Just bought 4 new Continental DWS tires in September. I notice if the car sits even for a week, I get flat spots, and a shaky steering wheel for up to 10 miles. Read that this is normal. Continental does state that long term storage can create permanent flat spots, but does not specify a time frame for that to happen.
So I'm going to store the car until April, a good four months. It is in an insulated, not heated, garage with a cement floor. Never gets below freezing inside, even when its single digits outside. We average high 20s during the day, and mid teens at night during this time of the year. Averages around 38F inside the garage. I do have an extra set of 12 year old Nittos, mounted on rims handy.
For those of you that store over winter, do you swap rims, and/or worry about flat spots?
Also, what is your gas tank strategy? The past few winters I run it almost dry, throw in 3 gallons of non ethanol 91 octane and stabilizer.
Thanks!
So I'm going to store the car until April, a good four months. It is in an insulated, not heated, garage with a cement floor. Never gets below freezing inside, even when its single digits outside. We average high 20s during the day, and mid teens at night during this time of the year. Averages around 38F inside the garage. I do have an extra set of 12 year old Nittos, mounted on rims handy.
For those of you that store over winter, do you swap rims, and/or worry about flat spots?
Also, what is your gas tank strategy? The past few winters I run it almost dry, throw in 3 gallons of non ethanol 91 octane and stabilizer.
Thanks!