My winter storage options...
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Burning Brakes
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From: Mukilteo Washington
My winter storage options...
I don't knooow.A. Keep my car in it's spot with only a Coverking autobody armor to cover it, which I recently recieved.
B. Take it two blocks up to a storage unit for $200 each month.
C. Drive across the Cascades and leave it at my parent's garage.
Option A is free at this point, I can always keep my eye on it but eeeeeh, I don't really want to leave it parked out there with only a cover unless I can be convinced that it will be perfeclty fine. Also it seems like it'd be a pain to have to wash the car in the cold after every drive to put the cover back on.
Option B lets me keep it inside where its warm and protected. I also can take it out on any dry sunny day but its gonna cost $1000 when all said and done.
Option C is free but so far away
I wouldn't see it for months.Maybe someone has just the right idea because I don't.
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Even with a cover on it, you run the risk of damage from snow or ice- or the fact that someone could slide into it and you'd never see the damage until you remove the cover. I would think this should be your last option.
Not knowing how far it is over the Cascades, the folks garage seems to be the safest and least expensive option provided the folks are cool with it. But if it's an hour or more away, it'll be inconvenient to start it or get it out on nice days. Dad gets free use of the Vette just to keep all the seals wet . . .
A storage garage is certainly expensive, but would seem to give you the best options in terms of protection and access when you want to start it or drive it on nice days. I guess options 2 or 3 make the best sense IMO.
Good luck-
Not knowing how far it is over the Cascades, the folks garage seems to be the safest and least expensive option provided the folks are cool with it. But if it's an hour or more away, it'll be inconvenient to start it or get it out on nice days. Dad gets free use of the Vette just to keep all the seals wet . . .
A storage garage is certainly expensive, but would seem to give you the best options in terms of protection and access when you want to start it or drive it on nice days. I guess options 2 or 3 make the best sense IMO.
Good luck-
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Unless the cover is nailed down securely, so it absolutely cannot move around when the wind blows, you run the risk of scuffing the paint at the corners of the car.
(ask me how I know.....)
Melting Slicks
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From: Chilliwack B.C.
If you're keeping it insured for the Winter then keep it at home with the cover on it. Had my C4 that way for 2 Winters with no issues. Just make sure the cover is secure!
If you're not going to drive it then put it in your parents garage.
Either way, make sure you keep a battery tender hooked up.
If you're not going to drive it then put it in your parents garage.
Either way, make sure you keep a battery tender hooked up.
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From: Hopatcong New Jersey
I have a coverking silverguard plus cover on my car. It's been personally tested to hold up to 75+MPH hurricane winds and debris and it held up fine.
It stays out in my driveway covered all winter.
Just make sure the car is clean when it goes on and you'll be fine.
It stays out in my driveway covered all winter.
Just make sure the car is clean when it goes on and you'll be fine.
Melting Slicks
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Personally I would not park it out doors, I would shop around to find a cheaper indoor park close to where you live. Ask around and leave a note on bulletin boards at local stores....(probably not the liquor store though! lol) Good luck.
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$ 200.00/month?? Really?
Buy or build yourself a 10 bay garage and rent out those nine extra spots. Park your car in the last spot and call it a day!
$ 1800.00 for the winter months is going to pay off that structure in a reasonable time-frame. X 5 months = $ 9000.00
Outside parking would be my last option. Portable tent structures would also be on the last resort. You need only Google "Corvettes at Carlisle during wind storm" to see damage caused by steel poles being thrown by flying tarps. Not pretty!
Indoor, all season is my preference. Taking the car out on a decent day and getting salt or sand remnants under the car, then bringing it in to a warm environment to let the salt work is counter-productive.
I'd search high and low for a less expensive indoor option close to home where you still have access to the car. I'd also like to know that the parking is not next to a daily-driver that is parked in the same garage; dragging salt into the environment.
Good luck;
Dan
Buy or build yourself a 10 bay garage and rent out those nine extra spots. Park your car in the last spot and call it a day!
$ 1800.00 for the winter months is going to pay off that structure in a reasonable time-frame. X 5 months = $ 9000.00
Outside parking would be my last option. Portable tent structures would also be on the last resort. You need only Google "Corvettes at Carlisle during wind storm" to see damage caused by steel poles being thrown by flying tarps. Not pretty!
Indoor, all season is my preference. Taking the car out on a decent day and getting salt or sand remnants under the car, then bringing it in to a warm environment to let the salt work is counter-productive.
I'd search high and low for a less expensive indoor option close to home where you still have access to the car. I'd also like to know that the parking is not next to a daily-driver that is parked in the same garage; dragging salt into the environment.
Good luck;
Dan
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If it were me, the choice in order of preference would be parents garage, then some other indoor storage facility that is cheaper and closer to you. I would not want to leave the car outside all winter with a cover on it.
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Burning Brakes
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I decided and I feel good about my decision.
Got the storage unit. Bought a month and got one free! $200 for a 10x20'. I'll clean the vette up and maybe slap my auto armor on there. Man, I haven't been able to go very long without driving it.
