Welcome to the Midwest! I hope there is a really good reason that you're leaving the nice warm desert and coming to Ohio! I live up in Michigan which is worse yet! I think in one respect, either drive the car on and off all winter, or completely store it. I store mine from mid Nov until April 1st - I wait until we've had a few good rains in late March to get the salt and grim washed away. if you're going to store it:
1) put about 50psi in the tires.
2) put it away with a full tank of gas and add Stabil.
3) I put my car in a bubble, which nicely controls the climate, circulates the air, keeps everything nice and dry, and completely eliminates rodents. Costs about $2/month for electricity.
4) leave the trunks open slightly.
5) use a good battery manager.
6) put it away nice and clean.
The bubble costs about $400 and will pay for itself very quickly, if you add up typical storage costs. I've been using this bubble for about 12 years - fantastic!
I think the worst thing that is done are these guys who will start their cars up in place and let them run for 20 minutes. Thats horrible for a car.
Good luck!
