Garage kept, or not?
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Garage kept, or not?
Just curious. I am a bit OCD, my wife just calls it "annoying". But does anyone else put their car in the garage every day and cover it? I have a "work" car, so my E350 only comes out on weekends, when the weather is nice...
My first Benz, amazing what a solid car. I bought it CPO, 2006 E350 4matic, 31,000 miles. Clear marker lenses, AMG pedals, tints coming soon. Flint grey, nav, sirius, elegance pkg. Just "cleaned" all the crummy dealer marketing from it.
I like the "lite" mods, cosmetic, no change to factory warranty...
My first Benz, amazing what a solid car. I bought it CPO, 2006 E350 4matic, 31,000 miles. Clear marker lenses, AMG pedals, tints coming soon. Flint grey, nav, sirius, elegance pkg. Just "cleaned" all the crummy dealer marketing from it.
I like the "lite" mods, cosmetic, no change to factory warranty...
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A cover while its in a garage? Well, have you ever thought of a cover for your cover .. you know .. should your cover ever get holes in it?
But yeah I'm pretty careful with my car.
Of course driving it at XXX mph and getting rock chips is no fun, but I enjoy my car a lot. I've pretty much gone through my tires in just under 20k miles.
I think its over the top if its effecting your enjoyment of the car. So a cover in a garage is redundant and pointless, but whatever lets you sleep at night.
But yeah I'm pretty careful with my car.
Of course driving it at XXX mph and getting rock chips is no fun, but I enjoy my car a lot. I've pretty much gone through my tires in just under 20k miles.
I think its over the top if its effecting your enjoyment of the car. So a cover in a garage is redundant and pointless, but whatever lets you sleep at night.
Just curious. I am a bit OCD, my wife just calls it "annoying". But does anyone else put their car in the garage every day and cover it? I have a "work" car, so my E350 only comes out on weekends, when the weather is nice...
My first Benz, amazing what a solid car. I bought it CPO, 2006 E350 4matic, 31,000 miles. Clear marker lenses, AMG pedals, tints coming soon. Flint grey, nav, sirius, elegance pkg. Just "cleaned" all the crummy dealer marketing from it.
I like the "lite" mods, cosmetic, no change to factory warranty...
My first Benz, amazing what a solid car. I bought it CPO, 2006 E350 4matic, 31,000 miles. Clear marker lenses, AMG pedals, tints coming soon. Flint grey, nav, sirius, elegance pkg. Just "cleaned" all the crummy dealer marketing from it.
I like the "lite" mods, cosmetic, no change to factory warranty...
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I know some crazies who cover their carpeted floor mats (which are there to protect the carpeted floor which is not readilly removeable) with clear plastic or rubber floor mats... so Mats to cover the floor and mats to cover the mats... ugh!
My car is never garaged & washed once or twice a week at the local car wash, depending on the weather forcast or if I want to cruise around.
My car is never garaged & washed once or twice a week at the local car wash, depending on the weather forcast or if I want to cruise around.
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What may be redundant and pointless to one may be a useful to another especially if the garage entrance is constantly used for access to the house. A cover provides basic protection against scrapes and dings from passing human traffic. I cover mine if I am away on business or vacation or during winter when it snows but then you don't get snow in CA
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I know some crazies who cover their carpeted floor mats (which are there to protect the carpeted floor which is not readilly removeable) with clear plastic or rubber floor mats... so Mats to cover the floor and mats to cover the mats... ugh!
My car is never garaged & washed once or twice a week at the local car wash, depending on the weather forcast or if I want to cruise around.
My car is never garaged & washed once or twice a week at the local car wash, depending on the weather forcast or if I want to cruise around.
Always keep it in garage but no cover.
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S N O W? Whats that?
But in all seriousness .. we get snow in California. I'm 5 mins from the beach, an hour from the desert and an hour from the snow. Take your pick.
But in all seriousness .. we get snow in California. I'm 5 mins from the beach, an hour from the desert and an hour from the snow. Take your pick.
What may be redundant and pointless to one may be a useful to another especially if the garage entrance is constantly used for access to the house. A cover provides basic protection against scrapes and dings from passing human traffic. I cover mine if I am away on business or vacation or during winter when it snows but then you don't get snow in CA
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Actually, I'm more worried that the car body is not clean and I scratch-up the paint or the car dirty-up the cover so that it scratches-up the paint next time I put it on. I worry too much ... but hey I can barely afford the car.
I had a pearl-white LS400 for nearly 20 years in the garage in near perfect condition. Recently, somebody hit it and put a big dent on the rear quarter panel and the insurance declared it totaled. Maybe I shouldn't worry about the scratches since no matter how careful I am, something will bound to happen and my precious car will to be declared totaled. Now I own a used MB that is not even as-good-as the condition of my LS400 before the accident.
I had a pearl-white LS400 for nearly 20 years in the garage in near perfect condition. Recently, somebody hit it and put a big dent on the rear quarter panel and the insurance declared it totaled. Maybe I shouldn't worry about the scratches since no matter how careful I am, something will bound to happen and my precious car will to be declared totaled. Now I own a used MB that is not even as-good-as the condition of my LS400 before the accident.
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Just curious. I am a bit OCD, my wife just calls it "annoying". But does anyone else put their car in the garage every day and cover it? I have a "work" car, so my E350 only comes out on weekends, when the weather is nice...
