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Dinoman
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| "Double-Bagged for Your Protection"
Yesterday, the weather report called for possible rain showers, so I decided not to take the SLK to work. Since my lawn service was scheduled to come, and I had to leave the SLK in the driveway, I decided to give it a bit of extra protection. The MB cover doesn't extend down completely over the alloy wheels, though the body is completely covered. I was concerned about stones thrown about by the leaf blower. I installed the SLK cover, then put my W210 E-Class cover over it. Amazingly, it fit like a glove over the front end, the outside mirrors, the roof and the side. Only at the rear end did it hang loose, because of the much greater length of the E-Class. On Sunday, we had heavy winds, and I had to go out a few times to pull the cover back over the roof and rear end. The front of the cover held tight, and the mirrors secured it over the windshield. In a pinch, it's a good bit of extra protection against wayward projectiles. Although, due to lower height, the SLK hood looks extra long, and the car looks super wide, the front-bumper-to-mirror proportions are just about equal, and the widths don't seem that far off either. The extra "bagging" gave me peace of mind while at work, although a tradesman across the street who saw me removing the extra cover must have thought that I was ready for the funny farm!  Dinoman |
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etyu
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: "Double-Bagged for Your Protection"
How about a bungee cord with industrial strength clips across the rear wheels to grab the lower portion of the outer cover and secure the rear end? |
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Dinoman
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: "Double-Bagged for Your Protection"
Sounds like a great idea, Etyu. This was just an improvised thing, but I would certainly consider something like that for a double covering of any great length. Dinoman |
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Ripple
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: "Double-Bagged for Your Protection"
I find the ribbed version most enjoyable. |
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Dinoman
Date registered: Dec 1899
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I didn't know you could even buy car covers in the drugstore!!!  Dinoman |
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bufobob
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: "Double-Bagged for Your Protection"
Maybe a one acre piece of bubble wrap!! 
Edited by bufobob 5/24/2006 11:08 AM
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etyu
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: "Double-Bagged for Your Protection"
I was going to suggest bubble wrap between the two layers with the flat part of the bubble wrap facing away from the car and next to the outer layer. 
Edited by etyu 5/24/2006 2:30 PM
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