After scrambling to find an affordable parking spot for the Civic, I finally got it put away for winter today. I had to remove quite a bit of snow from around the car as the Hankook RS4's are useless on snow. Since I don't have a second set of wheels to use for storage, I decided to put the car up on jack stands to avoid flat-spotting the tires. Then, I did some research and realized it might be better to drop the car onto pieces of foam so the suspension doesn't sag all winter. I bought some foam pads (the kind you are supposed to stand on while doing stationary work) and cut them into small rectangles to sit under the tires. I also increased the tire pressures to 42 psi. This should prevent any tire deformation.
I also parked the M3 in the barn at the country house, so two out of three cars are now parked for the winter. Let's hope the Saabaru continues to be reliable!
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| The Civic this morning |
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| First trip: leave the car inside until the snow melts |
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| Second trip: remove battery and place car on jack stands |
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| ... using the Saab to carry everything over |
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| Third trip: change mind about jack stands and drop the car onto pieces of foam, increase tire pressures |
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| The boys in Vieux Québec |
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| Getting the barn ready for the M3 |
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| Cool off-road Lexus |
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| I now really like the look of the new Vantage |
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| And I think the new Continental is quite an improvement over the old one |
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| Such a great, usable Ferrari |
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| M2 Competition... nice |
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| Bold colour choice for this Range Rover Sport |
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| I almost never see these C63's anymore... weird |
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