[urq] Car Hibernation? Audi but non-urq content

[Jim Haseltine]

The 'out of balance' is probably where the tyres flattened from supporting 
the car's weight in one place. Rotate (I mean spin, not move to other axles) 
the wheels every so often and you shouldn't have that problem.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine

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> I've recently purchased a "future project" early A8 which I won't have the 
> time or money to do much with for another 6 months or so. It's stored 
> inside and I've been maintaining the battery, but I don't want to pay 
> insurance for now if I can avoid it, so I'm wondering how long it can just 
> sit undriven without risk of drying out engine and tranny seals too much, 
> un-lubing engine internals, distorting tires, etc.
>
> My urq sat for about 7 months last year and seemed to do okay except that 
> the tires seemed out of balance when I finally started driving it again. 
> It smoothed out a little but they still feel like they need to be 
> rebalanced. I figure you "car stored for the winter" east-coast types 
> might have some good BTDT on this kind of stuff...
>
> Thanks as always for the great input!
> -Jon
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