Inexpensive INDOOR cover for S4?
08-17-2009, 08:31 PM
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08-25-2009, 04:15 AM
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Thanks to all....problem solved.
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and offers. This is a great group of enthusiasts and the help is appreciated. I will reciprocate whenever and however I can.
Here's how the problem is solved for now.
First of all, the high-tech solutions were intriguing, but I decided to wait on something so sophisticated until I can perfect something that will do a retinal scan of the kitties and throwing up an invisible force-field when one of them approaches the car. Well, OK--they were really just over my head and out-of-reach of my capabilities.
Karl Ruiter, who turns out to have a place about 3.5 miles from me in South Pasadena generously offered me a very nice cover that he had "left-over" from an OB car. I picked it up from storage, took it to the laundromat commercial washers and cleaned it up and it's just what the doctor ordered: a thick twill on the upper side and a very soft flannel-like bottom side. Mirror pockets and everything. It was made for an OB, but fits the S4 OK--a little snug in the back and front, but it's so soft that I don't think it will be a problem as long as I keep it clean.
I also followed Dr. Bob's advice and picked up a couple of the moving blankets at Harbor Freight. 72" x 80" and $10/each. I got these before I saw the cover and even though I think the cover itself is thick enough to prevent almost any possibility of claw scratches, when I throw those blankets on top, Sharky is armor-plated from any and all cat attacks.
Again thanks to all and especially to Karl--it's a perfect solution! And no animals were harmed in this production....
(Some pix of the cover and the felonious felines.)
Here's how the problem is solved for now.
First of all, the high-tech solutions were intriguing, but I decided to wait on something so sophisticated until I can perfect something that will do a retinal scan of the kitties and throwing up an invisible force-field when one of them approaches the car. Well, OK--they were really just over my head and out-of-reach of my capabilities.
Karl Ruiter, who turns out to have a place about 3.5 miles from me in South Pasadena generously offered me a very nice cover that he had "left-over" from an OB car. I picked it up from storage, took it to the laundromat commercial washers and cleaned it up and it's just what the doctor ordered: a thick twill on the upper side and a very soft flannel-like bottom side. Mirror pockets and everything. It was made for an OB, but fits the S4 OK--a little snug in the back and front, but it's so soft that I don't think it will be a problem as long as I keep it clean.
I also followed Dr. Bob's advice and picked up a couple of the moving blankets at Harbor Freight. 72" x 80" and $10/each. I got these before I saw the cover and even though I think the cover itself is thick enough to prevent almost any possibility of claw scratches, when I throw those blankets on top, Sharky is armor-plated from any and all cat attacks.
Again thanks to all and especially to Karl--it's a perfect solution! And no animals were harmed in this production....
(Some pix of the cover and the felonious felines.)
08-25-2009, 05:53 AM
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Nice to see that old cover washed up, looking good, and going to use. I bought it at least 20 years ago when I was reassembling my '82 onto a fresh unibody. The new body had all fresh paint so I wanted to keep my cats off. In the year of so I was putting all the parts on the new body in my landlady's garage I would chase the cats out when I caught them in there and they retaliated by spraying when they could sneak past.
