[JTB]

I drove my car year round for about 4 years. The car was great in snow with the skinny stock tires. Just make sure to wash it every week.

I stored my car outside in Connecticut for a couple of years while I was living out of the country. I put a car cover on it and then wrapped it with a tarp. Be sure to put moth balls everywhere and duck tape any opening in the car (i.e. muffler and air cleaner inlet). The car may stink for a week or so when you take it out of storage, but it is worth it. The first winter I had critters living everywhere. They were in the muffler (blew the nest out when I started it), in the engine compartment, the front trunk, and inside the car under the pedals. The car has no rust so I don't know how they all got in, but they did. Fortunately they did not do any damage, just built nests everywhere.

Just make sure to get all of the mothballs and remove the tape before you start it up.

BTW - the lids from spray paint cans work great to hold the moth balls.

John