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Subject:Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
From:Tom Buese
Date:Thu, 5 May 2011 10:37:51 -0600

That's a 7%+  grade-adjust your parking brake & leave in Park if it is that steep?  No clue on the fluids, but doesn't seem like they would be an issue for a week?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-sideways?

On May 5, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Got a fairly steep driveway alongside the house here. I plan to start
> parking my 1984 there on occasion. It might stay there for a week or
> more sometimes -- it's not really my daily driver.
> 
> In terms of the fluids, is there a preferred orientation? I'd say the
> downhill end of the van would be a foot lower than the uphill side.
> 
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