Indoors or outdoors Rover?

So all you outdoor-ers, what problems do you experience in trying to keep your cars maintained? All that bird shit, dust, damp, etc?
 
RKP is about 80% garaged :roll: He lives in a descent sized shed but at the moment no doors so catches some weather :cry:



Where as the 2 project cars are tucked up in a nice dry shed in the middle of nowhere :)



 
WarrenL said:
So all you outdoor-ers, what problems do you experience in trying to keep your cars maintained? All that bird shit, dust, damp, etc?
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Waiting for the rain to stop :LOL:

Dave
 
My P6 has had to sit outside since the house move as our garage leaks like a sieve and is damper than the exterior. I am not happy about it :cry: and have Vaselined the chromework for the winter. A friend of my Mrs has a hubby who is VW Beetle mad but has been 'made' to clear the garden of his 'projects'. He is looking to hire a large lockup (for around 8 cars) which is literally 5 mins walk from my house, so I am looking to go in with him.

At least the old girl can shelter from all this p1ssing rain that just does not know when to stop. Until I manage to get my triple garage built, this seems to be the best option. I have avoided covering the car due to horror stories of ruined paintwork.
 
rp61973 said:
I have avoided covering the car due to horror stories of ruined paintwork.
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My car was under a cover when not in use for nearly 2 years. That means it got covered up at night when I got home and was uncovered most of the day when I was at work. I had a cover from these guys Cover Systems and it didn't damage the paintwork at all, even when I had to peel the cover off after a hard frost or snow.

Under cover in 2009

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looking good in 2011

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Four months into ownership the council gave in to my weekly phone calls and granted me a garage - and very grateful I am for it!

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Mine lives in the garage attached to the house, however, I have no internal access from the house (Might be a good thing as the better half would have to put up with ever more noises and smells!).

When I lived in Brooklyn I rented a garage from a nice family in East Flatbush (a really dodgy part of town). I would lock myself into the place when working on the car, even after growing up in SE London some of the locals made me nervous.
 
Mine lives outdoors at the moment, though it is under a carport which keeps most of the weather of it. I also drive it all year round, but do tend to avoid driving on freshly salted roads. It used to live in my garage til i started restoring my Firebird, so now don't have room. :roll:
 
Brown Rover was finally returned to the garage yesterday, just ahead of an unexpected hailstorm which broke over the city and was fierce enough to damage some of my fruit trees. Lucky indeed.
 
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