I have winter tires and wheels on my car and drive it year round. I rarely let it sit for more than a few days at a time. Often when I do do drive it I don’t get the chance to really push the car engine wise. I either run into too much traffic or the conditions don’t allow spirited driving. I know it is good to use our cars but would the performance be adversely effected by NOT doing frequent full throttle accelerations. I mean let’s face it just a few seconds on the gas and we are moving into arrest me territory.

So does putting it through the paces so to speak improve its performance or does it not really matter? Again, I do realize it is good if not great to drive the car.

I’m still a firm believer in the “Eye-talian Tune-up.” It’s not as big a deal as it was with last Century’s cars, but I think it does the injectors good to operate at ‘full tilt’ periodically.

Its also important to operate ‘moving’ parts - like mirrors, sunroofs, etc - periodically. And, anything that pumps stuff or has seals (e.g. front-axle lift, pneumatic front air damn, etc.)