Pretty cool toy !
10-24-2016, 10:44 AM
#1
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Pretty cool toy !
I am currently researching one because every winter it's a battle to install the cover on the car, it keeps sliding forward, backwards or sideways and then I have to start over !
10-24-2016, 04:56 PM
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Absent the windup- gadget, my winter or windy-weather cover-folding protocol is to grab the center of the front and put it about mid sunroof, folded so that outside-touches-outside-only, Then to the same place from the center of the rear, folded so that outside-touches-outside-only. Then the ends of the cover are progressively folded towards the same place, now with inside-touching-inside only. Do this until the width is about what you ant the cover to roll up to. Then fold at the driver's roofline, towards the passenger side. On the passenger side, fold the first couple feet from the bottom towards the passenger side roofline, then roll from the passenger's end towards the driver's end. This keeps the "dirty" side from ever contacting the clean "paint" side of the over. To redeploy the cover, stand at the driver's door, with the end of the roll at the roofline. Unroll the cover towards the passenger side, then unfold the end where you are standing. Then progressively unfold the front and rear of the cover, until the ends can be tucked under the ends of the car.
Fold it this way consistently, and it will always go back on the car correctly (front to front). You avoid dragging the cover across the paint. There's never any dirty-side contact with the paint.
--- The folding instructions with my covers suggest a similar folding-and-rolling protocol, except the sides are folded in first rather than the ends. I don't care fro dragging the cover across the paint as I roll it up. Plus, I end up rolling from the front so I can redeploy from the back, and the cover slides a lot on the roof and windscreen as it comes down onto the hood.
Fold it this way consistently, and it will always go back on the car correctly (front to front). You avoid dragging the cover across the paint. There's never any dirty-side contact with the paint.
--- The folding instructions with my covers suggest a similar folding-and-rolling protocol, except the sides are folded in first rather than the ends. I don't care fro dragging the cover across the paint as I roll it up. Plus, I end up rolling from the front so I can redeploy from the back, and the cover slides a lot on the roof and windscreen as it comes down onto the hood.
10-24-2016, 10:56 PM
#3
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http://smartcarcover.com/
I've liked this one - and you can secure it by closing the doors on it.
Though maybe not, when I think about it. My thought was getting ice and snow off the cockpit in the morning, though I use mine for summer shade.
Obviously not for keeping the paint dry.
I've liked this one - and you can secure it by closing the doors on it.
Though maybe not, when I think about it. My thought was getting ice and snow off the cockpit in the morning, though I use mine for summer shade.
Obviously not for keeping the paint dry.
10-25-2016, 12:18 AM
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Quick, effective, and low tech...
