After you had your car out for a run do you...
08-01-2020, 10:49 AM
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After you had your car out for a run do you...
After you had your car out for a run and put it back in the garage, do you put the cover on it right away or do you let it cool down first?
08-01-2020, 10:52 AM
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Open the hood and let it cool down for about 2 hrs. Sometimes with a fan blowing on it. Also leave the garage door open a little. Just my thing to do.
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08-01-2020, 11:07 AM
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What's a cover?
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08-01-2020, 12:05 PM
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I take my cover off in April and put it back on in December.
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08-01-2020, 12:24 PM
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08-01-2020, 12:24 PM
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No cover....I just put a fan on to get the oil refinery smell to go out the garage door. Also because my second favorite thing to do after driving it is looking at it.
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08-01-2020, 02:26 PM
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08-01-2020, 04:22 PM
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I put my 73 back in it’s personal garage and open the hood but leave the garage door up for some hours. If I close the garage right away I get too much smell throughout the garages.
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08-01-2020, 04:46 PM
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Used to, now I just cover it up and walk away, not gonna hurt anything
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08-01-2020, 05:50 PM
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I give mine a good, long drink....at the gas station. 
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08-01-2020, 06:38 PM
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I put the hood up to cool. Put the cover on when I get around to it. Live on a gravel drive so I always have to dust it first before the cover goes on.
I would just leave it off for the season but too much dust around my house and the car gets covered in dust pretty quick. Gloss black shows it really well.
I would just leave it off for the season but too much dust around my house and the car gets covered in dust pretty quick. Gloss black shows it really well.
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08-01-2020, 07:46 PM
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Let it cool down. Also, Whenever I start the engine, I never turn it off until the coolant temperature is at max idle temperature....~200+ degrees. This is to avoid water build up in the exhaust pipes.
I keep the cover on garaged cars here. Airborne dust where I live has salt in it. The dust is corrosive. I continually keep dust off my factory 69 sidepipe covers on my 68 since replacements are now about $3000.
i live about 2 miles from the ocean...Pacific.....and normal windflow is usually off the ocean.....yet dust that settles on my cars....or anything....is black. I really believe this is pollution that is blown here from China. I assume it's carbon soot.
I keep the cover on garaged cars here. Airborne dust where I live has salt in it. The dust is corrosive. I continually keep dust off my factory 69 sidepipe covers on my 68 since replacements are now about $3000.
i live about 2 miles from the ocean...Pacific.....and normal windflow is usually off the ocean.....yet dust that settles on my cars....or anything....is black. I really believe this is pollution that is blown here from China. I assume it's carbon soot.
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