Re: Away for the Winter

[Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Richard Haroutunian say:

> Anyone know the 'correct' procedure for putting a car away for the winter?
> 
> I need to start thinking about putting my VW Cabriolet away for the winter,
> and my mom was nice enough to offer me the left side of the garage for the
> winter months.
> 
> Just wondering if there is anything I should do to the car to prepare it
> for the long hibernation.   This is my first 'summer car,' and I want to
> make sure it still works when I take it back out of storage..  I know that
> there is a certain procedure for preparing motorcycles and lawnmowers, etc.
> -- e.g. draining the gas, etc., etc. -- is there a similar process for
> cars?

I put my Golf away for 7 months once when I went out to CA on
a project.

It was in a garage, and the only thing I did was have a friend
drive it to work one day a month. The easiest way to keep a car going
is to run it a bit. Just make sure you run it long enough to get
everything up to temperature, and get the moisture out of the
exhaust system (i.e. not just around the block).

You can put it up on blocks to eliminate tire flatspotting.

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