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car cover recommendation?
anyone here keep their BRZ/FRS outside during the snowy winter? i have always kept mine in a garage, and driven a winter beater. that however means scraping off ice every morning and starting the engine 10 mins early to warm up. not really a problem, but if there's a good car cover you guys can recommend, i give the garage spot to the winter beater and keep the BRZ outside.
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car cover recommendation?
anyone here keep their BRZ/FRS outside during the snowy winter? i have always kept mine in a garage, and driven a winter beater. that however means scraping off ice every morning and starting the engine 10 mins early to warm up. not really a problem, but if there's a good car cover you guys can recommend, i give the garage spot to the winter beater and keep the BRZ outside.
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Okay I do not recommend a cover unless you don't mind damaging your paint. A car cover should really only be used if the car is going to be stored in garage for more than 6 months and the cover will not be coming off once in that time.Your car will be dirty and taking off and putting on the cover will rub the dirt into the paint and ruin it. You should just leave your car on the street uncovered. |
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Have you ever driven a car in the winter time? Especially a winter in Western Canada? There's so much shit on the road in the winter months, it's near impossible to keep your car clean for 30 seconds after you come out of a touchless wash.
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I'm from NJ I know salt and it's effect. I find a way to keep my vehicles clean during the winter. It's a pain but i'd rather take the chance of a few scratches that can be polished out than salt and dirt sitting on the paint and under the chassis. I take it to a DIY car wash close by. Any stuff I get on the car on the way home is easily cleaned off before I would put a cover on. It's not that difficult.
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Ita still gona get dirty if its outside. Op will also need to remove cover to start car once a month in winter then reinstall it
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True, but it would be significantly less than if left uncovered I would think.
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Uhm, nope. Zinc plating and paint significantly reduce the possibility of corrosion.
Source: I'm a corrosion technician, and work on structures far more likely to corrode than a car. One of the best methods for stopping corrosion? Putting a coating on a structure. |
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