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Subject:Re: Car covers for Vanagon/beating the sun
From:Dave Baker
Date:Thu, 24 May 2001 23:56:24 -0500

It's not elegant, but I use a light tarp... the kind you find at Wal-Mart or
Home Depot for around $8.  I just fling it over the top and tie it down to
door handles, tow loops, or whatever is handy.  This plus a silver
windshield insert seems to do the job for me.  And it also gets hot here in
(sometimes) sunny Kansas.

Dave in KC
85 Westy
http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey R <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 8:51 PM
Subject: Car covers for Vanagon/beating the sun

> I'm trying to beat the baking effects of the sun in the Valley here in LA.
> Already my bus is being baked at about 100 degrees with things like the
> Westfalia sticker bubbling and it's only May.
> My guess it will burn the interior and crack the dash if I let it.
>
> So, does anyone have experience/luck with any particular car cover that is
> light enough to use every day but will slow the baking process