# Car Covers

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-covers/893>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 23, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-covers/893 "2007-06-23T19:06:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cokenopepsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@cokenopepsi](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cokenopepsi)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-covers/893/1 "2007-06-23T19:06:47Z")

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I no longer have a garage, and want to know if a car cover would be a good way to help maintain against sun damage, etc. If so, what should I look for in quality car cover?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-covers/893/2 "2007-06-23T20:36:10Z")

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Car covers are fine as long as they don’t ‘sweat’ as that causes mold and mildew.

If you do decide to buy one, ensure it actually ‘breathes’.

Myself, I don’t have a garage either and just wash/wax/polish my two vehicles with Meguiars Color X four times a year and just wash when too dirty.

Then again, two enormous Maple trees shade the vehicles after 11am so they aren’t sitting in an oven all day.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-covers/893/3 "2007-06-23T22:01:57Z")

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Frankly I would not use one.

If the they are not put on right and are a little loose the wind can move them across the paint and damage it. Putting one on a dirty car is a good way of grinding the paint into it. If it is not a breathable material it will trap moisture under it causing rust and corrosion.

I don’t know about you, but I would get really tired of putting it on and taking it off that after about a week I would never use it again.

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-covers/893/4 "2007-06-23T23:39:13Z")

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I agree; they’re a bit of a pain. Two of my kids bought car covers at one time and after a month or so they got real tired of the on and off business; especially if doing it themselves on a windy day.

Bit of age and they start coming apart pretty quickly.  
As mentioned, on a windy day (we get a lot of that in OK) the cover can chafe the paint even if the cover is tied tight; more so on sharper corners of the car.