My first Benz, amazing what a solid car. I bought it CPO, 2006 E350 4matic, 31,000 miles. Clear marker lenses, AMG pedals, tints coming soon. Flint grey, nav, sirius, elegance pkg. Just "cleaned" all the crummy dealer marketing from it.
I like the "lite" mods, cosmetic, no change to factory warranty...
My first Benz, amazing what a solid car. I bought it CPO, 2006 E350 4matic, 31,000 miles. Clear marker lenses, AMG pedals, tints coming soon. Flint grey, nav, sirius, elegance pkg. Just "cleaned" all the crummy dealer marketing from it.
I like the "lite" mods, cosmetic, no change to factory warranty...
I don't cover it up inside the Garage though, I feel I have to draw the line somewhere. Also, I'd be afraid of scratching it up as well, and putting a dirty cover over a clean car, etc.
Get a car duster, I have one that ISN'T a wax-coated California-Duster (I can't remember the name of mine), it's truly amazing. If your car is already clean, than you can quickly wipe off light surface dust, scratch free.
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I've got a rope and pulley system hooked up so I drop a blanket down from the ceiling. Works great in the garage, just release the rope and drop the blanket, no damage from pulling a regular car cover over. Much faster too.
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garaged and covered with custom satin indoor dust cover.
OCD and ****.
My car is black on black....dusts show like crazy even just sitting overnight. As well, it serves well from human traffic.
OCD and ****.
My car is black on black....dusts show like crazy even just sitting overnight. As well, it serves well from human traffic.
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Oh man, I can't say how happy I am to know there are others just like, or worse than me.
That blanket from the ceiling thing is
That blanket from the ceiling thing is
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The blankets are very light and when you drop the blanket, it kind of just floats down onto the car. I don't worry about whether the car is dirty or not, the blanket barely rubs the paint at all.
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So its definatley something many of us do (cover our garage kept cars). I agree with some of the posts; you have to make sure the car is clean, and I use an indoor cover that is very soft....again, just to prevent damage from incidental kid-contact. With my car in the garage sometimes for two weeks at a time the cover is not on and off every day...which would be a pain. Peace to all.... Tom
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my wife wild, but she loves every minute of it.
Kept in the garage without a cover, unless I'm leaving it for more than a week. A cover goes on only if it's freshly washed.
Just curious. I am a bit OCD, my wife just calls it "annoying". But does anyone else put their car in the garage every day and cover it? I have a "work" car, so my E350 only comes out on weekends, when the weather is nice...
My first Benz, amazing what a solid car. I bought it CPO, 2006 E350 4matic, 31,000 miles. Clear marker lenses, AMG pedals, tints coming soon. Flint grey, nav, sirius, elegance pkg. Just "cleaned" all the crummy dealer marketing from it.
I like the "lite" mods, cosmetic, no change to factory warranty...
My first Benz, amazing what a solid car. I bought it CPO, 2006 E350 4matic, 31,000 miles. Clear marker lenses, AMG pedals, tints coming soon. Flint grey, nav, sirius, elegance pkg. Just "cleaned" all the crummy dealer marketing from it.
I like the "lite" mods, cosmetic, no change to factory warranty...
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Guilty of cover for cover, Now thanks to Velvet Fog, This weekend will be all about automatic covers covers.
Graduate level OCB
My 99 E has spent less than 30 nights out in the elements, the 04 E55 8 nights.
Thanks guys, feel at home here knowing I may still have a ways to go......
before I use my psychiatric coverage.
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My 99 E has spent less than 30 nights out in the elements, the 04 E55 8 nights.
Thanks guys, feel at home here knowing I may still have a ways to go......
before I use my psychiatric coverage.
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I guess I fail. I keep the CLS and R garaged. No cover inside though. The E sites on the parking pad on the side of the house.
The blanket from the ceiling is classic.
The blanket from the ceiling is classic.
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my wife wild, but she loves every minute of it.
Guilty of cover for cover, Now thanks to Velvet Fog, This weekend will be all about automatic covers covers.
Graduate level OCB
My 99 E has spent less than 30 nights out in the elements, the 04 E55 8 nights.
Thanks guys, feel at home here knowing I may still have a ways to go......
before I use my psychiatric coverage.
Graduate level OCB
My 99 E has spent less than 30 nights out in the elements, the 04 E55 8 nights.
Thanks guys, feel at home here knowing I may still have a ways to go......
before I use my psychiatric coverage.
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Yeah, I like that blanket from the sky thing. But it's a bit too compulsive for lazy me.
I only cover my Porsche when it sits for more than a month. And then it gets a nice blanket from these guys: http://www.calcarcover.com/cover_about.aspx
And also a battery tender, and mothballs underneath to keep any rodents from sleeping in the engine bay and snacking on the wiring.
The E63 is treated like one of the unwashed masses. After all, it's my daily driver.
I only cover my Porsche when it sits for more than a month. And then it gets a nice blanket from these guys: http://www.calcarcover.com/cover_about.aspx
And also a battery tender, and mothballs underneath to keep any rodents from sleeping in the engine bay and snacking on the wiring.
The E63 is treated like one of the unwashed masses. After all, it's my daily driver.