When you own a Corvette, you know you own a major muscle car that needs to be protected and babied. Part of the way in which you protect that car is by properly covering it during storms and when you are not driving it. Even the sun can damage the paint and the upholstery inside, so you need to cover it all to prevent it from being ruined. These cars are highly sought after, and even more so when owners have done everything possible to keep these cars looking almost brand-new. That said, you cannot cover a Corvette with just anything; you have to use a Corvette car cover, and here is why:

Car-Specific Covers Are Designed to Fit the Cars

These cars have a very unique shape and size. Try pulling a big tarp over them and managing to cover everything adequately not only looks ridiculous, but it also fails to do the job you would expect the tarp to do. Car-specific covers are specially designed to fit their cars perfectly and cover everything that needs to be covered to keep the cars in mint condition. 

Car-Specific Covers Often Have Added Padding

What most people do not realize is that car covers often have a layer of padding attached to the side of the cover that sits next to the surface of the car. This padding is the extra protection most cars need in the event of a hailstorm, and it can save thousands of dollars in hail damage repair. If you live in an area where hail is particularly common and you do not put your muscle or luxury car in a garage for safekeeping, then you definitely want this extra layer of padding provided by the car cover. 

Car Covers Reduce UV Damage

Another fun fact about car covers is that they are designed to reduce UV light damage. If you leave a vehicle outside all of the time, the UVA/UVB rays from the sun tend to diminish paint jobs and bleach plastics and upholstery. When you cover your vehicle with a car cover, a lot of that light is filtered out and cannot reach or touch the paint job on your car, the plastics in the dash and doors, and/or the upholstery in the seats. For people who have luxury vehicles or hot muscle cars and want to keep their cars looking really nice, this particular feature of a car cover is the primary reason for buying and using the cover.