V8 Vantage indoor car cover

[rehab71]

My FIL has a 2007 V8V that is his pride and joy, it's garaged but he told me at the weekend he'd like a car cover for it so thought I'd get one for his birthday.

Are there any that people can recommend that aren't silly money and are nice and fitted?

Thanks

[LTP]

I don't want to rain on your parade and I'm sure your FIL would love such a gift, but when Paddy detailed my V8V and I was discussing using a car cover to protect his handiwork his advice was basically "Don't". He believes that the risk from dragging the cover over the paint is just too great, especially if something were to get into the soft, interior pile. And a cover would be a bugger to keep clean and free from contaminants as it's all to easy to have one partially slide off onto the floor if you try to fit or remove one single-handedly.

So since the car was detailed my genuine Aston Martin cover hangs on a hook in its bag.

[Jules Sunley]

Agree with the above commenter - I'd only ever use a car cover if the car was immaculately clean, living indoors, and not going to be used for a while (i.e. a winter layup or at a storage location). Dragging on and off regularly does indeed run the risk of scratches and very few of us mere mortals get cars as clean as a detailer would in any case.

[CB07]

For balance I have a genuine Aston Vantage one which is a delight. Looks fantastic feels fantastic, keeps the dust off. I have an aftermarket Rapide one which also helps keep the dust off after a clean when it’s away. Recommended wholeheartedly.

I would say that the number of people who have the fitted covers (soft internal ones) and no problems must far outweigh those who have them and wind up with invisible abrasions to paintwork due to some perceived pick up of lint which then needs corrective work.

Great thing is when you want to drive the car of a weekend, it’s clean and dust free. No cover and it’s likely to need a no touch two bucket clean just to get on the road looking fresh and not inflicting swirl marks, due to simply airborne dust particles.

Fwiw I have experienced minor trivial rubs on the very lower parts of a Porsche front bumper on a tight fitting weatherproof (thus tougher) outdoor cover over a very harsh windy winter, once. I therefore wouldn’t recommend one for that sort of use.

Good present idea in my eyes!

[Graze01]

Jules Sunley said:

Agree with the above commenter - I'd only ever use a car cover if the car was immaculately clean, living indoors, and not going to be used for a while (i.e. a winter layup or at a storage location). Dragging on and off regularly does indeed run the risk of scratches and very few of us mere mortals get cars as clean as a detailer would in any case.

Agree with Jules comment. Only use mine when car is freshly cleaned, has cooled down, and is going to be unused for a few weeks.

Graeme

[Astontony]

LTP said:

I don't want to rain on your parade and I'm sure your FIL would love such a gift, but when Paddy detailed my V8V and I was discussing using a car cover to protect his handiwork his advice was basically "Don't". He believes that the risk from dragging the cover over the paint is just too great, especially if something were to get into the soft, interior pile. And a cover would be a bugger to keep clean and free from contaminants as it's all to easy to have one partially slide off onto the floor if you try to fit or remove one single-handedly.

So since the car was detailed my genuine Aston Martin cover hangs on a hook in its bag.

Not so, I wash my cover regularly, I don't put it on a dirty car, I roll it on from rear to front , it is a very soft felt like material inside, I roll it off from front to back and place it in the boot/trunk to one side still in a roll and when I put it on I lay it on the boot lid and roll it up the rear window over the top and down and don't drag it at any time. I have recently had PPF to the front (racing pack) and the whole car was paint corrected prior to its PPF and it has ceramic coat which also reduces the risk of any swirls.
The ceramic coat and PPF was done 5 months ago and the paint is still as good as when it was corrected, I put it on and off by myself as per the above.

[phumy]

Astontony said:

LTP said:

I don't want to rain on your parade and I'm sure your FIL would love such a gift, but when Paddy detailed my V8V and I was discussing using a car cover to protect his handiwork his advice was basically "Don't". He believes that the risk from dragging the cover over the paint is just too great, especially if something were to get into the soft, interior pile. And a cover would be a bugger to keep clean and free from contaminants as it's all to easy to have one partially slide off onto the floor if you try to fit or remove one single-handedly.

So since the car was detailed my genuine Aston Martin cover hangs on a hook in its bag.

Not so, I wash my cover regularly, I don't put it on a dirty car, I roll it on from rear to front , it is a very soft felt like material inside, I roll it off from front to back and place it in the boot/trunk to one side still in a roll and when I put it on I lay it on the boot lid and roll it up the rear window over the top and down and don't drag it at any time. I have recently had PPF to the front (racing pack) and the whole car was paint corrected prior to its PPF and it has ceramic coat which also reduces the risk of any swirls.
The ceramic coat and PPF was done 5 months ago and the paint is still as good as when it was corrected, I put it on and off by myself as per the above.

I do the same, hasnt scratched or hurt mine.

[oilit]

Exterior covers I would avoid.

Indoor covers however - I swear by them and mine all have one. They have all come from classic additions if my memory serves me correctly - who also make them for AM.

Last year I didn’t put one on over the winter on a car and the car was filthy with dust from being parked in the garage.

[alscar]

On the basis of Indoor only and " sensible " use as others have said ,another vote for Classic Additions - good choices available and in relative terms to some very similar companies ,not bad value.
That said the Aston supplied cover for my GT8 is just as good if not slightly better but then no doubt at a lot more money.

[Dewi 2]

My indoor cover consists of two thick Egyptian cotton plain white sheets.
By looking at the seams, they can always be positioned to have the same dust free faces in contact with the paintwork.
Light enough to flick across the car by one person.

May not look very Aston Martin showroom, but does a good job of protecting the paintwork and never any risk of surface damage.
It does however cling tightly to to beautiful contours of the car, revealing those wonderful curves.

[paulrog1]

I only use my indoor cover when the car goes to sleep over the winter, I always wash and wax it first.

I bought my cover from Specialised covers - https://www.specialisedcovers.com/

Aston Martin get their covers from this company and the type is Prestige indoor cover, cost for a V8V is £260 brand new, fantastic quality.

Edit for spelling mistake, Re below

Edited by paulrog1 on Wednesday 2nd June 13:42

Edited by paulrog1 on Wednesday 2nd June 13:43

[Jules Sunley]

paulrog1 said:

I only use my indoor cover when the car goes to sleep over the winter, I always wash and wax it first.

I brought my cover from Specialised covers - https://www.specialisedcovers.com/

Aston Martin get their covers from this company and the type is Prestige indoor cover, cost for a V8V is £260 brand new, fantastic quality.

You brought it? Are they far away then...…..