Roadster into winter storage

skidad62

I live in Canada's snowiest city... and our seasonal plates expire Oct 31st.... so my roadster went into winter hibernation on the weekend

Here's my prep...

Check & fill all fluids
Full tank of gas - with fuel stabilizer
Full detailing inside & out - tires dressed too.
Battery unhooked
Windows cracked 1/4"
Dryer sheets inside the car - repells mice
Steel wool in the tailpipes - keeps critters out of nesting mode
4 open baking soda containers (I put them in a big plastic container) in the car - absorbs musty smells & keeps things fresh inside
Car cover
Remove PL/PD from insurance
Mine stays in a heated storage facility with security and fire protection











... & Critter control...





Any others in the same boat? Any other steps in your prep?

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Ubetit

Mine is cleaned, covered and parked in a storage facility too. For years I went through the "storage" ritual. Now I clean it, park it, cover it and leave it until April 1.

Sorry, Mice don't care about dryer sheets.

Bummer

Moncton is Canada's snowiest city? I'd have never guessed. It looks pretty nice in July.

Here in central Indiana I'm preparing for winter. I got a cover.

I don't mind the snow as much as the rain that freezes the windows. Kind of a hassle since they're supposed to roll up and down an inch (2 cm +-) when you open and close the doors. That's why I got the cover.

Anyway, good luck keeping the mice away.

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skidad62

^ lol - the concrete facility I'm in is heated and no mice that I know of - figure u can't be too careful though.

Here's a couple of shots of my yard from last winter...

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JRHollywood

I feel for you... I grew up in St. Johns, NFLD and remember piles of snow like that. Fun as a kid, it'd be hell now though. Much more enjoying sunny Phoenix, AZ. Have the same year & color roadster as yours as well... I'll drive it extra as a tribute to you over the winter months.

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Bummer

A buddy put his motorcycle up for the winter. Pretty much a normal garage. Come spring he got it out and fired it up, at which point he learned that mice had built a nest in the airbox. Chewed a hole in the air filter and set up housekeeping. Bad news for both the mice and the bike. There's really never too much careful.

Yes, you certainly have trump over Indy. We get three feet, which we do get occasionally, and everything goes into park.

By comparison I have some Canadian motorcycling friends who trailered their bike to New Mexico/Texas a couple of Januarys back. They posted pictures of their bike still on the trailer, stuck in a rest area, road closed by the police, with just enough snow to say it had snowed. Maybe an inch on the ground. Maybe. All the other Canadians on the forum poked 'em in the ribs hard about being stuck in a centimetre. Of course, when the police shut down the road, whatcha gonna do?

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MadChemist

Glad that I don't have to store the Z. Guess I'm lucky that I get to drive the Z everyday.

IDZRVIT

I have a double garage in my house so I just fill the gas tank, hook up my Battery Tender and put a cover over it. Same routine for my vette for the last 25 years. My summer vehicles start every spring without any issues. You don't need to go to any great lengths to store a vehicle for four to six months.

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zakimak

Some good ideas there

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Highway

Definitely some good ideas I hadn't thought of before. The only extra thing I will be doing this winter is putting it up on jack stands so the tires don't get flat spotted. I was doing a lot of traveling for work this summer and ended up getting small flat spots after it sat for about a month. The vibration did go away after about 30 miles of highway driving.

rebe945

Planning to change the oil this month (Nov). Washed and covered and stored in my garage on rubber mats. I start her every week and drive her out onto the driveway and let run in nutreul . Then I go back and forth to move the tires. Wipe her down with Meguires Ultimate detailer, dry the tailpipes and admire.SAM_1382.JPG Pic from last January

skidad62

Be sure to bring the cats up to temperature... otherwise leaves water in the pipes...

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KraTToR

I just increase the tire pressure to 50psi while in storage. Never had an issue with flat spots.

skidad62

If parking in the cold - another trick is to put a piece of carpet under each tire

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