[Spits] Car Covers
As somebody already said you don't want a cover that can't breath otherwise the car will stay wet. In my experience the best material is one called sunbreja This has a 5 year guarantee. I have had one for 6 years and used it everyday when the car is parked all day in the sun at work or on the drive at home. For the first 4 years it didn't leak water when it was raining and now it just lets a little through .The only thing that fails is the stitching . After 4 years I sent it back under warrantee and they re-stitched it and also replaced some panels that had worn... all for $13 including postage. It's a thick cover so it doesn't roll up small. I've just bought a new cover made from Weathershield for another of my cars which is much thinner and therefore rolls up small. I'm thinking I should have stuck with Sunbeja but the sales man said I would like it we'll see Like everything else don't buy a cheap cover. For a good cover you are looking at $300. [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Diego 71 Spitfire Mk IV, 71 Stag Mk I, 80 TR8 Federal Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:24:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Milkevitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Spits] Car Covers To: Spitfires@autox.team.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello Listers: I hope everyone had the chance to enjoy their cars today. The weather here in the Philadelphia PA area has been very nice today. I am currently contemplating purchasing another car cover for my Spitfire, since the car has to live outside. I've had several covers for this car, and all have fallen apart within 1 year. Has anyone has better success with a car cover? If so, what brand did you purchase? Thanks for your help Matt Milkevitch '77 Spitfire ___ Spitfires mailing list Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
[Spits] Car Covers
Hello Listers: I hope everyone had the chance to enjoy their cars today. The weather here in the Philadelphia PA area has been very nice today. I am currently contemplating purchasing another car cover for my Spitfire, since the car has to live outside. I've had several covers for this car, and all have fallen apart within 1 year. Has anyone has better success with a car cover? If so, what brand did you purchase? Thanks for your help Matt Milkevitch '77 Spitfire ___ Spitfires mailing list Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
Re: [Spits] Car Covers
I am assuming that you are expecting to cover the car to keep the rain and other sorts of precipitation off the car. If that is your intention, I think it is a fool's errand. Most car covers are designed to keep the sun and dust off and are porous so that moisture goes through them. Covering a car with a non-porous cover will trap moisture under the cover and encourage rust. There is no substitute for a good garage or carport to keep moisture off a car. But if you are really just wanting something to keep the sun off, I have found the ones from Moss work pretty well. I have 2 of them and have been very happy with both of them. Joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Milkevitch Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 3:24 PM To: Spitfires@autox.team.net Subject: [Spits] Car Covers Hello Listers: I hope everyone had the chance to enjoy their cars today. The weather here in the Philadelphia PA area has been very nice today. I am currently contemplating purchasing another car cover for my Spitfire, since the car has to live outside. I've had several covers for this car, and all have fallen apart within 1 year. Has anyone has better success with a car cover? If so, what brand did you purchase? Thanks for your help Matt Milkevitch '77 Spitfire ___ Spitfires mailing list Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires ___ Spitfires mailing list Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
Re: [Spits] Car Covers
On 15 Sep 2007 at 15:24, Matthew Milkevitch wrote: Has anyone has better success with a car cover? If so, what brand did you purchase? When I bought my GT6 some years ago I had to move the Spitfire out the garage and store it in the driveway. So I bought a cover from California Car Cover, their spiffy ultra-high-tech super-fabric. It was listed as waterproof but porous, and blocked UV. Even better, when I called to ask the guy on the phone said it would fold up and fit in a shoebox. It turned out to be everything they said it would be. It kept the car dry and clean. It fit both the Spitfire and GT6 even though I chose one spec'ed for the GT6. It lasted four or five years too. Eventually it succumbed to UV so I replaced it with a cover from TRF. That one, made by Covercraft or something similar, has been a disappointment. It is thick and bulky, doesn't seem to keep out either dust or water, collects water inside the folds at the bottom (which would seem to encourage rust), and doesn't fit very well. It builds up static charge so readily that I grew leary of putting it on or off the car. I've had it maybe two years, but for the last six months it has been sitting in a folded heap at the head of the driveway. If the car is going to get wet anyway I'd rather let the rain roll off and evaporate than be collected into an artificial puddle right underneath each bumper. Maybe I'll clean it and put it back on the car for the winter. But I intend to replace it soon with another high-tech one from California Car Cover, either this winter or next spring. -- Jim Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.19/1008 - Release Date: 9/14/2007 8:59 AM ___ Spitfires mailing list Spitfires@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
