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I'm thinking about one of these for my new Cayman mainly to protect her from the summer sun (lol) when not in use. Looking for recommendations as to which to buy and who to buy from. Also is it worth it as opposed to a good detail once a year? Unfortunately I won't be able to garage her so I was thinking this was the next best option....

Oh my lord Bud, I'm in the same situation, struggling to find an accommodation for a potential new car. I've got an allocated quiet park space just at bottom of my flat, but would you put a brand new car there, outside, with rain and dust everywhere? Therefore a cover could be an option....BUT...would you put it and remove every morning or everytime you need the car?

My car won't be used every day, more weekend so yes during the week I'm considering using a suitable cover. There are down sides, potential scratching the car whilst putting it on and taking it off but there are also benefits. Undecided as yet and waiting for opinions of those using them (if anyone is).

Specialised car covers. Excellent and won't scratch the paint.

For what it's worth, when I bought my car from a well known indie dealer I was advised not to use such a cover because of inevitable widespread scratches (even if not immediately obvious). I followed this advice but have no idea whether I would otherwise have ended up with scratches or not!

Really, really scared about scratches using a cover, now even more after you guys confirmed this issue.

Unfortunately I have a one car garage so all my other cars have to sit outside. For one particular car I tried a tailor made outdoor cover. Always got blown of in heavy wind. I wrapped the whole car with nylon coated wire to stop the cover being blown off. The wind tore it to bits. Waste of time IMO

If you have power near by, an outdoor Carcoon is the only way to go.

Lot of bs spoken about car covers on car forums. If you spend £20 down at halfords what do you expect?

Hi. I use a car cover on my Cayman. Yes I do get some fine scratches from dust caught underneath but this is preferable to the volume of bird mess as we have populations of geese (50+) and ducks (30+) that my wife feeds near the cars and what goes in must come out..... The scratches are easily removed with a light polish and wax in the spring and this is a lot less effort that washing the car once/twice per day to remove the acidic excrement!

gsewell said: Hi. I use a car cover on my Cayman. Yes I do get some fine scratches from dust caught underneath but this is preferable to the volume of bird mess as we have populations of geese (50+) and ducks (30+) that my wife feeds near the cars and what goes in must come out..... The scratches are easily removed with a light polish and wax in the spring and this is a lot less effort that washing the car once/twice per day to remove the acidic excrement! Thanks, which one do you use?

NBTBRV8 said: If you have power near by, an outdoor Carcoon is the only way to go. Couldn't agree more, I had a black RX7 with a very expensive outdoor cover it was only when I took it to be MOT'd under the lights at the station I noticed all of the corners were marked quite badly. I got them out with a DA polisher and some Ultimate Compound but it took some work. I then bought a carcoon and apart from it collapsing in heavy snow never it marked any cars I put in them although it's a phaff getting the car in and out and you need power.

Wow, just discovered carcoon products, seem made by car fetishists. I fancy this one https://www.carcoon.com/carcoon-indoor-veloce though is not suggested for outdoor, why? Any issues in using it outdoor? What if I don't use the electric power / air ventilation?

RBT0 said: Wow, just discovered carcoon products, seem made by car fetishists. I fancy this one https://www.carcoon.com/carcoon-indoor-veloce though is not suggested for outdoor, why? Any issues in using it outdoor? What if I don't use the electric power / air ventilation? think about the strong winds we had over Xmas .... any car cover or carcoon is going to get obliterated best car cover imo is not to have one .... their effect is psychological IMO and you just don't need one and they dont really do any good but can do a lot of damage

Cannot disagree

What is the benefit of the Carcoon? I mean assuming I have a garage and an indoor cover, what extra do I get from inserting it into this thing? I looked on their website but couldn't find any explanation.

Preventing and/or controlling condensation ??

If you have a number of cars and have to keep one outside due to filling a double or single garage then the outdoor carcoon is the way to go. I put a cheap de-humidifier inside mine and placed a sender unit from my wireless remote weather unit and it recorded 50-60%RH from October to March so my Alpine A610 was kept in near perfect conditions. The only negative thing about them is 1, a right phaff to get the car in and out. 2. In heavy snow it collapsed. It never marked my car in high winds despite looking like a mad jelly and it also conditions the battery nicely.

Ok thanks to you for your replies, I'm not going down the cover or Carcoon route. I'll just enjoy the car and make sure she has a really good detail every 18 months or so ...