[dw1]

That "garage tent" is a very nice bit of work.

Some years back I did a similar but much simpler solution. Where I was living at the time, I had more cars that needed storage than I had garage space, but there was a deck on the back of my house and it was considerably above ground level. I made a "lean to" type of tent from the deck railing to the ground using a very large green reinforced plastic tarp and some long lengths of square-section metal tube and parked the car inside that for the winter. (I also put the car up on blocks so it wasn't sitting on the unpaved ground for the winter.)

(3) important points:

- I have yet to see a low-priced car tent that could stand up to a New England winter, and the collapsing metal under-structure would cause MUCH more damage than just letting the car be snow covered.

- One should NEVER wrap or cover a car with a plastic tarp. The plastic holds in the moisture causing much damage.

- Outdoor car covers are made quite well these days - they both protect and are "breathable" so as to minimize potential damage. Get a good one, and use the locking cable to hold it on in high winds and for a modicum of security and this will likely be much more cost effective than a winter car tent.