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[joecal]

Originally Posted by m332is

I gave her one last bath, pulled out the car cover, connected the battery tender, pumped up the tires and put the 2001 986 S away for the winter. I used the car this past summer more than any other year and still only put a couple/few thousand miles on it. almost 15 years old and it just rolled over 30K miles. Every fall when I put it away I think about selling it... then in the spring I can't wait to pull it out. This year I need you guys to talk me out of selling it... hope it's not another long winter!

Vince

That's a low mileage car! I feel the same way with some of the cars I've sold in the past, until you drive it again as you mentioned in the spring. I'm sure you would regret selling it come next spring. I think we need to move to a warmer climate. I remember when I was around 21 years old I bought a 1974 Triumph TR6 in 1976 and that was my daily driver, that was pretty bad in snow. I sold my 396ci 4 speed 1971 El Camino to buy it, now that car was bad in snow until I put snow tires on it. I wish I would have kept that one. I guess we're pretty spoiled now with front, 4 wheel, or all wheel drive cars.

[Pdwight]

We will not have to do that until around Christmas, I spent quite a bit of time in Rochester and up north...I understand. Do you leave the car on Jack Stands to keep from forming flat spots on the tires ?

[m332is]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

We will not have to do that until around Christmas, I spent quite a bit of time in Rochester and up north...I understand. Do you leave the car on Jack Stands to keep from forming flat spots on the tires ?

Store it in my friend's heated garage. I've typically over inflated the tires over the winter (this car, past e30 M3, past e36 M3, etc) and never had a flat spotting issue that way.

[Pdwight]

Originally Posted by m332is

Store it in my friend's heated garage. I've typically over inflated the tires over the winter (this car, past e30 M3, past e36 M3, etc) and never had a flat spotting issue that way.

I also have a E36, my daily driver....most dependable car I have ever owned. (I wish it was a M3)

[Mark_T]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

Do you leave the car on Jack Stands to keep from forming flat spots on the tires ?

It is my understanding that is is not good for the suspension components to leave them hanging unsupported for extended periods of time. I follow the over-inflation directions in the owners manual and have had no flat-spotting issues.

[Dave S.]

Put mine away for the winter on Tuesday. Snowing hard in the Colorado Mountains today. I have other vehicles to drive in the winter and it's like getting a new car every spring.

[jdraupp]

Mine is not due for slumber till mid november. I like to take advantage of the occasional nice fall day we get. When she goes to sleep I wash, clay, Polish, wax, fill the tank and put some stabil in, oil and filter, and then inflate the tires to 50 pounds all around, put the battery tender on and cover her up.