So I don't have a garage and rain screws up the wax on my 944. I got a car cover but it lets a bunch of water through and the wax still gets messed up. Is there any solution to this?

I just spent a long time washing and waxing my car yesterday so I'm kind of annoyed that it's about to thunderstorm... I can't get a wax job to last even 2 days...

 

Buy an awning type thing you pull the car under to block most of the rain if you have to.

 

build a mini garage for your 944 or move to Cali... the only thing i have to worry about here is having the sprinklers come on with the cover off

 

You can buy waterproof car covers, for starters.

Secondly, i wouldn't recommend waxing the car during the rainy season...

 

I would second those covers they make you can pull under. One thing to remember is that wind can really get under those and "no more cover" so if you do it it, make sure you have LOTS of weight to hold it down. I am going to be buying a house here real soon with my future wife and if it doesn't have a garage for my turbo I will be getting one of those for my daily as I build a new garage for my turbo. I don't have the site off the top of my head but they really aren't THAT expensive, it is all relative anyways.

 

For the protection they offer, they are second best only to a garage. I'd much rather park under a awning that may cost a couple hundred, then be fixing hail dents that cost the same.

 

Those awnings are so ugly, are there any good looking ones?

 

Temp fix (a garage is the best) but they have those drive in tents at Costco or Harbor fright if you have one of them. The drive in tent only works if you use the cover too and I agree with the post above in getting a water proof one.

Good luck

 

Scotch guard your car cover.

(not while installed on the car)

 

Well where I live it rains in the spring, summer and fall and it snows in the winter. I gotta wax it sometime.

I think I might just try a waterproof car cover. I've heard bad things about what happens if water does get under one of those covers though... it can't evaporate.

 

I have the best water-proof, scratch-proof, wind-proof cover ever made (according to CoverCraft)...it isn't dust proof though and everytime I take the cover off I have to use a duster on it. I don't think any of them are completely dust proof or they wouldn't breath and the heat would kill the interior of the car.

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=40544

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=42211

i used one for 3 years. Better then nothing. But ugly ! ! !

 

I'm looking for something like that before I build a garage.

How is the strength, how well do they shed snow? I could have 3'+ of snow on it and I don't want it to collapse on my car.

Taylor

 

i had the full garage, this exact model. I bought it 4 years ago for $200 w/ free shipping. The snow was no problem. most of the snow slides off, at least once i came home to a good solid foot of snow on the the thing and it wasn't strained at all.
I would not allow 3' to sit on it though, but it was easy to knock off. The problme is the moisture in the spring and fall, I had this garage on a gravel / dirt driveway & If i had to use one of these garages again i would make a full floor for it. Plywood & moisture barrier should do it.

 

Good info, thanks.