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I've decided I am not going to drive my Mustang this winter. I bought a 2 dr 08 Focus and would post a picture of it, but, meh, who cares? I found this article about storing Mustangs http://mustangs.about.com/od/maintenance/tp/mustang-storage.htm This article seems to be aimed more at vintage Mustangs.

We had a horrible winter here last year with snow on the ground from December through March and a blizzard about every weekend there for a while. But if there are nice days and the roads are dry, I am going to want to get it out. So I guess I won't be doing the "take the tires off" part. But I do plan to do the oil change once the racing season is over and I wonder if changing the coolant is necessary since this is a new car (2008).

Sheena

that's a great article, some of those things I never would have thought of! I wish I could put my baby away for the winter but it's my one and only drive to school, back and all around...it's a trip to drive when we get snow...but hey, a little easier to flip a doughnut...lol!

It wouldn't hurt to get in changed but probably not necessary. As long as you start up your car once a week or so and let it run for a bit you should be fine. As far as the tires you don't have to take them off. Just move it forward or backward every once in a while or better yet if you can drive it. Just so the tires aren't sitting on the same spot the whole time.

Modern radials, do not develop flat spots, like the old bias plys did.