Car is now off the road for winter, will be back on the roads in april-may.
Will lower the car and do some maintenance meanwhile.

Had problems with mice on my MG a couple of years ago but solved that when I got a sciccorlift!:-D

 

What is winter?

 

Dryer sheets, moth *****, pepper spray all work.

 

What are "mice"?

 

Salt! :-)

 

that can't be good for the suspension long term. Plastic paint tarp spread over the lowered lift to prevent moisture evaporates from concrete. scatter moth ***** around the tarp. Steel wool or shop rags in the exhaust and dryer sheets in the engine bay and interior. All will keep mice at bay.

 

Agreed with that ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ground moisture, especially when the car is covered, can wreak absolute HAVOC with an engine bay especially, all that wetness soaks up from the ground and is trapped beneath the cover. Lots of nice steel and aluminum parts covered in wet for months on end...

 

You are stressing the suspension bushes with the wheels off the ground for an extended period of time.

 

Use the scissor to lift, then put four jack stands under the lower arms.

 

Our car was put away last weekend. It sits on a rubber mat in the garage with a container of mothballs under the engine compartment. Inside are a number of dryer sheets. There is marine grade stabilizer in the gas, then the car is run for 5 to 10 minutes to distribute the stabilized gas throughout the fuel system. I put a extra few pounds of air in the tires but do not put the car up on jacks. Of course, the is also a battery maintainer connected. Last but not least is the cover.

 

Don't think I could stand the smell of mothballs in the garage, but adding a few dryer sheets to my winter storage sounds like a simple prevention.

 

They look like little prairie dogs with long tails.

 

Like this???? Can't see the tail though.......

 

Not a big fan of high centering the chassis for storage. I think that's a quick route to tearing the suspension boots. Mice are like ninja's. The best defense for a car is have someplace better for them to live vs. the car.

My '68 Fairlane sits on a dirt floor in my lower shed that has water run through it on occasion. Car's been resting there the past 20 years without suffering. I usually keep a cotton cover over it and maybe some old blankets so the feral cats don't scratch it up.

 

Put mine to bed Sunday

 

Around here that is when the snow birds show up.

 

I had my MG ZT V8 for 8 years(a modern car 2005) and on the scissorlift for 4 years with no problems to suspension nor did it rust or corrode from moisture. My garage is not heated but has insulation in the walls and is dry.

 

The car has an aluminium unibody, so I don't think salt is that big an issue. Sure, some chassis bits are steel still, but they can be protected otherwise.

I'm driving mine through the winter, and nervously looking forward to my first rwd+snow experience.

 

Aluminum might be better but it corrodes, seen a few Xk's where the aluminum crackles the paint cause of corosion.
Take a look under an XK that has been driven year around where they use salt and look under a car that hasn't!:-)

My car hasn't been on winter roads and is totally rust free underneeth, it's absolutly mint condition for a 11 year old car!:-)

 

Just Googled "winter". Looks like it sucks.