[s-cars] Car cover Q's

[LL - NY]

I have the "GoreTex" like lightweight outdoor cover that Taka talks about
(it's pretty amazing, water really just beads up and runs off, and it really
does breathe, rarely is there condensate under it and it's gone really
quickly) that I got for what amounts to a steal from another lister quite a
few years ago. Normally it's quite expensive. And for the moment, it's water
repellancy is going to waste since it's doing the job of Taka's Dustop in my
garage.  The nice thing about having an outdoor ready cover IS the fact that
it can do double duty. The bad thing about the cover (as I recall, it's
Covercraft's WeatherShield) is that it's so thin that it does nothing
against contact., but since it's my garage it works for me.  I did have a
Covercraft Evolution 3 cover for my old 200. Good at contact issues, okay
against rain (it does seep through) but surprisingly weak at stopping dust.
Even if you found one used, I'd pass. Go Dustop or either grade of
Weathershield.

LL - NY

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron-
> I've had several car covers over the years and if you're looking for the
> best value, I'd say get a Covercraft Dustop- it's heavy enough that you can
> resist some light contact, keeps the dust off the car very well and it's
> not
> super expensive.
>
> Lightweight is going to get expensive- I have a Covercraft stretch cover on
> the Corvette that is a lycra blend outer with a microfiber inner surface,
> very lightweight, very easy to handle, very soft, but very expensive (I
> think I got it at a significant discount at something like $350).
>
> I've seen the outdoors version of my cover- looks like it's made of a
> stretch Gore-Tex like material- that's awesome, but again, something like
> $350 and keeps snow, rain, etc. off the car as well as dirt and can be used
> outdoors.
>
> If you think you might need something to keep moisture off the car, I'd say
> get a Noah cover- it's an outdoor cover, but again, thick and heavy to help
> prevent dings and does an okay job of keeping dust off the car and it's
> cheap, like $150.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:26 PM, ron kirkham <rkaudifool at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > All,
> >
> > My garaged for the winter 95.5 S6A could really benefit by use of a
> cover.
> > I guess I should say "dust cover" as I probably would never use said
> cover
> > outside in the snow/rain etc.  The other bay of the garage is used by the
> > daily driven wifes VolvoXC, so snow/road dirt/moisture etc. is always
> > present.
> >
> > Anybody have any recomendations or experience?  I'm hoping because it
> will
> > not be used outside, I can get away with something affordable and
> > lightweight?  I've done some surfing and found some, but would love to
> hear
> > any BTDT before I buy.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ron
> > 95.5 S6A garaged until spring (April)
> > 93 S4 daily winter/summer beater
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