Best source/brand of cover for an Era?

[KitsapEra]

Hi-

Another question related to the new-to-us 2018 Era. Any recommendations for a cover? We don't have a garage big enough for it (who does?) but would like to protect it during off-season.

Thanks

-dm

[avanti]

Your van will be safer without a cover. They trap dirt and when they flap in the wind it abrades the paint.

DO, however, cover all windows so that the sun doesn't attack the interior.

[magicbus]

We don't have a garage big enough for it (who does?)

Well I do, but before I did I kept it outside. When outside my solar panel always kept the batteries charged unlike now where I have to plug it in every few weeks. I kept it parked on a 2” gravel driveway and washed off the leaves and other dreck occasionally and it was fine. I used to keep my previous RV covered, but it had a fiberglass body where the elements take their toll. The finish on my Era doesn’t seem to ind being outside at all. I keep an awning window cracked open in the front and rear and the roof vent open to circulate air. I also closed the front shade to protect the dash when outside.

[KitsapEra]

thanks for the input.

For reference, this is what cars left outside in the PNW end up looking like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkC1zJUUykc

If left for long enough in a field, you will sometime see actual trees growing out of them!

And then there is the issue of pine tree sap...

-dm