Well, we measured our Burgundy, twice in fact and it came to 1000cms both times so where they get 1008 from I don't know. Our Isabella Sun Blue comes nowhere near the ground, in fact it's about 6 inches short at both sides and it's supposed to be a 1000 cm size. I took it back to my supplier who measured it, he said it was 1000 but he didn't measure it the way I thought he would, i.e. from the bottom of the sidewall on one side to the same place on the other sidewall. He actually stretched the elastics out a little, then measured it which I think is wrong,personally I think it's a 975 and by stretching the elastics, then measuring, that made it up to 1000. Am I making any sense?
Jim