I saw it fly over Houston today. At first, I mistook it for the Lufthansa Boeing 747 used on the Frankfurt-Mexico City flight that flies directly over Houston enroute.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I think I saw that car cover go over my house a few days ago, Bill. There was a guy in a lawn chair trailing along right behind it.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Was wondering where my son got to. Did you see where he landed? He owes me $10 bucks.

Cheers,

Bill

Was that your beer cooler tied onto the lawn chair, Bill?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

He better not have my cooler too. He already owes me $10 for the chair!

Cheers,

Bill

do the wal-mart covers damage the hood star?

More likely the hood star damages the cover.....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Update on the cover I bought from Griots.....

After almost 2 years the seam in the back was coming undone and the elastic around the bottom was shot resulting in the cover not staying on. Complained to Griots and they sent me a brand new one free. Nice to have someone on the net that actually responds when there's a problem.

Only complaint I have is there is no pocket for the hood star. Haven't liked that from the start and still don't.

Otherwise an excellent cover.

My original cover that blew away was from Performance Products. I think that one was as good as the Griots cover and it had the pocket for the hood star. None the less because Griots stood behind their product I will buy my next one from them.

Thanks Griots!

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Cheers,
Bill

It polishes mine.

I got the $70 fabric wally cover. I had a Tyvek one. But, it kept blowing off. I liked how cool the Tyvek kept the car. Almost unbelievable!

I have had the wally cover since Feb. and it is holding up pretty well. I use it daily. The elastic is hanging in there. It is not water proof though. It dries quickly once the sun comes out.

I cannot remember if they had one big enough for a wagon. They had quite a selection at this wally. Don't get the RainX one. It is crap, flys off into the next county and is NOT water proof like they claim.

I'm thinking, next time I'll go custom.

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

My Griots cover keeps the car cool so it must be Tyvek...don't know. But sunlight will not penetrate it. Very water proof too...for a while.

The wallys I've checked do not have one big enough for the wagon.

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Cheers,
Bill

my covers that stay on the cars parked outside {all of mine} are from Walmart. I only get a year out of any that I buy, so now I just buy the cheap one every spring. They eventually wear out/rip from the wind battering and sun degradation.
Many years ago I had a fabric one for my old Chevy pickup. That thing must have lasted 5-8 years!!!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

You don't have any problems with the covers flapping against the paint and causing the car equivalent of rug burn? (that's the only way I could think to put it )

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I've been married too long to remember rug burn.....
For a good case of rug burn I would have to knock over a candle!!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Jimmy's getting a nice wagon fabric cover. I don't think rug burn will be an issue with this one.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John