Anonymous
12/05/2021 00:29
Subject: Re:What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
+100Anonymous wrote:Get a trickle charger! They are inexpensive and you can hook it up in two minutes. Just be sure to get one that is right for your car. I keep my car on one for months at a time and it always starts right up.
Anonymous
12/05/2021 00:28
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
If you don’t have a friend who will drive it for you, there are places that store cars and they will go out and start it every so often, etc. They’re common near military bases.
Anonymous
11/24/2021 12:02
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
Could you let a friend borrow it for occasional use?
My widowed mom has “taken on” friends’ cars and loves having another car in her driveway or garage - she lives alone and this makes it look like she has a long term guest.
She’s also miles away from a big airport so many friends and family leave their car and Uber to the airport. No long term parking fees!
Longer than a few days, my mom will use the car for local errands.
My widowed mom has “taken on” friends’ cars and loves having another car in her driveway or garage - she lives alone and this makes it look like she has a long term guest.
She’s also miles away from a big airport so many friends and family leave their car and Uber to the airport. No long term parking fees!
Longer than a few days, my mom will use the car for local errands.
Anonymous
11/24/2021 11:40
Subject: Re:What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
Get a trickle charger! They are inexpensive and you can hook it up in two minutes. Just be sure to get one that is right for your car. I keep my car on one for months at a time and it always starts right up.
Anonymous
11/21/2021 22:36
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
Get a battery tender. It's cheaper than a new battery.
Anonymous
11/19/2021 01:21
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
Sell the car and get another one when you return
Anonymous
11/18/2021 11:41
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
Anonymous wrote:Depending on how old school you (and your car) are:
Change the oil before you park it. All three of my cars are more than a decade old and the oil accumulates some junk/water in the months between oil changes. I don't want to deposits to settle into any passages or valve stems so I change before I leave it for an extended time. I disconnect the battery and don't bother with the potential hazards of leaving the battery on a trickle charger.
If I had something super fancy like a 2018 Hyundai Elantra, disconnecting the battery is as far as I would take it.
Changing oil is an overkill unless you are going to store your car for a few years. If you want to be that conservative dump the fuel stabiliser in your gas tank first and inflate tires a few psi higher
Anonymous
11/18/2021 08:01
Subject: Re:What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
Disconnect the negative battery terminal.
Anonymous
11/18/2021 07:36
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
Depending on how old school you (and your car) are:
Change the oil before you park it. All three of my cars are more than a decade old and the oil accumulates some junk/water in the months between oil changes. I don't want to deposits to settle into any passages or valve stems so I change before I leave it for an extended time. I disconnect the battery and don't bother with the potential hazards of leaving the battery on a trickle charger.
If I had something super fancy like a 2018 Hyundai Elantra, disconnecting the battery is as far as I would take it.
Change the oil before you park it. All three of my cars are more than a decade old and the oil accumulates some junk/water in the months between oil changes. I don't want to deposits to settle into any passages or valve stems so I change before I leave it for an extended time. I disconnect the battery and don't bother with the potential hazards of leaving the battery on a trickle charger.
If I had something super fancy like a 2018 Hyundai Elantra, disconnecting the battery is as far as I would take it.
Anonymous
11/17/2021 22:16
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
Anonymous wrote:Do you just let the battery die out and replace when you return?
Disconnect it if you have a wrench or just forget it and call aaa when you return for a jump start
Anonymous
11/17/2021 22:02
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
I would disconnect the battery, with no load it should hold its charge for a few months.
Anonymous
11/17/2021 17:44
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
I have had friends drive my car every few weeks when I was gone for months.
Don’t let the battery die. I had a car that got electrical problems and really wasn’t ever good again after I was away for 4 months and the battery died.
Don’t let the battery die. I had a car that got electrical problems and really wasn’t ever good again after I was away for 4 months and the battery died.
Anonymous
11/17/2021 17:36
Subject: What do you do with your car if you are away for more than a few weeks or months?
Do you just let the battery die out and replace when you return?