My wife is a tolerant lady........

 

You're likely right but I hate thumping along for the first half hour. These are really easy to use.

 

As Emerson, Lake & Palmer would say, "oh, what a lucky man...he was". Is.

 

To store my cars, all I do for the tires is inflate to maximum pressure indicated on the side wall. Then lower back to recommended in the spring. I have never had a flat spot. Today's tires will work out any flat spots within a few minutes of driving anyway.

 

Your post just reminded me that's likely what they do at the factory. Right after driving my car home from the dealer, one of the first things I did was to check the tire pressures, which were near the sidewall limit (over-inflated for driving), and released enough air to get them to the recommended driving spec.

Of course, the dealer should have done that, but didn't.

 

I would recommend against this unless it's a track/race car which sees a higher frequency of maintenance. The reason being is that when you jack up the car, it will put the suspension at full droop. This can allow surface rust to develop on areas of the damper that aren't normally exposed, which can eventually cause increased wear (i.e. those surface rust particles can get lodged when the suspension gets back on the ground).

The reason I mention race/track cars, is that those individuals typically need to have their dampers rebuilt/serviced much more frequently than a street car so it's not much of an issue (and my track/race car lives on jack stands 80% of it's time).

 

I agree 100%. If I put my car on jack-stands, I do it so the weight is still on the suspension.
Thanks

 

what is that cable behind the car doing there?

 

It's for the battery charger/maintainer. The battery is under the trunk floor.

Since he's storing the car for several months through the cold Canadian winter, it's smart to keep the battery charged.

 

And this is why Bedtime is necessary.....
I need to move.

 

As I drink my morning cup of coffee gazing through my (open) window at the 70 degree sunny LA November weather, I couldn't help but laugh heartily, like a pirate, at those who are not as fortunate as I.


(just kidding)

 

This is early, even for us. I'm glad I got the cars away last week.

 

Nice looking toys! Hopefully it'll be a short winter (wishful thinking)!

 

I'm shooting for Thanksgiving weekend to put mine to sleep for the winter. Last year, it was Thanksgiving through late March.