Re: Car cover

[Arturo Vega <lmcarve@LMC.Ericsson.SE>]

will the cheap covers do any damage to the paint ? (minor scratches?)
I also have the problem with these trees ...

> 
>      Dave I'm not sure where you live, but in California there is a 
>      discount warehouse chain called Costco or Price club, that sells nice 
>      covers that come in 5 on size fits all sizes.  They sell for $39.  The 
>      best way to deal with the Fuba is to cut a small hole in the cover to 
>      allow it to poke through, be sure to re-enforce the hole with 
>      duct-tape or some equivalent to keep the hole from getting larger.  
>      P.S. the covers provided at Costco/Price Culb, (I don't recall the 
>      manufacturer) you should get one size larger than the one suggested on 
>      the back of the box.
>      andy
> 
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> Subject: Car cover
> Author:  Non-HP-owner-jettaglx (owner-jettaglx@igtc.com) at HP-PaloAlto,mimegw6
> Date:    5/5/97 4:05 PM
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> I park my shiny new GLX under the shade of tree. Not a problem for most of 
> the year. However, in about 2 weeks that nice little tree will shed itself 
> of these obnoxious berries whose juice is like a high school chemistry 
> project gone awry. I should also mention the counterpart to the berries. 
> The acid-like nectar is like candy to the birds who perch themselves over 
> my car and do their own thing. It did some nasty damage to my old Toyota 
> and I don't want to see the GLX suffer the same fate. 
>      
> I have been looking for a cheap - since it will be destroyed buying the 2 
> weeks of berry season, car cover. The problem seems to be the Fuba. Does 
> anyone know of a cover that will work that won't cost me $100 bucks?
>      
> Dave R.
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