Weather And Car Cover Fundamentals
By Matthew C. Keegan, Tue Dec 6th

Selecting a car cover for your truck, van, SUV, or passenger caris a matter of finding one that fits your car and going withthat one, right? Well, there is a lot more to it than simplypurchasing a car cover. Size does matter, but so do quality,durability, and price. Let's examine some of the fundamentals inselecting a car cover for vehicle.

Car covers -- or weather covers as some prefer to call them --have been successfully covering vehicles for several generationsnow thanks to the ingenious and persistent work of designers whoproperly measure each new model to make sure that every cover iscustom fitted. One of the first companies to get started in thebusiness was Covercraft, founded in1965 in Southern California. Covercraft, like so many Americansuccess stories, was a two man operation that outfitted carcovers for street rods, import makes including Porsche, and for theaftermarket supply network. The company boasts of havingproduced 55,000 styles of car covers for just about every makeand model of vehicle on the road. There are other brands on themarket; however Covercraft is dominant and favored by automobilewholesalers such as the Auto Parts Warehouse.

When selecting your car cover, you will learn that amanufacturer can make several different car covers for onemodel. Basic covers offer limited protection from such hazardsas bird excrement and flying debris while premium car coversoffer extensive