Not driving car - is it bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My frustration with this is losing our parking space.

Just turn it on and let it run for a few minutes every few days.

Where are you people coming up with this stuff? Do not let it run “a few minutes”. You need to drive it around once in a while for at least 20 minutes. Preferably on the beltway. There isn’t even anyone out on the roads.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My frustration with this is losing our parking space.

Then do it very late at night/early morning.

Thanks. I did that and it worked today. In fact, I got the spot I prefer. But now I worry someone else came back from an early AM grocery run to find the only spot is a full block away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My frustration with this is losing our parking space.

Then do it very late at night/early morning.

Thanks. I did that and it worked today. In fact, I got the spot I prefer. But now I worry someone else came back from an early AM grocery run to find the only spot is a full block away.

sucks for them....

[Anonymous]

My spouse is deployed and I promised to drive his car at least once a week. He said ideally I should drive it for 20 minutes and get it into at least 5th gear for a good chunk of that time (it is a manual). We live right off the GW Parkway, so I drive down to Mt. Vernon and back to my house once a week around 8 PM. That takes about 25 to 30 minutes and there is no traffic then either which is a bonus because I am not the world's greatest at driving a manual.

[Anonymous]

You guys are so ignorant.

New cars sit on storage lots for *MONTHS* without being driven. You don't need to do anything special. If you really really really really REALLY want to, drive the car to the point when the engine reaches full temperature once every month just to keep things lubricated and circulated.

[Anonymous]

I let my convertible sit in garage all winter every winter from 1992 to 2012. I jumped it ever Spring, changed oil and checked air in tires.

20 years of sitting 6-8 months every winter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys are so ignorant.

New cars sit on storage lots for *MONTHS* without being driven. You don't need to do anything special. If you really really really really REALLY want to, drive the car to the point when the engine reaches full temperature once every month just to keep things lubricated and circulated.

The battery is the issue. We have a car that sits. The battery died on it and it was a newer battery. You need to turn it on monthly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys are so ignorant.

New cars sit on storage lots for *MONTHS* without being driven. You don't need to do anything special. If you really really really really REALLY want to, drive the car to the point when the engine reaches full temperature once every month just to keep things lubricated and circulated.

You can get condensation in the various fluids. It's a good idea to get all the fluids up to operating temperature periodically to drive off the moisture. Gas doesn't last forever either. You really shouldn't let it sit around in the tank for months at a time without some sort of additive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys are so ignorant.

New cars sit on storage lots for *MONTHS* without being driven. You don't need to do anything special. If you really really really really REALLY want to, drive the car to the point when the engine reaches full temperature once every month just to keep things lubricated and circulated.

You can get condensation in the various fluids. It's a good idea to get all the fluids up to operating temperature periodically to drive off the moisture. Gas doesn't last forever either. You really shouldn't let it sit around in the tank for months at a time without some sort of additive.

I'm the PP with the ancient Prius that I don't let sit for too long. I actually agree with the opinion that new cars are different. A two-year old car runs so clean that there are not unburned deposits in the combustion and exhaust systems, there is no condensation getting into the vital fluids and the moving parts are fresh and clean with lifetime lubrication. Folks with new cars are probably going to be fine if they sit for a month. Even the battery will be OK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys are so ignorant.

New cars sit on storage lots for *MONTHS* without being driven. You don't need to do anything special. If you really really really really REALLY want to, drive the car to the point when the engine reaches full temperature once every month just to keep things lubricated and circulated.

You can get condensation in the various fluids. It's a good idea to get all the fluids up to operating temperature periodically to drive off the moisture. Gas doesn't last forever either. You really shouldn't let it sit around in the tank for months at a time without some sort of additive.

I'm the PP with the ancient Prius that I don't let sit for too long. I actually agree with the opinion that new cars are different. A two-year old car runs so clean that there are not unburned deposits in the combustion and exhaust systems, there is no condensation getting into the vital fluids and the moving parts are fresh and clean with lifetime lubrication. Folks with new cars are probably going to be fine if they sit for a month. Even the battery will be OK.

Engines are still vented to the atmosphere. It's not a sealed system. Moisture in the air will accumulate over time as it condenses on the colder metal parts.

[Anonymous]

put a lawnchair in your parking spot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys are so ignorant.

New cars sit on storage lots for *MONTHS* without being driven. You don't need to do anything special. If you really really really really REALLY want to, drive the car to the point when the engine reaches full temperature once every month just to keep things lubricated and circulated.

You can get condensation in the various fluids. It's a good idea to get all the fluids up to operating temperature periodically to drive off the moisture. Gas doesn't last forever either. You really shouldn't let it sit around in the tank for months at a time without some sort of additive.

A stabilizer can be added to the tank but people just just drive their car. At least once every other week and get it up to operating temp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:put a lawnchair in your parking spot

How Yinz doin'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys are so ignorant.

New cars sit on storage lots for *MONTHS* without being driven. You don't need to do anything special. If you really really really really REALLY want to, drive the car to the point when the engine reaches full temperature once every month just to keep things lubricated and circulated.

THIS.
We are not in the 80s.
Cars can sit for month and will be fine.

[Anonymous]

What about electric vehicles? No exhaust system, muffler, oil change, other fluids. Maybe keep a trickle charge on the battery?