Ah man, its hella hot out here in central cali...the heat is cutting my interrior and exterrior life short. I also drive it to work and it just sits and takes a pounding by the sun....my question is will a car cover help solve this problem? ive been shopping around and found a few good ones on ebay and carscover.com. I am open to suggestions and am still browsing before i buy one...help!

i'm sure that would help out a lot, keep the paint from fading hopefully.

yeah it would, if youre not lazy to put it up everyday haha... meanwhile, get something to cover the dash from the sun...

Pesonally I think I would hold off on a car cover, have seen many of them scratch paint no matter how tight they are. I would tint the windows and get a sun screen for your windshield (just sits on dash in window). For the outside I would keep it clean and lots of wax.
Just my opinion. HTH Chris