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Old 16-09-2006, 09:05 AM
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right i have a classic additions all weather out door cover,was thinking change oil,disconnect battery,jack up and leave on axle stands ,handbreak released windows open a fraction to aid circulation anything else i should be considering?
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can you start it once a week and run it for about 10 minutes or so?at least until the fans cut in.
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Old 16-09-2006, 11:16 AM
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Be very careful! I had one that my minter cossie was in.....opened it after 6-8 weeks and the interior was mouldy!!

I did everything it said to do as well!


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Be very careful! I had one that my minter cossie was in.....opened it after 6-8 weeks and the interior was mouldy!!

I did everything it said to do as well!


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Thats really strange!! did you contact Carcoon about it? The interior was deffo dry before you stored it?

The fans should be running air through it so mould should NOT have happened.
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Be very careful! I had one that my minter cossie was in.....opened it after 6-8 weeks and the interior was mouldy!!

I did everything it said to do as well!


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Thats really strange!! did you contact Carcoon about it? The interior was deffo dry before you stored it?

The fans should be running air through it so mould should NOT have happened.
Yer it had 11,500 miles on it, deffo dry.

Didn't contact em bout it just sold the carcoon on Ebay and sold the car shortly afterwards. Dunno y it did it? after that i left the windows open a little,seemed to help.

Also when it was very windy the power cable would come out or heavy rain would deflate it!

Most annoying!
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id love a carcoon unfortunatly not possible as i have a small off road car park alongside my house would need about 100 metres of cable to do that

can easily run it weekly providing i remember lol

thanks for the advice guys
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Have to be honest, I only have the indoor version but i have found that to be very good.

Obviously totally different to the outdoor version which has to suffer all the elements.

Although I have heard heard previous good reports on them.
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Default Re: outdoor storage for winter advice please

Originally Posted by COSSIENUTS
right i have a classic additions all weather out door cover,was thinking change oil,disconnect battery,jack up and leave on axle stands ,handbreak released windows open a fraction to aid circulation anything else i should be considering?
Buy a new magic tree.
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what about 1 of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/perambulator-p...QQcmdZViewItem
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right i have a classic additions all weather out door cover,was thinking change oil,disconnect battery,jack up and leave on axle stands ,handbreak released windows open a fraction to aid circulation anything else i should be considering?
Buy a new magic tree.
got 3 new black ice ones
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or may not bother and just keep using it keep thinkin its a old dog anway
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