18 hours ago, thailand49 said:

In my opinion sun screens are useless, it might keep your vehicle cooler but how you going to protect your car paint job.

If you have ownership outside in front of your house get a tent.

Outside of house is the street.

21 hours ago, thailand49 said:

In my opinion sun screens are useless, it might keep your vehicle cooler but how you going to protect your car paint job.

If you have ownership outside in front of your house get a tent.

I agree. In fact I don't even believe in car covers. I think they can do more harm than good. Just give the bodywork a good polishing now and then. (Waxing as the Americans call it) Modern car paintwork is pretty tough nowadays.

19 hours ago, giddyup said:

Outside of house is the street.

Then you are <deleted> out of luck, unless you in city area out of house street here in Thailand, Pattaya people do it anyways, if can time consuming put a cover over ity neighbors do it.

I have to leave the second car outside in the sun I bought a windscreen sun deflector...I found out the hard way that after the heavy rain the other night

Has the OP figured out yet you don't need "sun deflectors" at night yet? 😀

16 hours ago, Moonlover said:

I agree. In fact I don't even believe in car covers. I think they can do more harm than good. Just give the bodywork a good polishing now and then. (Waxing as the Americans call it) Modern car paintwork is pretty tough nowadays.

I see your point, but paint today even with all the techno isn't as good as the days with lead in paint 🤣

Back home I once got a new SUV, with all the trimmings including a 5 year paint package protection thrown in.

Thereafter, I had to move new house I had to park it outside in driveway I washed it each week, wax etc after 5 years but the sun weather beat t it down after the clear coat was gone. Here in Thailand my neighbor wife Honda Accord 2 years old white looks like 20 years old paint here Vs Thailand sun no chance.

1 hour ago, thailand49 said:

I see your point, but paint today even with all the techno isn't as good as the days with lead in paint 🤣

Back home I once got a new SUV, with all the trimmings including a 5 year paint package protection thrown in.

Thereafter, I had to move new house I had to park it outside in driveway I washed it each week, wax etc after 5 years but the sun weather beat t it down after the clear coat was gone. Here in Thailand my neighbor wife Honda Accord 2 years old white looks like 20 years old paint here Vs Thailand sun no chance.

Car covers also damage the paintwork, which was the point I was making. As does washing the car too often!

53 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Car covers also damage the paintwork, which was the point I was making. As does washing the car too often!

I understand, it is a choice and balance one has to make, my house originally was for one car undercovered it being tandem can park another but it was for years uncovered I purchased a tent like the ones used in Markets, but it being in the sun, soon it got hard and brittle started to crack etc. so I spent the money and had the area covered proferssionally. The inner space parked the Toyota Hilux 7 years later it still looks brand new, the outer space is where we park our first Toyota 2006, Yaris aside from all the dinks my wife put in, the paint overall still looks new, next door my apartment building I park my Van, although it is under a cover, I still cover it since the cat like to jump on the van and nest themselves on top all day the covers today are pretty decent, it is light and breathable still. Personally, I take the cover over the bad, paint faying and cat scratches I even created a contraption for the cover tie the top with a extended thin rope pull it up and down like a window blind.

Yes, washing it too much was my problem too as you noted but I was was neat freak?🤣 I worked at the airport, even when I had it washed that morning by the time I got off work it was covered in gods knows what?