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MAXIMUM PROTECTION

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Alarms, immobilisers, trackers and — for those of us of a certain vintage — steering wheel locks. When it comes to protecting your car, it's often the vast array of technological and mechanical automotive security products which spring to mind. While these are extremely effective ways to negate all but the most determined tea leaf from making away with your motor without consent, there are other ways you can protect your most prized possession, defending it from the threats it encounters each and every day. We're not talking about roving gangs of weapon wielding thugs, but the detrimental impact the environment -and even the most basic of usage — can have on your Porsche.

HE WAS KEEN TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE PRODUCT, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF ITS DURABILITY, BUT ALSO BY ENHANCING ITS EASE OF APPLICATION

While the car's outer body panels may well be protected by its perfectly applied paint, the layers of pigment and lacquer are under constant attack by the elements.

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