Car cover

[hiltow]

Conversely, for winter, store it in an area that gets sunshine for a decent part if the day. It helps keep the cover dry and clears any ice etc that just causes more dampness in shady areas that rarely get to dry out.

Slightly off tangent: last Sunday was a warm sunny day for the time of year and my car didn't have its cover on. At sunset, the fog descended in a flash putting a layer of cold condensation on the roof. Although I shouldn't, I put my cover on effectively trapping the dampness in and wetting the insde of the cover - my intention was to lift the cover off to dry it and the car out early this week to start afresh, but the weather conditions haven't allowed this.

Checked under the cover tonight and both the car roof and inside of the cover are bone dry. Cover type? Halfords Advanced All Season. It's clearly breathable.

[The Milkman]

Dragging up an old (ish) thread, but what size did you guys with the halfords Advanced covers get please?

[craigwalton]

I went for the Medium size after others recommended it on here. I didn't realise that the cover is not front to back symmetric (see the small label) so thought it was too small at first, but after putting it on the correct way round it fits a lot better. Whilst the next size up would be sure to tuck right under the front and back of the car, it would probably be too big and flutter in the wind too much. When I bought mine in Halfords they said I could take it back if I wanted another size.

[The Milkman]

Cool, thank you. Medium sounds good, I've had trouble with ones that are too big in the past.

[Village Idiots]

Having just spent a lot of money with Ant at Rust Republic on my Mk1 (money well spent incidentally), I am thinking of buying an indoor car cover to keep dust off. What are peoples' thoughts? What is the risk of it scrubbing the paintwork either whilst fitting or with draughts? Or is it better just to dust it periodically? Would folk recommend going for one with a fleece lining, I'm worried about scuffing from unlined ones?
Any advice or specific experience gratefully recieved.
Jem

[the edmundator]

Get a good quality one and it will probably be money well spent. Plenty of owners of big money classics use them. Classic additions covers are meant to be good.

[james butler]

i have a lined dust cover for my motor, i will see who the manufacturer is and let you know but does seem good quality.

[Blueshark]

This is where I got mine from years ago and I am still satisfied:

http://www.firstclassadditions.nl/

Joost

[jimmy h]

Jem, I was going to go down the car cover route but I just can't help standing back and looking at my car.. It would never be on! It's the same with my Lotus. The paint on both cars is still in excellent condition, but I do regularly wax and polish, and my garage has blinds on the windows to prevent UV light getting in. The two of them do get a little dusty over the winter when not used, but a quick dust over with these water-less car polishes soon sorts it.

[fev1983]

Iv got the halfords advanced one,,got it with an offer for £20..
Great cover leaves no condensation and keeps car in great condition.

Danny