You know when you get back to the car from a long walk in Cornwall or from the enormous weekly expedition at the supermarket and find your car has been baking in the sun? The radiating heat shimmers the air just above the paint. And then opening one of the car doors is akin to opening an oven; the hot air floods out and all the interior surfaces are scorching. Not fun.
Windscreen covers can help avoid this scenario. But there are also other types that help at the opposite end of the seasonal scale where a winter frost has made itself at home on your car’s exposed windscreen.
Below is CAR’s selection of the best windscreen covers.
The best windscreen covers for sun protection:
Best-fitting sun shade
Description
For the best-fitting sun shade, this is your best bet. It comes in five different sizes and there
Best budget alternative
www.autodoc.co.uk
Description
The budget alternative to the sun shade above. Unfolded this is a generous 175 x 90cm (there is a
The best windscreen cover for frost:
Best washable cover
www.eurocarparts.com
Description
This cover has magnets and clings to the windscreen like a leech. Itu2019s is made from polyester
Best big cover
Description
This cover is much bigger than the others because it extends back to cover the driveru2019s and
The best sun and frost windscreen covers:
Best value cover
Description
Unlike the covers above, this one has tabs at each end that you pass through the side windows.
Best all-weather cover
www.autodoc.co.uk
Description
This is the German, Heyner version of the AA windscreen cover. It is one-sided only but does the
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