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do you use a car cover?

Old Nov 5, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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well, do you? I don't have room in the garage to keep my A4 (Lambo goes in there), so I'm wondering what other options I have. I heard that covers can dull the paint, but I would prefer not to get a tent because they're so bulky.
 
Old Nov 5, 2008 | 07:28 PM
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I've got a cover for mine while I'm here at school. I just sits there and I keep a bungie cord along the underside of the car to prevent the cover from flapping around in the wind. It definitley traps dust/dirt from when it rains but I have my dad wash the cover along with the car once a month.
 
Old Nov 5, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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yea i use a cover the neighbors pine tree does a number on the truck we have and the crashed integra with the tree sap so the cover helps out alot.
 
Old Nov 5, 2008 | 08:51 PM
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I don't use a cover. I don't have the money for one and just don't want to **** with it.
 
Old Nov 5, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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The guy who sold me the car gave me one with it but I never used it. Its a huge hassle and if there's a lot of dirt and debris already on the car it will scratch the paint.
 
Old Nov 5, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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You're using the garage for the wrong car.
 
Old Aug 10, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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They have some decent ones from empire. their website has a computer generation tool so you can see what the cover looks like on and off the car pretty cool.

http://empirecovers-review.blogspot.com/
 
Old Aug 10, 2009 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by cantdrive55
...It definitley traps dust/dirt from when it rains but I have my dad wash the cover along with the car once a month.
LOL! Dude you can't wash your own car? My dad would kick my *** if I was to ask him to wash my car.
 
Old Aug 10, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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The Audi gets a spot inside the garage. All the other new(er) cars can be replaced, a good condition B5 is harder to attain.
 
Old Aug 10, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rcheing
LOL! Dude you can't wash your own car? My dad would kick my *** if I was to ask him to wash my car.
I go to school 5hrs west so its a bit hard to get the hose to reach that far.. haha

but he is out washing the benz anyways so he doesnt mind doing mine
 
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