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Also - my thought on parking on a mound at an angle is that the engine oil is moved to a different position than the the engine is designed to operate under (level) with the colder temperatures and longer to get the oil to move after start up you could be causing some premature wear in the upper engine/cylinder area.


I've lived in pittsburgh for 30 years and everything hereis really really hilly... my driveway is about 25 degrees and I've seen lots of others that are steeper, but I've never heard anything about parking on slopes causing accelerated engine wear. I would guess that the effect is really small if there's any effect at all.


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Of course if the mound semi softens you might also get high centered on the belly pans trying to get back off the mounds.


I parked (backed in to the space) on a mound of snow once like a dumb <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/butwiggle.gif" alt="" /> and left my back end overhanging a guard rail by a few inches. Warm front... snow melting...came out of work to find my trailer hitch resting on the guardrail <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />
Luckily it wasn't supporting hardly any of the truck's weight and I drove off without damage. A few more hours of warm weather and I might have had some real problems. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Jim

1994 Montero LS