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So I bagged the vette the other day and thought some of you'd like a little feedback on the car capsule thing.
First, it was delivered quickly and well ahead of the window they provided. Second, it was just about the easiest precautionary thing to set up I can imagine. I cleaned out the garage, laid the thing out flat, unzipped the sides and rolled them back, drove the car on the bottom mat, took out the car battery, hooked in the fan, zipped it up and less than 10 minutes later it was a protective bubble. It's like having my vette on the moon... but inside a garage.
Easy as pie... piece of cake... some other desert analogy.
Kinda bums me out that I'm done driving it this year. But I know when I go to get her out in the spring I won't even need to dust it off. Overall, I'm pretty glad I got it.
I’m looking at this for condensation control. Car newly restored and saw it covered in condensate during last winter storage. I may add some desiccant bags. Don’t have a heated garage like yours. Yet. So you like it. I like the idea of still seeing it during hibernation. Thx
I do like it. It's sleeping worry-free. The one car detached it's in isn't a heated garage, but it is insulated. I used to heat it with an electric space heater when I worked out there in the winter, but no heat except a light bulb in a treble lamp I keep burning in the winter months. Remarkably, it keeps that little garage warmish -- must be pretty good insulation. The fan end of the bag is away from the door and it sucks the warmish air through 3-4 times per hour, according to the literature anyway.
I liked it better when it was in my attached garage, which never falls below 50, where I could see it and start it every now and again, but I needed the room for my other cars. Though it is expensive, it seems so far to be very much worth it.
Thanks. Your first post has a C3. Looks like you now have a C6. Our home is surrounded by open fields with LOTS of field mice. But mainly it was opening the hood during a previous winter and seeing the whole engine compartment covered with water droplets and light rust coat everywhere. She's fresh out of restoration and want to preserve that like new look during her hibernation. The fan and some desiccant bags should do the trick. Best wishes and enjoy the snow up there.
Yessir. I stored my C3 (1975) back there one winter with no CarCapsuleI and noticed some evidence of mice the following spring. Nothing major, just ***** of insulation they robbed from one of my walls against a wheel under the car and a light rodent smell.
I've sold that and now have a C5 (2001) inside the bubble.
The product advertises that because of air flow/exchange, there are no condensation issues. Thanks for the well-wishes about the snow. So far, so good. I'm hoping for a very mild winter. The last few have been brutal.
Dumb question here, but couldn't a mouse chew through the plastic bag relatively easily? Those bags look like a great idea for storage, but for rodent problems?
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