I our area of NY the winters can be fairly mild for the most part regarding snow. Although we just had an 8" dump over the last few days all the roads are clear. I have my car stored on a 4 post lift but on its wheels so I will get some flat spotting. I would like to do a wheels up storage but in such a way that in a short time I can drive the car weather permitting. I was thinking about using 4 low profile bottle jacks under the suspension aluminum A frames ( where the shocks mount). This way I could just let them down on the wheels and take off. My other option would be to pull the wheels but that would reduce ability to take a quick drive. Any other suggestions or should I just over inflate the tires and let out the air for a drive. Any other suggestions out there that have or or being used.

 

I wouldn't presume that your tires would flat spot. Mine don't on any of the cars.

 

Nor mine, as well. My seasonal cars have sat unused for up to two years without "flat-spotting".
That goes for my "2 wheelers" too.
Happy motoring....

 

I was interested at your 2 feed backs . My old fun ride had large side wall tires (235/65-14) which after sitting all winter never had a problem. I noticed a week ago (it was in the 20* for a week) when I took out the car for maybe the last ride before snow the OEM dunlops were flat spotted but after maybe 3-5 miles they smoothed out. As a little more info I have an unheated attached garage that usually doesn't get below 40* . I store the car on a steel 4 post lift also. It seems that the smaller side wall may be the contributor to the flat spot. I'll leave it as is for now and when the roads dry up in a week or so I'll give it a ride and see what happens. Thanks for the input.

 

I've stored mine for the winter with the 20" tires inflated to 50 lbs. I have never experienced flat spotting.

 

Last winter I did not get flat spots after 3 months of storage with 45 lbs pumped into the tires.

 

With today's tire compounds, flat spots are not an issue. They will work out within a few minutes of driving.

If you are concerned just inflate to maximum PSI indicated on the side wall, then reduce to running pressure before driving.

 

[QUOTE=zach05855;1111995]With today's tire compounds, flat spots are not an issue. They will work out within a few minutes of driving.

If you are concerned just inflate to maximum PSI indicated on the side wall, then reduce to running pressure before driving.[/QUOTE

Yes, agree with this and note "to max. PSI on side wall"... I don't even add air and the flat spot is gone in a few minutes.
Lawrence

 

No way your tires (due to storage) will create "flat spots". Inflate the tires a bit more than recommended. Over a period of time, due to cold weather, the tires will condense the air pressure.

The only thing you will need to do is check the tire pressure before driving the car.

Flat spotting of tires during storage is a "myth". Cold weather conditons may cause the rubber to get harder, but after driving a few minutes and re-inflating the tires to proper pressure will eliminate what you might think is flat spotting of the tires.

If you want to really see what flat spotting on tires is, drive the car 80 or 100 MPH then slam on the brakes. That will create flat spotting. I always had to deal with this when driving my formula race cars and spinning, or ultra fast stops. That is flat spotting, and at $800 per weekend, flat spotting can get costly.

Besides if you get some nice weather, you will most likely want to take the Jag out for a spin. If it's up on jacks, it will take some extra work on your part to get the car out for the occasional winter drive.

Happy Motoring Jagtoes.

 

Someone in a past post brought FlatStoppers to my attention. Interesting concept... I have no idea if they help...
Personally, I never let my cat stay parked for more than a week or two....

 

I almost bought those this season, but figured my tires were near the end if they ended up flat spotted for good I was going to change them either way.

Luckily of the Evora with 18-19" combo, the OEM P Zero Nero's are under 1K for all four and that's from the local Aston-Lotus dealer (tirerack re-seller)!

 

Common predicament in F1 in similar situation as you describe.