Roof off and shower capes
Discussion
If anyone owns a shower cape, when the weather is like this (nice and hot) do they tend to leave their roofs off and just use the shower cape at all?
My car is parked on a driveway and the commute to and from work is about 20-25mins. Which means I have to take the roof off in the morning and put it back on again at night and as mine is an S1, you will all know that this isn't the quickest or best job in the world.......
Also, the driveway is RIGHT on the edge of the pavement, so people can walk straight past it. Now, no-one so far (touch wood) has tried to do anything to the car roof. Ok, someone kicked the front end in, but thats another story......
But I was wondering if it would be safe to just buy a shower cape and then use that for quickness to save having to remove and refit the roof EVERY time I use the car.........
Anyone do this? Or should I just keep putting the roof on and off? I am also thinking of wear and tear too, cos the roof isn't the best construction in the world. I am already getting little turn-ups at the front edge at the sides of the windscreen. The more I do this, I reckon the worse they are getting...........
My car is parked on a driveway and the commute to and from work is about 20-25mins. Which means I have to take the roof off in the morning and put it back on again at night and as mine is an S1, you will all know that this isn't the quickest or best job in the world.......
Also, the driveway is RIGHT on the edge of the pavement, so people can walk straight past it. Now, no-one so far (touch wood) has tried to do anything to the car roof. Ok, someone kicked the front end in, but thats another story......
But I was wondering if it would be safe to just buy a shower cape and then use that for quickness to save having to remove and refit the roof EVERY time I use the car.........
Anyone do this? Or should I just keep putting the roof on and off? I am also thinking of wear and tear too, cos the roof isn't the best construction in the world. I am already getting little turn-ups at the front edge at the sides of the windscreen. The more I do this, I reckon the worse they are getting...........
hence the cape is on now overnight. There is another in the area thats out overnight on a busy rd and his roof off no cape overnight fairplay. I have been roof in boot and showercape on since the Bank Holiday weekend, admittedly it's not a problem overnight on my drive but the car has been parked in a number of car parks in this configuration without any incidents. It's an EliseParts one which I bought off Davey S2 a while back, I am currently using it silver side out to keep the interior cool to avoid red hot seat syndrome.
As an aside, it's likely that your insurance company will claim that your car is "unsecured" if it's parked up without the roof on. Certainly they'd try and wriggle out of a claim if your stereo (or anything else from the inside) is stolen. If the car itself goes AWOL then you might be alright, but it's something to bear in mind.
Dan
Dan
the showercape actually 'appears' more secure to the casual passer-by as it covers the windscreen in addition to the roof area.
my last elise had a silver showercape which was gr8... my current car has a black cape which is a pain in the ass.... when it's warm and sunny, it shrinks to create a tight cover.. when it rains, it expands and goes all baggy... if the cant rails are not in place, it's quite easy to fill the car up with water from the side!
grrrrr
my last elise had a silver showercape which was gr8... my current car has a black cape which is a pain in the ass.... when it's warm and sunny, it shrinks to create a tight cover.. when it rains, it expands and goes all baggy... if the cant rails are not in place, it's quite easy to fill the car up with water from the side!
grrrrr
S works said:
Yeti, I have a black S1 shower cape which I no longer have any use for. If you want to save me the bother of putting it in the classifieds drop me a note via email.
Hey Sworks,
Where is your email address? Am I looking in the wrong place? Feel a bit thick here cos not sent email via this site before.......
But very interested.......give us a pointer and will mail you........
TheYeti said:
S works said:
Yeti, I have a black S1 shower cape which I no longer have any use for. If you want to save me the bother of putting it in the classifieds drop me a note via email.
Hey Sworks,
Where is your email address? Am I looking in the wrong place? Feel a bit thick here cos not sent email via this site before.......
But very interested.......give us a pointer and will mail you........
Actually, don't worry!! Just found it!!! Email on its way!
got it, and you have a reply.kevin ritson said:
People have taken the pee out of me for putting the roof on my S2 everytime I leave the car but apart from pikeys and insurance bother, if I left the roof off at work in the past, I'd have ended up sitting in pigeon poo!
I think with the S2 short roof, it's that easy to stick it on it's not worth having a shower cape. I won't be getting one for mine.
Have left the roof off for the past 4 days as it has been scorchio.. woke at 4 am to the biggest storm and absolutely hammering it down, so legged it downstairs with a plastic sheet, car already filled with water but chucked sheet over. Taking it off this morning it had a massive pool in the middle , so guess i got to it just in time! Cant trust this british weather!
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