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?
