Best car cover for 2024 Crosstrek Wilderness?

[iamthewalrus]

Do we have a forum-favorite car cover for the 2024 Crosstrek Wilderness? I'm in Colorado and we get hail in the spring. Unfortunately, the Crosstrek gets parked outside. So, I cover my outdoor car in quilted moving blankets and a car cover. Any suggestions for a great car cover? Many thanks!

James
Denver, CO

 

[bmart]

Mrs. Google has a ton of them, but none look more fun than...

 

[endofevri]

I have been looking a little bit, but haven’t really found anything I really liked. My wife goes back to work in a few days, so I’m going to keep researching it for next summer. Not in a huge hurry at this point x.

Kodi​

 

[Dick Foster]

Do we have a forum-favorite car cover for the 2024 Crosstrek Wilderness? I'm in Colorado and we get hail in the spring. Unfortunately, the Crosstrek gets parked outside. So, I cover my outdoor car in quilted moving blankets and a car cover. Any suggestions for a great car cover? Many thanks!

James
Denver, CO


View attachment 2891

I suppose you already know that Fort Collins, CO is the hail Capitol of the USA.
I've lived in both Cheyenne and Denver and saw my fair share of hail. Had one car pretty beat up by it too. It looked like a thousand midgets had attacked it with ball peen hammers.
I started covering my car with carpeting and a tarp to protect it from hail.
There's a good new impact resistant roofing material out there that you may be interested in too. It ain't cheap but it lasts and lasts.

 

[Bugzilla46310]

The only long term quality solution is a carport or garage. Bought a couple high quality covers for our camper and in a year they are torn up by the wind, trap moisture plus a pita to put on and off. Had a carport put in for the camper several years ago and haven’t looked back or regretted it.

 

[bmart]

The moisture is the biggie. Bad for rust and for the paint.

 

[Dick Foster]

You should see the kind of damage hail can do to a car. He's talking about overnight use mostly.