covering car for winter storage?

[Blas]

As I remember, only steel-belted radial tires had prolonged problems with flat spots after a long storage periods. Non steel-belted tires should round-out again after a couple good "heating ups" on the road in the spring...As to the covering of the car question...There is a lot of airborne dust and dirt that will settle on your paint and interior over the winter with the car uncovered...covering is probably more a decision of whether you care or not about issues like that...
Blas

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Blas

As I remember, only steel-belted radial tires had prolonged problems with flat spots after a long storage periods. Non steel-belted tires should round-out again after a couple good "heating ups" on the road in the spring...As to the covering of the car question...There is a lot of airborne dust and dirt that will settle on your paint and interior over the winter with the car uncovered...covering is probably more a decision of whether you care or not about issues like that...
Blas

Yep. Mine stays in a sealed, moisture controlled, bag from Thanksgiving to Easter. Once a month or so I will roll it forward, or back, a few inches in the bag even with the steel belted radials (I do put an extra ten pounds of air in the tires). The car comes out in the spring just like it went in during the late fall. The battery is disconnected via a quick switch, a bottle of StaBil is in the full tank of gas, and it fires right up.

[mdross1]

We all have our own ways of doing thing for sure.As long as we are all on the road in the spring and enjoy our toys is the bottom line.Speaking of us that live in the snow belt.My toys give me the satisfacton I always felt they would,and keeping them mechanically sound is a part of that feeling.Some of that contentment also comes from building them.Hiding them under covers or not being able to get near them was something that always bothered me.As I said before they always need cleaning in the spring so why not enjoy them to the fullest.