 2.0 Sport
2018 Infiniti Q30
Re:
These are great until they get trashed by high winds (ripped cover, broken fans, mutter mutter ....)Neil907 wrote:If you worried about chafing you could allways buy an outdoor carcoon if youve got the room and the money.