Mothballing my Rosie

[richyrich]

I'm gonna be mothballing and SORNing my Rosie soon and with an outdoor cover on it during the really bad cold snowy weather in Jan/Feb/Mar.

I will still be starting it, and moving it now and again, and keeping the battery connected to a conditioner.

I had an idea to put some blankets on the bonnet,roof(soft top) and boot before putting the cover on - when I put an outdoor cover on my last car(a Z4) I don't think it did the paintwork any favours - especially with frozen snow and ice on it

 

Anybody got any thoughts on this - I havn't got the the option to garage it.

 

Richyrich.

[AK350Z]

might be a good idea, the wind will make it flap at some point.

[ATTAK Z]

I wouldn't put a cover or anything else on ... just remove snow from the roof when it gets deep

 

 

PS that's not the Zed - it's the Aston

Edited November 14, 2013 by ATTAK Z

[WhackyWill]

No ..Drive your Zed in Winter as well, It will thank you rather than sticking it in a plastic sheet for 4 months.. :thumbs:

[Will370z]

Drive the blummin thing

[naz2k5]

From what I hear carcovers don't do a wordl oof good as they stop a lot of the moisture from escaping

[gsexr]

Enjoy the car and stuff the weather. Why miss out for months. You can have some really cracking winter days when the sky is clear and the suns out and its not windy. There`ll be at least one of them before next june........lol

[Grundy]

From what I hear carcovers don't do a wordl oof good as they stop a lot of the moisture from escaping

If they act like my Bonnet Bra on the golf did....I'd advise to stay clear!

[Pete87]

From what I hear carcovers don't do a wordl oof good as they stop a lot of the moisture from escaping

If they act like my Bonnet Bra on the golf did....I'd advise to stay clear!

 

Second this made the lacquer go cloudy for a while on my a3

[GIBBONS]

If you're gonna leave it for a while you need to get a decent quality cover, multi layered and breathable. I've got a coverzone stormforce car cover for my vx220 and that was pretty good. Just make sure the car is clean and ideally got a coat of wax on it, then it should be fine although if you get prolonged snow coverage I would scrape the snow off every now and again to let it breath.

[rob63]

Oh boy, couldn't agree more with the 'drive it' posts. If you're going overseas for that period then I'd understand, but if I'm at home and I look at the Zed then I've gotta go and drive it..it's why I bought it in the first place.

 

Sod the weather, the mileage, the dirty roads, I enjoy driving and cleaning it!

[Suits]

My old S2000 in the snow was lethal.

 

I mean lethal.

 

I used to pack it away from November to March at my parents house.

 

 

One year I was due to get my engine mapped by MASE who is an American tuner who comes over to map cars, time is expensive and scarce.

 

Snow was about but I unpacked the car and made my way down to Surrey Rolling Road.

 

That drive to Surrey that day was the terrifying thing I've ever done in a car, that includes all the laps at the Ring I've down and being chewed up at Eau Rouge.

 

I was drifting between lorries on the M25 in the slush and snow - UNINTENTIONALLY .

 

The 370Z will stay alive in the winter months but snow can FOAD.

[richyrich]

Drive the blummin thing

I must admit - thats the sort of comment I expected from you Will - nice one ;-)

Thing is - I hardly ever go out in it when the weather is bad or when it's dark - when there is a good day I'm probably doing something else and have to drive one of my other cars. I can't take it to some places either cos I'm fed up with it being scratched by some idiot!

 

Rich

Edited November 17, 2013 by richyrich

[Will370z]

Understandable mate.

 

Did you get the crosses all sorted in the end?

[HAMLNJ]

I'm tempted to do the same thing,

[richyrich]

Understandable mate.

 

Did you get the crosses all sorted in the end?

No - not yet!