Poll: Parking your car for the winter.

[mindys]

Drive mine all year round. I live in the Chicago area, so our winters can get pretty white. Drive on Michellin Alpin PA4s. It's a Mustang, not a Ferrari or some other exotic. Eventually I may get a second car to use for winter, something like a WRX cause it will be more fun

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[jasonstang]

I don't "park" it. I still take her out for a spin if the weather is nice.

 

[Bonefish]

My GT500 sits in the garage on a tender. I don't do much else to it for winter. Maybe I'll pump the tires up a bit. Garage isn't climate controlled but, it has a racedeck floor so the tires aren't on the cold concrete. I've done this with all my cars and never had an issue. I'll fill up the gas tank too.

Right now I can't get another car in the garage so, the GT will be outside. Considering a cover. Anyone have any suggestions? Last time I had one it rubbed and scratched a bit...so, not sure if it's worth it.

 

[timd38]

My GT500 sits in the garage on a tender. I don't do much else to it for winter. Maybe I'll pump the tires up a bit. Garage isn't climate controlled but, it has a racedeck floor so the tires aren't on the cold concrete. I've done this with all my cars and never had an issue. I'll fill up the gas tank too.

Right now I can't get another car in the garage so, the GT will be outside. Considering a cover. Anyone have any suggestions? Last time I had one it rubbed and scratched a bit...so, not sure if it's worth it.

Rent a storage building for the 500 and park the driver in the garage.

 

[Bonefish]

Rent a storage building for the 500 and park the driver in the garage.

I'd rather not have the GT500 away from me....I'll look at trying to rearrange the garage to get the GT or it'll have to be outside for the winter. As long as we don't get any bad snow that won't kill me. A cover would be nice but, I worry about moisture and rubbing to scratch.

Also I don't know of any garage storage around me big enough for the car...or as nice as my garage. We have a storage garage for some stuff and that place sucks. I've never seen more dirt inside a storage room than out...

 

[1badrz28]

I just picked up my 2017 last Sat. I put 200 miles on it and parked it on the lift already for the winter. It may come out on the days that are lacking moisture. Hopefully when it comes out next spring it has headers, torque converter, and an E85 tune. May need to source some 19 inch M/T drag radials as well.

 

[JGT]

Outside salt washes off. Its the shit that gets trapped in side your panels. Salt eats from the inside out. Can't wash that off.....:shrug:

I drove my 2006 though 10 Chicago winters. When I sold it this past summer, there were no obvious signs of any salt damage or wear and tear related to salt or snow and I never had to perform a repair related to salt or rust. I guess I don't see what all the fuss is about. What kind of damage specifically should I be looking for? Was the car about to disintegrate in to a pile of rusty dust? Was it structurally unsound in any way? Sarcasm aside, I ask this question in all seriousness. What should I be looking for?

I can see being more concerned about it if I was planning on keeping it forever, but I don't keep my cars for any longer than 10 years. In that case, I'd rather just drive it.

 

[wireeater]

I drove my 2006 though 10 Chicago winters. When I sold it this past summer, there were no obvious signs of any salt damage or wear and tear related to salt or snow and I never had to perform a repair related to salt or rust. I guess I don't see what all the fuss is about. What kind of damage specifically should I be looking for? Was the car about to disintegrate in to a pile of rusty dust? Was it structurally unsound in any way? Sarcasm aside, I ask this question in all seriousness. What should I be looking for?

I can see being more concerned about it if I was planning on keeping it forever, but I don't keep my cars for any longer than 10 years. In that case, I'd rather just drive it.

It's just an excuse to baby the car. I've never owned a "newer" car in the past 17 years that ever developed rust on the body panels or concerningly on the underbody on parts. I live in VA and they salt/chemical the shit out of the roads. Just for self comfort, past few years on my nice cars I will take them through a touchless that has undercarriage spray and do it once a week if I am driving on roads after a snow or whatever.

 

[Fordever]

I drove my 2006 though 10 Chicago winters. When I sold it this past summer, there were no obvious signs of any salt damage or wear and tear related to salt or snow and I never had to perform a repair related to salt or rust. I guess I don't see what all the fuss is about. What kind of damage specifically should I be looking for? Was the car about to disintegrate in to a pile of rusty dust? Was it structurally unsound in any way? Sarcasm aside, I ask this question in all seriousness. What should I be looking for?

I can see being more concerned about it if I was planning on keeping it forever, but I don't keep my cars for any longer than 10 years. In that case, I'd rather just drive it.

I can only speak for what I see where I live. The salt used here does eat metal. I have seen 09s and 10s here with visible rust (not mustangs). I can't explain why you don't experience the same thing.:shrug: But I can guarantee it eats em up here.

Actually, I just got back from a local garage that "Rust Checks" vehicles. I got my F150 done again..... it's an annual thing for me. :(

 

[Dudie7]

When I have my first "oh shit" moment due to road conditions, she's in the garage till spring.

 

[Blue Horse]

I just picked up my 2017 last Sat. I put 200 miles on it and parked it on the lift already for the winter. It may come out on the days that are lacking moisture. Hopefully when it comes out next spring it has headers, torque converter, and an E85 tune. May need to source some 19 inch M/T drag radials as well.

I used to live in Woodbury Minnesota,retired and moved to S/W Florida,I would say you have at least 10 months of winter ahead of you,and don"t forget pothole season,I used to call Minnesota the Rectum of Mother Earth,and the excess tax system,good place to be from.Good thing is you have plenty of time to MOD your car.

 

[Stage_3]

Just for self comfort, past few years on my nice cars I will take them through a touchless that has undercarriage spray and do it once a week if I am driving on roads after a snow or whatever.

EXACTLY what I do with my '16 Ram Sport 4X4 regular cab and what I did with my '05 Ram Daytona 4X4 regular cab daily driver when I had it. Works great with the undercarriage option.

 

[GTBOB]

Now that a lot of us have a FF tune from some sort of vendor this year, make sure you get as much of that E85 out and fill it back up with regular 'ol gasoline before storing it this winter.

 

[ForTheHordeKT]

I am currently toying between getting a set of snow tires/rims for the mustang and driving it, or spending that $2k on a winter beater of some sort, or dumping some time and money into a 2001 chevy s10 piece of shit that I haven't driven in about 3 years enough to just get it road-worthy and passing safety/emissions. I got some options on the table but as much as I've been working (I just took home a paycheck that had 81 hours and 70 hours for the past two weeks ) I'm really leaning towards the route with the least effort and time and just spending up to a couple grand on a shitty beater something or other that I could barely give two craps about, because I just don't have the energy or willpower to put work into that shitty s10 right now and I don't even think I feel like jacking up a car to exchange out snow tires as needed once some snow does hit the ground. That'll probably be next month though, and hopefully by then I'm not working my ass off like this and maybe I'll feel differently.

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