Please recommend an outdoor car cover.

[A57 HSV]

Just taken delivery of a 2009 Saab 93 cabriolet. It's a "minter", so the plan is to keep it it for a long time.

Any recommendations for an outdoor cover?

Must be light enough for my wife to put it on and remove it easily on her own.

At this time of year, our car parking area is under the flight path of nesting blackbirds. So the cover needs to be able to be wiped clean(ish).

[A57 HSV]

I only have garaging for one car and that's my classic. So the cabriolet will live outdoors. A temporary garage, machine mart now do a good one, is not an option due to the layout of my parking area. A custom made car port might be an option, but there would be drawbacks with this.

I've never bothered with an outdoor cover, but having owned cabriolets before, bird droppings on the roof are a real pain. The paintwork isn't such a problem as it can be protected by wax etc.

I'm now thinking about a tonneau cover, just to protect the roof. Any thoughts on this?

Edited by A57 HSV on Friday 18th April 21:41

[A57 HSV]

The problem is the parking area is at the rear of our house, outside the kitchen and back door. It's quite narrow and sandwiched between the wall of the house and a high quarry wall. So light is an important factor and the reason why I haven't put up a garage or carport.

We park the Discovery and the Saab there in close tandem, bumper to bumper, to allow room for the Smart to access a tiny parking space at the side of the house. Neither has a set place, as it just depends on who is home last or needs to leave first.

So a fold over garage, which is a good idea, wouldn't really work.

We've had convertibles before and bird droppings on the roof are a real pain. This time around I'd like to find a solution.

Whilst never convinced that a complete cover would have been good idea, I'm now sure that it wouldn't be.

Currently, Im leaning towards a convertible cover from here:

http://www.hamiltonclassic.co.uk/acatalog/CoverCon...

Has anyone used these?