The $340 dehumidifier that talked me out of car covers

I kept a tarp over my '68 Mustang in the garage for two winters, but moisture still found its way under and spotted the chrome. Swapped to a $340 dehumidifier unit set to 45 percent, and the car comes out dry with zero cover hassle. Anyone else ditch covers for climate control after getting stuck with rust stains?

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anderson.piper27d ago

Covers still have a place even with a dehumidifier running. Air doesn't move under a tarp at all, so dust and pollen just settle on the paint and sit there, and a cover keeps door dings and random junk from landing on it while the car sits. My uncle runs both, cover on his old Chevelle plus a unit set to around 45, and the car stays spotless all winter. The catch is you have to crack a window or the cover traps whatever moisture was already inside, so a lot of guys blame the cover when it was really that. Sounds like your bigger fix was getting air moving instead of trapping it, which a tarp on a concrete floor will never do.

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