DO NOT DO THIS WITH YOUR CORVETTE CAR COVER-WINTER STORAGE TIPS!

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I'm doing my fall vlog and we're talking about using the PDR camera if you're not taking your car to the track. you have the PDR cameras on. I could use

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It's a great vette for beginners, so thanks again for joining the channel, make sure to subscribe. hit that bell notification, that's right, because you know just some of the uploads that I received this week, when we do them, you get a notification and you don't miss anything and of course now I will insert them right away, any breaking news . For 2020, a Corvette appears. Yes, I'll post it right away for you, but today is the time of year we have to talk about Corvette car covers. It's great to have them with us now in this part of the country. and this time of year it's very unfortunate that many of you have to put your Corvette away and what do you do to put a Corvette car cover on it today and in this segment what we're going to show you is what not to do. with the cover for your Corvette car, yes, this is very nice, this is the accessory that you ask for from General Motors, this is the cover for the interior of the car because this beautiful bag with zipper becomes different colors, red, gray, black kalahari, you know if you can see there's like a little Corvette emblem embossed there, if you can see, oh my gosh, this thing is pretty, it's like a blanket, okay, anyway, before I show you what not to do , we will show you how to put the car cover on the shell, believe it or not, there is a front. and there is a back part because there are covers for your mirrors.

I've actually had people call me and say, Hey Rick, I've tried and I've tried. I just can't get this cover to fit because the front goes to the front. I'll give you a hint, some taxes in front, well, what do you think is so beautiful? I think it's probably the best car cover in the business. This comes from GM accessories. This is the indoor car cover that sells for around $400 and as we mentioned above, it comes. with that

storage

bag and it also comes in alternate colors, you guys watch me put it on and see how tight that cover is.

This is what I don't want you to do with your car covers on your new Corvettes. Talking about a Corvette that was recently produced or something that you ordered and it came and then you take it home in this weather and put this cover on it right away, what will happen is that paint is not cured, it hasn't had a chance to breathe. . You're going to get stains or all kinds of stains inside the clear coat because look at that thing that seals that car. I mean, if your car isn't at least 60 days into production, don't do this at home now that I've talked to several people who have purchased new Corvettes.

You know, this time of year it's a little colder and they've done this to their Corvette and what happens in a week or two? You want to go to the garage you just want. Taking it off and checking your baby to see how you're doing is horrible, it's an unpleasant sight and you're talking about a major problem to rectify that problem, so this happens more on darker colored cars like your Long Beach red, your blacks, your dark grays, so keep that in mind and I don't care if you're in a warmer climate or not, I just advise you not to do it until your cars are at least 60 days old before you actually seal them.

Okay, you get your new Corvette, whether you're in a cold or warm climate, you want to protect it but you don't want to seal it this way, not if the paint is fresh in 60 days, so what do you do? I recommend getting a very soft fabric and placing it over the top of the car that way you will protect it from any rain, dust and things of that nature until you get past those 60 days and the colors are what you should really worry about. Do it with all colors, but the ones you should really worry about are darker colored cars like Long Beach Red, Black, and Dark Gray.

Then, when you get past 60 days, you can really start protecting them for the times you are in. I don't drive it, but really what are you doing to take that cover off and put it on the road? I understand that if necessary, these are some

tips

that I think will definitely help you in the future. I know that's not how it came about. but you know what, at least I have it back in the bag and when I put it back in the car it will be easier because you roll that soft side down and just flip it back so it's a little easier to install, here you go another piece of advice.

What can you do if you are in this climate and have to store your Corvette. Well, if you have to store your Corvette or it's going to sit idle for more than three weeks, you want to make sure you have one of these in this box. it's the 100 dollar battery protection option it's a portable trickle charge, if you will, what a lot of people don't realize on the passenger side of their rear hatch is this port, this port stays hot all the time with the cars off so you can use the use of your battery protection pack, so inside the box you have this nice little carrying bag and here is the actual unit.

This is the part that I'll show you here for just a second, where it connects to the car, of course. You can actually put it on the back of the Corvette and then this part here will plug into just a basic 110 outlet. This light if indicated here on the device, when you plug it in, it will have the post reversed on your battery. This lets you know it is in the charging process. This light, if it's on, tells you that it's ready, that it's fully charged, and once you are, you can leave it plugged in. Okay, take it home and you'll be ready to go.

It's just an indicator that lets you know the system is on and ready to go. This part here just connects to this passenger area that I showed you here. It's like a cigarette lighter port that plugs into it and this is what's interesting whether you have a car cover or not and let me tell you this first if you have your car sitting for an extended period of time and you get in and all sentences check this and check that and check this on the lights, bells and whistles for a dead wire in your Dash like crazy, you take it to the dealership and they say, "Well, sorry man, we got a tear in the dash part, you see we're going to do this again, oh no, no, don't let them touch anything until you check." the battery is why I say this, this little system here is so crucial and the best investment to protect all of the electronics in your Corvette because when the battery runs down a little bit it doesn't send enough power to all those different modules and you can send all those fake codes on the dash to drive you crazy, don't let them touch anything, check the battery first, okay, so you can protect the battery by doing this first, plug this in and whether you have a car cover or not, that's what It's great, you can use this even if the car cover is on the car, which I would do and I don't know if I have one big enough, but make sure you get some kind of microfiber cloth or a big soft towel.

Smooth like this, put it over the car and what people don't realize is that you can actually close the hatch with the battery protection pack already plugged into the car and then you take the thickest part of the cable and plug it into a normal outlet just a 110 in the house and then you're ready to go and leave your Corvette behind, yeah, they almost go down, almost like you have a nice backdrop for yourselves. Hey, I hope you enjoyed today's upload. Thank you very much for taking the time to look. Join us, I hope you have a good rest of your weekend.

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