I bought my HHR for a work/winter car and in the winter I store my Corvette. Here is how I store my Vette if anybody wants a moisture proof, safe car protector for their HHR. My garage sweats like crazy and this keeps it safe and dry.

First you roll out the base mat that has the bubble attached on one end.


Then the hardest part of the whole process, centering the car on the mat without any help



I then cover the car with my car cover as not to scratch the paint when rolling out the bubble.



Zip the base and bubble together and plug it in. Takes about six minutes.



After filled I reach in the vent and pull off the cover so I can at least look at the Vette over winter.

 

wow thats cool

 

We call em Car Condoms!

 

One of my friends had a car bubble which seemed to keep the moisture in and the car's surface had "alge" growing on it. It probably needed some dessicant inside to suck up the humidity.

 

Wow! I never heard of this before! So is this reusable, or a one-shot deal? Doesn't it deflate over time? When you said "plug it in" do you mean it has a air pump like the one that you would use for an air matress? That has to be tough to get the cover off without having it deflate on you! What do these units run $?

 

It would make more sense to leave the cover on and pull a vaccum on that bag. That would pull out all of the air thus eliminating any chance of moisture. Cool concept though.

 

They have been around for years and seen in the back of magazines like Car and Driver, Motor Trend etc.

they work well but they do need dessicant. The idea is for the dessicant to keep it dry and the bubble to keep the cover off the paint.

You can use the cover inside but that is not the intent.

They run a small fan that keeps it pressurized similar to the inflatable Christmas decorations but only smaller. It remains running as a slow speed to retain the shape.

You can get in buy slipping through the opening if needed. We played around with one at work and put a co worker in one then took his picture as the company bubble boy.

They are very nice but are slow sellers so we dropped them. I wish I had bought one for my Pontiac when I could have gotten it cheap.

Note they are very reusable yearly.

The vaccume idea is good for moisture but few people want a car with a cover that stuck to the surface. We are not storing blankets so the vaccume bag on the car thing I don't think many would buy it.

 

I have had mine for 5 years now, caught it on sale for somewhere around $325 over internet. never seen mold, it keep things pretty dry.
From the Car Capsule web site: http://www.carcapsule.com/

At the heart of the CarCapsule and BikeCapsule is a 12-volt, high-pressure fan. It provides continuous airflow to keep your vehicle or motorcycle dry. Temperature inside the bubble remains constant and consistent with outside air. The evaporative storage system keeps your vehicle or motorcycle dry because the air changes inside the bubble 3 or 4times every hour. This prevents any moisture from condensing on your vehicle or motorcycle.

 

neat but expensive

 

You can get in buy slipping through the opening if needed. We played around with one at work and put a co worker in one then took his picture as the company bubble boy.

I have been in mine many times.