Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
My opinion is that your options are pretty limited. Any car cover that makes physical contact with the vehicle is only going to protect the vehicle up to so large of a hail stone. It'd be worth looking into how large a stone the different manufacturers claim their product offers protection, but I'd guess that the May 8th, 2017 storm would have just ruined the cover, and still damaged the vehicle if it were in the worst areas. In addition, you'll be committing to the effort of running outside to put it on every time you think it's going to hail.

You could build a carport. They make them with fabric covers, up to steel covers. However, in addition to that looking silly (especially in front of a garage), if you're going to build something, it might as well be a large shed so you can clear out your garage. Ultimately you'll have to weigh how much effort you want to put into protecting a depreciating asset from nature. Of course my opinion is skewed by the fact that all my cars are old and I plan to drive them into dust, AND I operate in a world where hail ruins anything, no matter what you do.

ETA: I don't want to come off as a DeborahDowner though. I encourage people to put effort into keeping their things nice.
Nope, I was hoping you'd be one of the people that responded- you've got a unique perspective with hail damage.

We're in the process of setting up our garage as a workshop, so even as we clear things out, we've got other major bits of equipment in the way. That, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the new vehicle is a tiny bit too tall for our garage.

What about those inflatable covers? Have you heard anything abut those?