I purchased a factory car cover a few months ago and really liked the logo and appearance. In the last couple of weeks high winds have be in the forecast in Northern Virginia. This caused a major problem with my paint, the horror. This weekend I pulled off the cover and to my surprise my 7-month-old paint job was destroyed. All the pointy surface areas, where the car cover made contact with the car showed deep buffing. The best way to describe is like taking a nylon cloth and rubbing it thousands of times to remove the clear coat and some of the base paint, and that’s not all. Have any of you seen bag less vacuum cleaners at the store. They pick up the dirt and move it in a cyclone fashion within the canister. Well, with all the snow this year we had plenty of sand still on the streets and with high winds they moved easy under the car cover and was trapped on it’s peak, the roof of the car. If anyone owns this cover and has left it outside for any time you will notice the ballooning effect. On the top of my car, underneath the car cover, trapped sand swirled around destroying my paint. A body shop in my area estimated 5,210 dollars damage to my car. In short, that is a total re-paint of my car.
I visited my local L/M dealer this morning and my service manger feels I have a case. I was informed that the regional service manager wanted to inspect my car for damage. I will keep you posted on what happens next.