yea pretty bad, I dont think I am going to use that lol.
you are probably right.
Personally… I think you’re going overboard.
For the 5-6 months it’s going to be sitting, just park it and don’t worry about it. MAYBE put GOOD (meaning $$$$) fitted car cover on it; but the cost for that cover is what it’s going to cost you for indoor storage. (The Wolfe cover I have for my Firebird was >$300)
A tarp will do more damage to the paint than it’s worth, unless you want to get it repainted in spring. The wind will whip it around and destroy your paint job.
The steel wool, ok, I’ve never heard of it, but sounds reasonable.
The Dryer sheets, do you really think those are going to last more than a month at most or so before they’re garbage?
The desiccant for the interior, I guess, but IMO not worth it; I’d just do a box of baking soda at most.
<— Someone who is beyond anal with his “good” cars. I had the Bitch (my Firebird) in indoor, but not environmentally controlled storage for 7 years. I did nothing except a super heavy coat of wax at the start and 5 year point; and a box of Baking Soda once a year on the inside. (It didn’t have a motor, so I didn’t do anything with that). But as Luke can attest to, the car is in UNBELIEVABLE shape for being a 97. Not a SPOT of rust, and the interior still smells like the day I bought it/parked it.
This thread is retarded, not that I havn’t had my own, but you spend all this money on a nice car, and you’re being penny wise and dollar foolish for storing the fucking thing, jesus christ pay someone a couple hundred dollars to leave it in a heated, insured, closed storage facility.
Just park it outside. Fire it up every few weeks. Done. It’s not magic.
eh, that’ll do more harm than good. Same deal with heating up and cooling down many times, condensation will build up in/on your oil and never burn off
Because this doesn’t happen in winter for most normal people?
30 degrees outside drive 10min to work let car sit all day drive 10min home…
Isn’t it only a $100 a month to store it somewhere inside? I mean its not so cheap, but figure lets say something like a branch falls on the car or some other damage alone will cost more to fix then storing it.
Erik, I can get you a solid deal on indoor heated storage if you’re interested.
I’m taking the R32 over this week at some point.
Nothing against you BIG E. Just the NYSpeed trend of people going great lengths to “protect” their car and the sell it the following season. If it is a solid investment I would be more concerned as well.
I cover my MR2 in my garage in the winter and it needs a new paint job, LOL.
I’m just basing it on my experience and observations. If it makes sense then great!
You can also get a “generic” BUDGE cover from Walmart for $20-30 that is by far one of the best non-custom covers I have ever seen.
The car is spotless…I was surprised that even with rain dripping on it there was nothing wrong with it.
I used to use the generic budge covers on my thunderbird. They work pretty well just make sure you get the proper size for your car.
You can spend big bucks on a custom cover but I don’t see the reason.
The budge cover is made out of Tyvek which is basically the stuff that you see houses wrapped with.
I bungee corded it down, and anchored it with full gallon jugs so it wouldn’t blow away.
Worked fine for like 4-5 years.
The reason I went with a fitted for the car Wolfe and not a generic cheapie is materials and fit. Materials = wear and tear, scratched, blemishes, etc on paint. Fit = movement of the cover which multiplies into the materials side of things. Loose fit + rough material + wind = rubbing, hitting, wacking, etc of the cover onto the car creating damage.
In this case… Spend the few hundred and just store it indoors. Or just do what I posted above.
I’ve been using dryer sheets for 3 years and have had zero mouse problems, and there are a ton of mice here. I had an old car in the barn with no dryer sheets in it. Mice. The old rust bucket Honda in the woods had tons of them. They love to nest in the glove box so leave that open if the battery is disconnected. I left my Golf out for a winter on the stone driveway and had no issues. I think it was actually better than being in the barn, because the barn stays moist and stuff rusts fast like that. That red Beetle sat in a stone driveway for at least 6 years and was still perfectly fine.
This. Instead of a trickle charger get a float type battery maintainer. They work awesome and its the best way to keep the battery fresh. But just park it on gravel or concrete not just grass, and a cover is fine. Tarps do more damage than they do good, and dark damp garages are horrible for moisture condensation and surface rust/musty smells, not to mention rodents. Plus the car will get dusty/dirty from sitting in a garage with no cover on it anyway.