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Hey everyone
I have a 99 formula and I moved to Manhattan for business school. My car is back in Ohio sitting in my parents garge (Inside). I go home about once a year, the battery is out of the car and I have about 34,000 miles on it. What should I be worried about with it sitting that long I'll drive it when I go home, but that was my second concern is anything breaking(important parts) if I drive it a little hard after a year. It's in great shape (I could maybe get a friend to put a battery and start it but thats it).
Would you guys have any ideas that can help?
(Fluids were changed before the move)
Ps I don't post often but I have been reading for years lol
Thanks for any help
Kyle
I have a 99 formula and I moved to Manhattan for business school. My car is back in Ohio sitting in my parents garge (Inside). I go home about once a year, the battery is out of the car and I have about 34,000 miles on it. What should I be worried about with it sitting that long I'll drive it when I go home, but that was my second concern is anything breaking(important parts) if I drive it a little hard after a year. It's in great shape (I could maybe get a friend to put a battery and start it but thats it).
Would you guys have any ideas that can help?
(Fluids were changed before the move)
Ps I don't post often but I have been reading for years lol
Thanks for any help
Kyle
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Yes, it is.
I may be going home around october for a week, so that's my window to do anything. I have a extra set of nittos dr.'s and nittos for the fronts that are in wraps, so at least the tires are not a concern.
I thought about driving it out to Manhattan for a few weeks, but after the math I figured it would be somewhere around 5 grand lol (Parking)
It sucks because I only put 4,000 miles on it since I had it. I am for sure keeping it though
I may be going home around october for a week, so that's my window to do anything. I have a extra set of nittos dr.'s and nittos for the fronts that are in wraps, so at least the tires are not a concern.
I thought about driving it out to Manhattan for a few weeks, but after the math I figured it would be somewhere around 5 grand lol (Parking)
It sucks because I only put 4,000 miles on it since I had it. I am for sure keeping it though
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Several of my cars with autos sit all the time. I had a '76 Eldorado that sat for 7 years in my garage, finally got it fired up and it drove/shifted fine. My '98 and '71 sit for at least 6 months straight every year, no issues there either ('98 still has the stock trans after 14 years and it shifts perfect, '71 has a B&M TH350 that's about ~15 years old, also shifts perfect). I've bought several auto cars that have sat for long periods of time before I started driving them, they shifted fine as well.
The thing I'd be most worried about is letting old coolant sit for long periods without changing.