General Car covers

[CinqSoleil]

Hiya, can anyone recommend a fairly good indoor and outdoor cover that’s a good fit preferably with elastic or adjustable at the base. (Cinquecento fit)
Budget £40-80 not after an amazon basics cheapo one.
Cheers

 

[dante giacosa]

car covers are a bit of an 'area'...

Personally, I have spent £400, £250, £80 and then £23 (4 times).

I found no difference between the £80 and the £23 one, and I just accept now that they last 7 months, and then they need replaced.

So I spend £23 every 7 months on this-

It remains watertight during that time, and keeps the UV off the plastics and rubber, and it's probably a good idea to replace it anyway; as the internal soft-shell layer will be filling all the time with Microparticles; leading to microswirls in your paintwork.

This size I've quoted will be too big for a Cinq, sorry; get the smaller one

 

[CinqSoleil]

Hi Dante
Thanks for that, Was there supposed to be a link there?
Cheers

 

[dante giacosa]

oh hangon!

what a total fool.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterpro...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

sorry about that- please note; this is the medium; you would want the small.

NOTE TO SELF; re-read posts, before posting...

 

[CinqSoleil]

Cheers my friend

 

[dave]

cars need to breathe dont cover them outside it does more harm than good trapping condensation. just put a good coating of wax on it.

this car had nice paint before being stored under cover for a few years

 

[dante giacosa]

that's sobering,

but I wonder about the original build quality, and longterm preventative maintenance of the example shown.

Car wax alone doesn't 'save' a car, and there's not much condensation getting trapped through these breathable fabrics.

However; as I said; it's a bit of an 'area'

every man much choose his own path...