The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Cars all primer with no rust showing now but getting hammered outside as i have no garage should i get a cover for the winter or will i waste my money??

cheers mark

unless its waterproof primer I'd get a cover sharpish. Tinweevil and some others previously commented on which covers were good...i'll go look see if I can find it

there are several threads that reference them....

here is one viewtopic.php?t=1473&highlight=car+cover

I have one of the Argos ones (the more expensive one) it was doing a good job untill i done some precision parking and got a bit too close to it tearing a hole down the side.(but didnt damge the fwd thats under it )

I recently bought a Custom Covers cover, the Monsoon one. Its £131 incl. delivery. Tailored but doesn't quite cover the chin spoiler.

You can put it over the car when wet and the car will still dry out (quite quickly too).

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.

If you worried about chafing you could allways buy an outdoor carcoon if youve got the room and the money.

cars holding up well uncovered was thinking of getting a cheap cover but unsure if its going to protect the car a little if anything

I joined PC and got a free one, plus i use some tarpolling (excuse the spelling if incorrect) drove the car over thde front and pulled the rest over the car then looped rope through the rear eyes to the front, making it secure from the nasty weather and very water tight.

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.

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.

Neil907 wrote:If you worried about chafing you could allways buy an outdoor carcoon if youve got the room and the money.

These are great until they get trashed by high winds (ripped cover, broken fans, mutter mutter ....)