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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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Car Covers?

Anyone have any experience with car covers? This won't be for my Fit, but for another car my dad just bought haha. It's purely a summer car, so if anyone has any recommendations as to what is a good car cover that can endure some serious winter weather including snow, sub zero temperatures, high winds, please chime in. The best one I've been able to find is the CoverCraft Noah Car Covers. Thanks in advance!
 
Old Mar 23, 2008 | 09:40 PM
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Only one I've got experience with is OEM Honda covers, we've got one on my gf's type R shell and its held up pretty well.
 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by yeamans17
Only one I've got experience with is OEM Honda covers, we've got one on my gf's type R shell and its held up pretty well.
Thanks for the input yeamans! Unfortunately Mazda does not offer a car cover up here for the MX-5. We've tentatively bought one, but the dealer told us that the colour we chose in the spec we wanted which is quite simple IMO (GS or Sport model down in the US w/ A/C and soft top in Galaxy Grey) is quite hard to source and apparently only one in Canada that is headed for Quebec (Apparently they aren't making any more in that spec that come to Canada ). They are trying to re-direct it here if it hasn't been sold, but that has yet to be seen. They are supposed to get back to me today about it but still haven't received a phone call yet, I'm getting anxious I'm hoping they get it so I can drive it once in a while when my dad isn't looking
 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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if you have the space, you should get a car bubble.
 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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Don't think it'll fit on the side of our driveway unfortunately. Plus I can see those bastard high school kids screwing around with it if we did get one of those.
 
Old Mar 24, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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i have the OEM car cover. ive had it for a few months. never used it LOL
 
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 03:11 PM
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griot's garage has a collection of covers to choose from.

personally i wouldn't mind getting a dust cover for my G.

Car Care, Detail Supplies, Garage Organization, Car Accessories - Griot's Garage 800-345-5789
 
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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griot's garage has a collection of covers to choose from.

personally i wouldn't mind getting a dust cover for my G.

Car Care, Detail Supplies, Garage Organization, Car Accessories - Griot's Garage 800-345-5789
Hmm their descriptions are soso...I'm gonna need some serious snow protection up here!
 
Old Mar 27, 2008 | 08:05 PM
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man i need to get a car cover. my dog sleeps in the garage now, so i cant park my car in their. and during the summer my CF will start to fade if i dont cover it
 
Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:10 PM
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(First post woohoo!) I've had my MR Fit for 2 weeks and 10 minutes ago I ordered the Noah car cover from AutoAnything. It cost $183, which is only about $20 more than the OEM one. My main reason for not going with the OEM one was the color. I park my car in the driveway and I really didn't want a BRIGHT BLUE car cover to draw more attention to my car. I'm already a little nervous that someone is going to mess with it while its covered just because it is covered. The Noah cover seems like good quality and is a more neutral gray color. I was planning on making another post when I recieve it to explain how it fits the car, with some photos. I will let you know!

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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:56 PM
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I have the OEM one and use it a good bit! Very nice, good quality and fits like a glove!! It got rained on a few times and still is like new and it took awhile to get fully wet.
 
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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Covercraft has a few options for the Fit.

Part number is C16951xx. The “xx” is for fabric code.
 
Old Apr 11, 2008 | 06:50 AM
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I bought my car cover for my Fit from autozone. I got the size foe midsize car cause of the height of the fir small won't fit (no pun intended).
As a matter of fact I'm overseas for 3-5 months and my car is parked in the side of the house with the car cover right now. This way tree sap, bird poop, sand blasting dessert wind won't hurt my car so much. Provides SOME peace of mind.
 
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