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Hey guys,

my car sits outside so i bought a good quality autoteknica hail proof car cover (~$180) online, i had it on the car last night and this morning when i pulled it off its seemed to have caused light swirls and scratches on the paint, and you can see its dragged a sticky dirt all across the windscreen etc.

ive done some reading on the net and apparently car covers are no good as the wind blows the cover and even if the car is slightly dirty the sand / dust rubs and scratches the paint etc...

I really dont like the car siting out in the rain and the hot sun in summer, but is it just better to use no cover?

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why dont you stand around with a beautiful ladies umbrella and warn off those nasty uv rays

LOL im guessing you have a garage for your whip?

or you have enough cash to pay for resprays/ rust repairs lol

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Rain shouldn't cause rust unless you have some deep scratches that have exposed metal, in which case the moisture in the air will rust the metal underneath anyway. It would take prolonged exposure to rain to cause any rust. Japanese cars are quite durable when it comes to rust, they are coated with stuff to prevent rust because of the salt they put on the roads to dissolve the snow in Japan. If they can stand up to that then they will easily survive a bit of rain.

I just don't like leaving my car out in the rain because of hail, you never know when it is going to start hailing and then you're in for some damage. Same as with wind, if it is windy outside then my car stays inside :P

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LOL im guessing you have a garage for your whip?

or you have enough cash to pay for resprays/ rust repairs lol

dude, he has a merc AND a bmw in his garage (which is probably carpeted and heated 24/7 AFAIK)

so, yeah he could afford it

bloody liberals

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Hey guys,

my car sits outside so i bought a good quality autoteknica hail proof car cover (~$180) online, i had it on the car last night and this morning when i pulled it off its seemed to have caused light swirls and scratches on the paint, and you can see its dragged a sticky dirt all across the windscreen etc.

ive done some reading on the net and apparently car covers are no good as the wind blows the cover and even if the car is slightly dirty the sand / dust rubs and scratches the paint etc...

I really dont like the car siting out in the rain and the hot sun in summer, but is it just better to use no cover?

I can't comment on the car covers, but like you I have to leave my car outside. I just put some decent wax on every 3-4 months or so to void off fading and rain should just bounce off too :blink:

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Rain shouldn't cause rust unless you have some deep scratches that have exposed metal, in which case the moisture in the air will rust the metal underneath anyway. It would take prolonged exposure to rain to cause any rust. Japanese cars are quite durable when it comes to rust, they are coated with stuff to prevent rust because of the salt they put on the roads to dissolve the snow in Japan. If they can stand up to that then they will easily survive a bit of rain.

Not true.

Depending on the plant (or less specifically, to "japanese cars", which area of Japan they were assembled) some are more prone to rust than others.

For the most part, Nissan production plants were good, but do some searching, on here somebody said something about one of Nissan's plants being close to the ocean and having a high concentration of salt in the air ? I dunno, something, cars out of that plant always have rust spots and paint turns shithouse after a few years.

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Not true.

Depending on the plant (or less specifically, to "japanese cars", which area of Japan they were assembled) some are more prone to rust than others.

For the most part, Nissan production plants were good, but do some searching, on here somebody said something about one of Nissan's plants being close to the ocean and having a high concentration of salt in the air ? I dunno, something, cars out of that plant always have rust spots and paint turns shithouse after a few years.

Chances are, if his car doesn't already have rust spots and corrosion, it didn't come from that factory :blink:

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My car sits in a garage but i still use a car cover. The cover i use is made from polar fleece so its soft on the inside although its only used to keep the dust off and is not water proof... I dont put it on if the car has any dirt on it so there is no real chance of it scratching. I recon you should move house or build a car hole.

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