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I have, on and off for about 5 years, using a Covercraft Weathershield HD, held down with weights. Works fine. The cover is beginning to show its age from the SoCal UV, but I'm happy.
I sold a spare unused factory Porsche outdoor cover to a friend that needed to cover an OB in Florida. Cover was toast in two years and held moisture that messed with the paint.
Big difference between Robs location in Cali than Florida. If in a moist sunny climate, get it into a garage is you want to keep it alive...
^^^^^ Agreed. Usually I manage to get the car inside on the few days a year it rains. Costs wife points, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Wet doesn't hurt it, but wet + dust + cover movement = problematic.
Mine has been outside for the past 2 weeks as the 957 Cayenne TTS is on the lift undergoing a 958 PCCB brake upgrade.
Some wetness is making it through the cover in heavy rain even though it's an outdoor, waterproof version.
Should be back inside under the 914 before the Friday / Saturday wintry mix arrives. Juice bottle with a little water in it, sitting on a soft cloth on the trunk keeps the spoiler from pooling water in the cover (it's a convertible). I also washed it before putting the cover on as I always try to do, so there's nothing trapped between the cover and the paint.
^^^^^ Agreed. Usually I manage to get the car inside on the few days a year it rains. Costs wife points, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Wet doesn't hurt it, but wet + dust + cover movement = problematic.
You said that right Rob! My '89 outside under cover in humid S.C. with dust and wind has absolutely ruined the paint.
All my cars are inside now but I will never use a car cover again. All it did was make the paint nasty from the movement and abrasion of the cover. Would have been better to just wax the car, throw on a windshield reflector to preserve the interior, and hose it down regularly outside. Car covers make you forget to take the cover off and look at what's underneath.
Only way I would use a car cover is INDOORS to prevent dust from getting on the car.
I have used an OXGARD cover which I found to be water proof. However I do check it after every rain and try to get air under it as you don't want moister to build up and bubble the paint. I use a light cover for indoor storage as well.
I used an Oxgord 7 layer cover (which is advertised as breathable) for winter storage in my driveway for 2 years. It worked fine. I used tarp clamps and some rope to keep it from billowing in the wind. The soft lining started to disintegrate so I cleaned my garage and bought another cover.
A clean Noah car cover over a freshly-done squeaky clean waxed car. Weather Shield cover over the Noah. Both properly secured so that wind doesn’t beat the cover against the paint.
Parked on a moisture sealed surface. Not dirt.
Wash the WS cover periodically. The WS will keep the Noah clean. Wash the Noah half-as-often as the WS.
I did this for years before I built my garage. I washed the Noahs once per year and the WSs twice per year. The Noahs last about 3 washings. It’s a PITA, but properly done, the paint will suffer less than if left exposed.
Most ‘cover’ problems stem from
- bad covers that don’t breath.
- dirty car covered, or dirt on inside of cover
- cover flapping in the wind
My son's 928 will be outside in St. Louis, MO so I am looking for a cover as a graduation present. Has anyone purchased from Car Covers Factory? I am considering their top of the line $179 indoor/outdoor model.
My son's 928 will be outside in St. Louis, MO so I am looking for a cover as a graduation present. Has anyone purchased from Car Covers Factory? I am considering their top of the line $179 indoor/outdoor model.
Thank you.
Outside all the time and driven regularly? Outside all the time and driven sporadically?
Outside all the time and driven regularly like every day or every few days is not a good application for a car cover. The cover will scratch the paint with any surface dirt that gets on the car during use. Covers should only be put on when the car has just been washed or redailed with Spray Detailer to remove surface contaminants that will cause paint abrasions.
Outside and driven sporadically where it can be recleaned before reinstallation of the cover is better, providing your son would be diligent about doing that or get an Outdoor Car Capsule that's like a bubble the car gets parked in and nothing touches the paint when the wind blows.
If it's outside all the time, you need an outdoor cover, not really and indoor / outdoor one.
Personally, I think you'd be better off paying an auto detail shop to really prep the paint and then ceramic coat it to make it more resistant to sun and weather damage and just leave it uncovered with a sun shade in the windshield to protect the interior. I'd also take it to a tint shop and have them install very light Ceramic tint on all the windows (except the windshield) which will block all the UV rays that can damage the interior, but not make the windows dark where the car is harder to drive at night or changes the look of it.
Sorry for the lack of clarity. We will be driving the car from Denver to St. Louis on Thursday. The car will sit in my father's front circular driveway for about six weeks while our son is in California visiting relatives. Then, he flies to St. Louis to begin college. When he is at college, it will be a daily driver and the cover won't be used. When winter arrives, the car goes back to my father's front circular driveway for 2 or 3 months until the snow and ice pass.
Of course, my son is hoping my step-mother's Prius goes into the driveway and his 928 gets garage storage but that's a big ask of his grandparents. She doesn't drive anyway because she is too old. They should unload the Prius.
Sorry for the lack of clarity. We will be driving the car from Denver to St. Louis on Thursday. The car will sit in my father's front circular driveway for about six weeks while our son is in California visiting relatives. Then, he flies to St. Louis to begin college. When he is at college, it will be a daily driver and the cover won't be used. When winter arrives, the car goes back to my father's front circular driveway for 2 or 3 months until the snow and ice pass.
Of course, my son is hoping my step-mother's Prius goes into the driveway and his 928 gets garage storage but that's a big ask of his grandparents. She doesn't drive anyway because she is too old. They should unload the Prius.
If they won't mind the inflated car capsule in their driveway, that's the best solution from the car's point of view. Air circulating around inside the capsule, nothing touching the paint, but the car separated from the elements.
Longer term storage under a cover that's getting rained on and ice freezing on it is less good, but might still be better than bird poop and such sitting on the paint.
01-07-2019, 06:18 PM
