Time to Store the car!
Originally Posted by Ghostintheshell
I wouldn't advise starting the car at all during the winter. This melts any condensation, and creates more, essentially MAKING more condensation, everytime you start it.
My advise is to not start it until spring.
My advise is to not start it until spring.
Originally Posted by transamtom
Silica bags from shoe boxes keep the interior moisture free.
Originally Posted by RAMPANT
I bought 1 from Costco and cut it into 4. It is about 3/4" thick and very soft, so it will create a curve for the tire to sit in not a flat concrete surface which can distort the cords in the belt.
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Originally Posted by shudog
Off topic, but flat spotting of tires is only a temporary thing. I used to be a tire engineer and had a co-op do a whole summer of research. The only thing we found was that while some tires got flat spots from sitting and some didn't, they all went away as soon as you drove 2 miles down the road.... but hey, if you like the car parked on plush carpet, go for it!
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So out to the dog house we went.
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Most of the tires I have used in the past didn't flat spot at all. By the way, a carpet that feels cushy on your feet won't do anything for a car tire. The contact pressure of a car tire is many times that of a human foot so the car is still on just on concrete, the carpet squishes flat. Use some hard foam insulation if anything. It will creep downward over a day or so and support the tire.
Originally Posted by BJM
Most of the tires I have used in the past didn't flat spot at all. By the way, a carpet that feels cushy on your feet won't do anything for a car tire. The contact pressure of a car tire is many times that of a human foot so the car is still on just on concrete, the carpet squishes flat. Use some hard foam insulation if anything. It will creep downward over a day or so and support the tire.
It looks like this:
http://64.176.23.101/479b.htm
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The garage is not heated and it will be quite cold inside my garage, due the one door consistently being open. I will get a car cover and probably put the car up on blocks and take the rims inside. Other then the points stated in the previous sentence I will most likelt follow Rampants guide.
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IMO putting the car up on blocks is a waste of time and energy. My car has been parked for months at a time on my 4 year old tires and it still rolls fine. 
It always runs fine without fuel stabilizer too. At the end of the day though, do what makes you most comfortable.
It always runs fine without fuel stabilizer too. At the end of the day though, do what makes you most comfortable.
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Originally Posted by RAMPANT
I use the industrial ergonomic mats. about 3/4" thick and made of a relatively soft rubber. Its just called a mat.
It looks like this:
http://64.176.23.101/479b.htm
Rampant
It looks like this:
http://64.176.23.101/479b.htm
Rampant
I use fuel stabilizer because its cheap. I believe modern fuels may not need it the way they might have 30 years ago. I just do not want to gum up any injectors, its not like carburetors that depended on tiny pressure differences to operate correctly and were sensitive to build up in small passages.
I also go easy on the car during the first full tankful after winter.
Originally Posted by Ouchburns
Once I add the stabilizer do I need to let my car run for abit?
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Originally Posted by Ouchburns
The garage is not heated and it will be quite cold inside my garage, due the one door consistently being open. I will get a car cover and probably put the car up on blocks and take the rims inside. Other then the points stated in the previous sentence I will most likelt follow Rampants guide.
I do even less than Bugblndr, I just put it in the garage (when I had a f'n garage, that is...)
Originally Posted by Hooper
That's a good idea, Tom. How many of those little bags would you need? Or can you buy them in bigger bags?
I go the least expensive route though, and get about 15 to 20 and spread them through the car.
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I do everything Rampant said except the carpet. I lift it up on blocks. It's not bad for the shocks, if it were; just sitting on it's tires would be bad for the shocks, it's the same amount of weight to support. I put it on blocks to relieve the stress from the wheel bearings. Do I think it makes a difference in the short term? Nah, but I'll guarantee it prevents binding of the wheel bearings over the long term. Our winter driver friend with more money than I will obviously ever have will never notice because he plans on buying a new Vette every 7yrs or so. I will own my Bird for life. And it will look better than I do from now until the day I die.