[Purrybonker]

I've been cheating just about all winter long (don't tell my wife) - what with the relatively mild/snowless winter we've enjoyed here in Calgary. A cruise to Banff on hwy 1A feels pretty good in January.

I think the longest stretch I went between drives was about four weeks. So just about every time I got thinking about throwing in fuel stabilizer or rolling the car a bit to avoid flat-spotting the tires, I ended up going for a cruise instead. Driving to avoid road gravel is more of a challenge than avoiding snow these days it seems.

This is my new resolve - drive the car as much as reasonably possible during the winter short of having an extra set of wheels with snow tires. Pump the tires to maximum as indicated on the sidewall (51 PSI on my s-03's) between drives and throw a trickle charger on the battery. I bought one of those little "batteryminders" for 15 bucks on eBay - they're great! If the car must sit for more than a couple of weeks - I move the car enough to put a 90 degree rotation on the tires.