What would I have to do to store my car in my garage for about 10 months?

 

http://www.dccarcare.com/tipowk/tipowk15.html

http://home.sw.rr.com/longstorenissan/archive.htm

I just ran a quick search on "long term car storage tips" and this is what I came up with. Hope it helps.

-Chris

 

i would assume to use up all the gas and change the oil when you get back?

 

If you're really ****, have someone drive it, or put it up on jackstands so it doesn't get flat spots on the tires.

 

ryan..10 months??? are u keeping ur car insf while u go to college? u know...u COULD give it to me..lol jk...yo let me drive it! man im here doing language lab right now..4,5..good thing we didnt have class today. well hope u pass all ur classes. i think there was another post by another member..who wants to do the same thing..and not drive his car cuz of no insurance or something, cuz too many points and junk, who ermembers his username/

 

His s/n is SpeedRevelation. But his duration is like 3 years.

:banana:

 

i might just take out every fluid and the battery

^^^ thats what i thought before reading the two links

 

Most of the sites I have checked out, including the two I posted, reccomend topping off the fluids to keep moisture out.

-Chris

 

Hey Ryan, leave your car to a fellow Ryan to take good care of it!

 

ok, i'll give you a call to handle insurance papers.

 

^^^
Guess I forgot to put J/K!!

 

Do NOT put your car on jack stands or blocks under the frame. This lets the suspension droop and puts the springs and bushings in an unnatural state. If you want to prevent flat spots on tires (not a problem with modern radials anyway) support the car at the outermost points of the suspension so the springs and shocks/struts are in a natural state. Be sure to keep tires (remember the spare) at the correct air pressure and try to keep them away from electric motors or high heat.
UPDATE: Bill Wright, a reader of these pages offers this from his experience: (NOTE: I have never had the dry rot that Bill mentions, when storing on a dry floor, but DRY is the key there. A good way to insulate a concrete or even dirt/gravel floor for better storage is to put down one or two layers of thick plastic sheeting under a layer of old carpet. The carpet won't blow around if the wind gets in when the door is open, and the plastic keeps moisture from coming up and rusting the underside of your vehicle, still, read what Bill has to say:
Much as I get "ridiculed" by friends, I always park all our seldom used vehicles with 1x10s (or 1x8s or 1x12s - whatever fills the bill) under the tires. In my mind, it keeps the tire tread surface (and surrounding area of the sidewalls) away from the concrete - and the moisture-absorbing characteristics of the concrete. (I suppose this would be less of an issue if I had a sealed/epoxy-coated floor in our storage building). I've left old/scrap tires sitting over in a corner of the building in the past and, after a period of time, discovered the portion of the tires closest to the floor became dry-rotted/cracked. I know they weren't this way prior to "going to the corner". Anyways, I have yet to experience any dry-rotting of tires, even some that have sat for years, after storing tires with wood under them. Seems to work fine for me!!

 

Good info. Shows why you shouldn't listen to me. lol

 

At the end of the year im going to put my friend on my insurance and hes going to pay the insurance while im off at a 15 month program at a vocational school. My .02

 

ryan, let me know when you want to be added to my insurance