<VV> Car Covers

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

I am prepared to take your word for it, but personal experience indicates 
otherwise! I have had several very unfortunate experiences with 
micro-blistering, on cars that were left outside in *dry* but dewy 
conditions, and because extremely micro-blistered where the cover was in 
contact with the paint. When I removed the cover the contact surface where 
the cover touched the paint was wet, as were various places under the car 
where the moisture could only (apparently) have risen.

And I have just done a quick web search on the subject, and the best 
explanation seems to be that dew is formed from moisture that condenses from 
air close to the ground, as the ground has harboured heat in the daytime, so 
when night falls the vapour nearer the ground condenses more.

That in itself strikes me as a good reason to avoid car covers, because the 
dew is going to be condensing under your car where it is near the ground, 
and wetting it (this is certainly what happens). So whatever the cause of 
the dew (and I'm prepared to believe what you say about dew, and I stand 
corrected) I still wouldn't touch a car cover with a ten foot pole, except a 
dust cover on a car kept in a very dry atmosphere.

Cheers

Alan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
To: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>; "mike hicks" 
<mhicks130 at cox.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Car Covers


> Wrong, wrong, wrong!  Dew comes from the air and if you're a skeptic, 
> check with Wikipedia.
> RonH
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
> To: "mike hicks" <mhicks130 at cox.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 11:40 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Car Covers
>
>
>> Watch for those micro-blisters - and don't forget that dew comes *up*, 
>> not
>> down, so it gets up in between the cover and the car.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "mike hicks" <mhicks130 at cox.net>
>> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:52 AM
>> Subject: <VV> Car Covers
>>
>>
>>>I got one from Costco for $40-ish and I love it.  It's got wind straps
>>> too.  It's holding up better than the one I got from Clarks (Evolution
>>> 4) did.  It does leave "dust" on the car though.  My car is NOT a show
>>> car though.  It's mostly to keep water out (it leaks by itself) and bird
>>> poop off.  It does that well.
>>>
>>> You do have to wait until Costco has them though, you know how Costco 
>>> is.
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