Hi! So here's my current situation. I have an old car, probably more than 10 years old, but the paint work is still good and shiny as new. It was usually parked on a garage on our house back in the province. However, I have to work in the city and now I'm residing in an apartment. I have no choice but to park the car outside, along with dozens of other cars exposed to sunlight the whole day and if you're lucky enough, occasional rains will come along. Being aware that the car will be exposed to extremes of weather, dust etc, I purchased a car cover (Elevo is the brand name). I placed it on the car after driving from the province to the apartment in the city. After 3 days, I used the car again and I found some light scratches on my paint. I did my research and those were swirl marks that was created because I covered the car after driving, wherein dust accumulated along the way and the cover helped in scratching the paint work. I never knew that because I'm used to parking it on a shaded garage. So now my car suffer from swirl marks and some scratches. Then I read an article on the internet that if you need to put on a car cover, it should be right after you just washed your car. That's good, however, our apartment owner doesn't allow us to clean the car out on the streets. I don't know why. So I have to take it to the nearest car wash which is a 10 minute drive from my location. If I do that, again dust would still accumulate along the way and by the time I put my car cover AGAIN, swirl marks would appear.
So my question is which is the lesser evil: use a car cover to protect against extreme weather, dust etc, but gain swirl marks every now and then? Or don't use a car cover at all? I hope you guys could help me.. Thanks in advance!
So my question is which is the lesser evil: use a car cover to protect against extreme weather, dust etc, but gain swirl marks every now and then? Or don't use a car cover at all? I hope you guys could help me.. Thanks in advance!
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