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Winter - anyone have a car cover – recommendations?

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:12 am
by mrbojangles
I am debating whether to get a car cover (either for the whole car, or one that covers the windows)

I had my first bad experience of the cold weather this morning with the door windows being frozen shut and taking ages to clear. Lots of de-icer and some warm water was required and then the windows got confused with closing etc

I was considering getting some silicone/ Gummipfledge/krytox to try (as suggested in a recent thread), but wondered if a cover may be a good alternative.

Anyone use a car cover and/or have recommendations for one? Doesn’t have to be fancy, but something that won’t damage the car

Cheers

Re: Winter - anyone have a car cover – recommendations?

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:23 pm
by ZephyR
A full cover would be a real PITA to put on every frosty night and take off again in the morning - and where are you going to store a damp cover when its not in use.
A screen cover would remove the need to defrost your windscreen but would do nothing for the door windows.
I used Gummipfledge for the first time the other week and it seems to be far better than the silicone spray I've tried before but I doubt that it would be 100% effective against frozen windows on a really cold icy morning.
The best solution is a carport :nod:

Re: Winter - anyone have a car cover – recommendations?

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:31 am
by Shaun
I got my krytox coming today, i will report back when it gets cold, Gummi pflege helped me out last year but i still got stuck sometimes with both the golf and the wife's ford

Re: Winter - anyone have a car cover – recommendations?

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:44 am
by Chungster
Applied my wurth gummi the other week. But poured warm water on bottom of winter just incase anyway.

Opened up no probs!!

Re: Winter - anyone have a car cover – recommendations?

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:23 am
by Shaun
Here it is

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