Outdoor all year round?

[MOz]

Anyone on here keep their convertible outdoors all year round?<br /><br />How does it fare? Do you use a cover, if so, which one?<br /><br />I'll be in this boat when I collect mine (the dealer is throwing in the Jaguar fitted all weather cover) but I would be interested to know how others get in with not garaging theirs?<br /><br />Thanks

 

[The Jagster]

I don't leave mine outside at home, but in the distant past when I used to live in the wilds of Scotland I used to keep my MX5 outside all year round (from new). I had it five years and it never had any kind of cover on it.<br>It was fine but I would advise that you keep up with the cleaning and waxing/protecting of not just the paintwork, but also the roof and rubber seals etc...<br>If you don't properly clean, condition, and protect the roof fabric and stitching, it will green up and degrade sitting out in the damp 24/7.<br><br>Tip: Have a small cloth handy when you open the boot lid if the car is wet....If not, you will drip water into the boot as you open it up....Small detail, but at least you are forewarned.<br>

 

[ronniet]

and then you can put the wet cloth into the boot!!!!!!

 

[The Jagster]

<blockquote>and then you can put the wet cloth into the boot!!!!!!</blockquote><br><br>Haha....No need to do that actually. It could be possible to place it next to the window washer filler cap just under the boot lid, which is 'outside'.<br>

 

[Megatron]

mine will live outside all year round; and I second what Jagster says about the roof fabric; a decent clean and protect product will so the trick. I can't remember what I used on my old Boxsters but it did the trick and it didn't suffer from being outdoors 24/7

 

[MOz]

Hopefully the cover will help protect the roof fabric too.

 

[ajbh]

Mine lives out, had it a year. Fine so far barring a brief affliction with green mold in the rubber base bit on one side in the depths of winter, but I do have to wash it a lot as london rain is FILTHY!

 

[V8FTW]

mine has lived outside for 12 months under cover<div><br></div><div>no issue</div>

 

[MOz]

Thanks for the replies!

 

[dezzy]

I don't have a convertible but would highly recommend Gtechniq I1 to coat and protect your soft top. I use it on the suede on my seats and the carpets in the car. It's amazing. I have run the tap on the carpets after applying it and the water literally beads and runs off. Very hydrophobic. <br /><br />You just need to make sure you really soak the soft top so that it embeds into the material before wiping off any excess. You'll need at least 500ml for 5he soft top I think. That was enough for me to do seats, carpets and the boot. I used the anti abrasion version. Make sure it's a well ventilated area or you'll end up high as a kite! <br /><br />Also recommend it for the interior as I have done. Just leave the windows open for a few hours afterwards and the chemical smell goes away leaving the car smelling the same way it did before.

 

[Tel]

+1 for the Gtechniq products.<div>When I'm showing our F; I hoover my top with a brush attachment, then run a lint 'sticky' pick up roller over it, then give it a liberal coat of the stuff. Carpets, mats and boot are also done.</div><div><br></div><div>As you rightly said, it's amazing how the water just runs off leaving a totally dry surface.</div><div><br></div><div>JLR actually recommend Raggtopp http://www.wolfsteins.com, but I assume that would be more applicable to the OP and leaving the car outside. </div><div><br></div>
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[MOz]

Superb advice.
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<DIV>I have a couple of GTechniq products already and rate them so will buy another.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks.</DIV>