Re:Storage

[rbrogren@xxxx]

No nerves stricken here either, so here is my 2 cents worth:

I will limit myself to my opinion about storage since several others have 
already posted answers to most of your other questions!

2-3 weeks in the summer is not storage.
4-6 months, up to a year, is plain Storage
A year or more is Long Term Storage

No car will detoriorate if it sits for a month, given reasonable prior care 
and protection from the elements.

A car can be stored for 4-6 months without doing anything to it more than 
keeping it in a garage, but some detoriation will take place, hence the 
discussions here. 
Some things will be obvious, like for example a dead battery. Some things 
will be less immediately obvious, like corrosion, etc. Continued neglect (or 
wrong storage procedures) will inevitably lead to progressively more costly 
maintenence and repairs.

A car that sits in long term storage will definitely detotiorate and need 
work to be restored to reliable performance if it is not prepared. 

When is enough enough? Probably depends on the owners pocketbook, both for 
cost of preparation and the decreased value to the next owner.

Look at it this way: As an owner there will be maintenance cost wether you 
use the car or not. It is a question of paying some now or more later! 

To let a "stored"car sit with an idling motor for 1/2 hour in any type of 
weather is in my experience and opinion doing much more harm then good! 
In -20 degree weather? I look forward to some other opinions!

Roger Brogren 
1074


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