For My Northern States/Canadian Brothers/Sisters, Storing the Rust Bucket Outside Options

[aveale]

Family,

anyone store their car outside (covered under a tarp or something) over the winter?

in Ottawa our winters are from Dec to April with temperatures dipping to as low as -40 (F and C).

I would appreciate some thoughts and thank you in advance.

T

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

[swl]

cool find Bruce. The $1000 price tag causes a little bit of air to get sucked through the teeth but it is still pretty neat. I think you would want to do something to keep it from flappin in the breeze.

I have come to believe that the real killer whether you are in the garage or outside is change in temp that causes condensation. January and Feb are no problem cause it's too flippin cold for condensation ('cept around parliment hill of course - hot air abounds there throughout the winter). It is the sunny days in early december or march that will cause the damage. Heat up the car or garage, melt a little snow, then the cool evening strikes and it all condenses. I'm thinking that a white tarp might be better than dark - keeps the car from warming up.

[GWN7]

cool find Bruce. The $1000 price tag causes a little bit of air to get sucked through the teeth but it is still pretty neat. I think you would want to do something to keep it from flappin in the breeze.

I have come to believe that the real killer whether you are in the garage or outside is change in temp that causes condensation. January and Feb are no problem cause it's too flippin cold for condensation ('cept around parliment hill of course - hot air abounds there throughout the winter). It is the sunny days in early december or march that will cause the damage. Heat up the car or garage, melt a little snow, then the cool evening strikes and it all condenses. I'm thinking that a white tarp might be better than dark - keeps the car from warming up.

There is cheaper ones on the market. I just used that one as a example of how it worked. I've seen them starting at about $250.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

The other option is check at a local boat yard and see what they would charge you to shrink wrap it like they do the boats for winter.

Looks like if you have a heat gun, for about $100 you could shrink wrap 5- 914's

http://www.shrinkwrapsolutions.com/frames.asp