Car Cover Help- New Guy

[Hilltopper]

Hi everyone - 6 months reading this forum and after this Saturday I can now post. Just bought a 2012 3.8 Champagne / Cashmere Genny and am I stoked. Drove 100 miles to Virginia for a great deal and the car is beautiful. Now for the question, got back to Greensboro Sat afternoon and 60 minutes later we had a severe thunderstorm and I'm looking out the window to see hail bouncing off the car for almost 20 minutes straight { unfortunately no garage just 150 ft of tree lined driveway.} Thank God no damage! Can any of you recommend a good car cover- spent all day yesterday researching the internet and I'm more in the dark then before I started. Looking at a Carcraft Noah model which seems pretty good. Any help would be appreciated - Charlie

 

[kcgr]

I had a noah model for my former bmw and it lasted for 3 years, then it got really thin from the UV. I think the warranty was 5y, so they replaced it ONCE. Keep your receipt. I think I got mine from autoanything ... looks like I'll be buying a new one soon for my new R-spec.

 

[scottdk]

I bought a car cover from Target for about $55 that is pretty good. I'd love the car cover specifically made for the Genesis OEM, but I've seen prices of $300 and up for it, so no thanks on that. I don't park my car outside, but it's stored in my garage all winter with the cover on. The package states it's for full sized cars including the 7 series BMW, but the cover is just a little small, meaning it doens't fully cover the rear bumper nor the sides, but it works for a cheap price.

 

[bradyb]

I bought a car cover from Target for about $55 that is pretty good. I'd love the car cover specifically made for the Genesis OEM, but I've seen prices of $300 and up for it, so no thanks on that. I don't park my car outside, but it's stored in my garage all winter with the cover on. The package states it's for full sized cars including the 7 series BMW, but the cover is just a little small, meaning it doens't fully cover the rear bumper nor the sides, but it works for a cheap price.

been thinking ' bout doing exactly that thanks for the tip!

 

[Philth]

Does a car cover actually help with hail damage?

 

[scottdk]

Does a car cover actually help with hail damage?

I've not experienced hail damage with a car cover, but I'd like to believe that small hail should not damage through the cover, but the medium and large stuff may

 

[Philth]

I've not experienced hail damage with a car cover, but I'd like to believe that small hail should not damage through the cover, but the medium and large stuff may

Yeah I can see that thought process. There has been some baseball size hail here. I'm getting a garage for my car here next month. (Live in an apartment)