Fact: There are more cars on Kigali roads than there are garages. And what this obviously points to is the fact that many motorists do not have proper parking facilities for their automobiles. Since a garage or portable car port is a luxury to most motorists, their cars end up being parked in the open, exposed to all the elements of weather. With the dry season’s heat and raging sunshine, strong Ultra Violet rays from the atmosphere are beating down mercilessly on these unsheltered cars. And the results are already evident on most cars; fading paint, and depreciating vinyl rubber bits. But the blazing sun aside, there are a number of other potential threats to your car that may seem beyond your control. Think of things like bird droppings, tree sap and industrial emissions. There is the possibility that you are near a construction site, and with construction workers cutting concrete and missing cement, and brick dust being whipped up every now and then, all these things will combine to degrade, corrode and prematurely age the paintwork and exterior parts of your car.Even if your vehicle is kept in a garage or car port, it can still quickly get covered in a layer of thick dust and is still very susceptible to other hazards like falling objects and strong liquid spillages.But hey, if you keep your car outside but regularly use and wash it, then these things have less of a chance to set in and inflict damage to the car. In any case, it would be too tedious and impractical to put on and remove a car cover every day.     However, if your car is going to be left sitting idle for some time, say you are on a working tour, or if it is taken off the road for repairs, a car cover should be used to protect it.A quality car cover will actually help to extend the life of your car and retain its value. If you decide to sell the car and can show potential buyers that it has been kept under cover, it could help you fetch a bigger sum as it shows you have cared for the car while you owned it. A car cover has also been known to act as a deterrent to thieves as they increase the time it takes to break in, so it is not only an investment into your vehicles safety but also an investment into its security. Don’t worry about the initial cost of a good car cover because it will most likely be less than the repair bill from the mechanic’s.