Exterior Car Covers

[larryplumley]

Ladies and Gentlemen
May I ask about your experiences using grey (“tailored”, in my case not true) exterior rated car covers please?
Mine cover the cars but are not a profiled fit to my P5B saloons.
I wrote to my supplier of (two) such covers, (over £200 for both) which failed in all respects within one year, except the superb badging and the locking underbody bands.
It was explained to them that my personal circumstances delayed my complaint by a long time, but that the covers had failed badly.
The reply was as anticipated dismissive, with the usual “we have sold many …..” etc etc
Thick black plastic sheeting and some securing bricks are doing a fine job but awkward to remove and replace. The cars are dry.
My reason for this fairly costly purchase was that the covers from eBay made in China, failed very quickly in spite of all the suppliers claims about exterior use etc.
So back to my query, may I hear of your advice and or experiences with P5B covers? I hope to complete a garage extension, weather permitting allowing better protection to ‘Rovina’ the ‘73 saloon and ‘Rustina’ the unregistered ‘68 barn find. Kindest Regards, larryplumley

[Eric R]

where are you?

[lagain]

The problem with most car covers is that the car can sweat underneath it and it would be better just sitting outside.
The only covers that work are those that do not touch the car, such as

www.carcoon.com/product-range/vehicle/outdoor/outdoor-carcoon/

[lagain]

I have a friend who a few years ago bought a new motorcycle, he lives near Hove seafront and had nowhere to store the bike over winter so bought a cover and covered it for the winter in a bike parking bay, for various reasons he was not able to use it over the winter but checked that it was still there. In the spring he took the cover off and the year old bike looked as if it had spent the winter on the sea bed, it looked like a barnicle with corrosion everywhere, amazingly the dealer gave him a good price and he bought another, unfortunately that one was stolen and he gave up bikes.