On Sunday, I topped off the tank, poured in just enough anti-oxidation fuel stabilizer, aired up the tires, waxed the car, and rolled it into the garage. Then, I rolled it onto "anti-fatigue" rubber mats to keep the tires from developing flat spots, disconnected the battery, and slipped the car cover over it. It will sit there through April. It nearly broke my heart to do it, as it meant the end of weekends spent rolling around with my wife with the windows cracked, punching it onto the on-ramps, and soaking up miles of roads hugging the lakeshore. For the next several months, I will be relegated to driving my old Escort through the salt and snow. The bright side of this is, the Escort gets amazing mileage (averaging 32 - 34 mpg over nearly 1,000 miles), and I picked the right time to put the Crossfire away. It is snowing steadily here now, with a projected 3 inches or so accumulation before Thanksgiving. I actually succeeded in milking all of the remaining sunny days, before putting the car away.