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 [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
