I do that and so did the previous owner. He recommended it because it should increase the life of the struts too. After 2 years of doing this, no problems so far. However, I do keep the car in a garage and there are no bugs and small animals around here that can use the D as their home. As for the door lights, I have an impulse sequencing relay installed on that circuit. This basically allows me to turn the lights on and off with my keyless entry remote. Never cared for the master battery disconnect method. Chris VIN 4099 At 10:37 PM 8/9/2005 +0000, you wrote: >Gentlemen, forgive me, but another owner told me that he routinely >leaves his door open (he has a master battery disconnect switch) to >relieve the stress in the torsion bars. He believes that this will >prolong their life (and "springiness"). >Does anyone else do this? Do you think that there is any physical >basis to support this? >Thanks, >NM To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/