Sounds like when Sam on Cheers was selling his corvette. He asked the
buyer if it was 90 degrees out and all you could find was a handicaped
parking spot would you circle the block or take the handicapped spot. When
the person answered Sam yelled at him and told him it was a trick
question, he said his car should never be out in that kind of weather. He
then through the would be buyer out of the bar.
...Art
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, John Steczkowski wrote:
> Being an anal car owner living in Texas, I keep most of my cars covered
> and my occasional drivers (Shelby GLHS and MGB) stay covered even in the
> garage. I use Technalon covers from Big Sky Car Cover (advertised in the
> back of road and track and car and driver). I just got one for the B
> that was $106. If you leave the car in hot sun, after awhile you will
> start to get dust from the car cover, but it's a big win over your car
> rotting in the sun.
>
> The technalon will do a good job of keeping dew, bird droppings, etc off
> of the car but it isn't waterproof (a waterproof car cover would ruin
> the paint).
>
> I highly recommend using car covers, I cover my car when I park it for
> more than a couple of hours. The only exception is if it's going to
> rain, then I uncover it only because I don't want to lug a soggy car
> cover around. If it's going to rain and I won't be driving the car
> anytime soon, I just leave it covered.
>
> Don Mathis wrote:
>
> > It seems like when I drive my MGA and spend the night, people would be
> > less
> > prone to bother it if it were covered with a car cover. So I would
> > like to
> > buy one that was somewhat water proof, and would fit in a relatively
> > small bag.
> >
> > I've been told that one type after a while leaves a fine dust all over
> > the
> > car. I don't want this.
> >
> > Moss people rec commended the "Genesis" ($99)but said that it would
> > not fit
> > in a very small bag. They have a "TYvec" ($76) which is the overnight
> > delivery bag material. Waterproof and light weight. Victoria British
> > has a
> > "Polycotton"($110) but it is not water proof.Their "Technalon" is
> > $150! I
> > don't think so.
> >
> > Anyone have any experience with car covers? Thanks-
> >
> > Don Mathis,Ph.D.
> > donmathis@lucent.com
> > '61 MGA
> > '37 Derby Bentley (B190KT)
>
>
>
> --
> John Steczkowski
> PSW Technologies, Inc.
> 512-343-6666
> stecz@pswtech.com
> http://www.pswtech.com/~stecz
> http://www.pswtech.com O-
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