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Old 02-08-03, 03:06 PM
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sorry... Long Term Storage

Hello,

Sorry, I went around reading quite abit of the stuff that's been posted, but I'm still a bit confused...

First my scenario. Due to some financial difficulties... my 93 RX7 will have to go into storage. There is no way in hell that I am going to sell her... and paying about $4000 a year in insurance... to drive her once every 2-3 weeks... just doesn't make sense. So I took the insurance and registration off the car.. and she will have to go into storage until 1) I can garage her near me or 2) I can afford to pay that much insurance for the amt of driving.

Anyways... actually, before I go into questioning.. anyone here know if there is any way (in NY) you can get some breaks if you drive the car less than 1 or 2k miles a year? THink emissions should be done based on how much you drive hehe.

The car will be in a garage (not heated) but indoors... and I am not too worried about getting flat spots.

Most of the stuff I've found on the forums were about winter storage. I am not sure how long this will be... so my questions.

1) If I can have someone start the car, move it back and forth along the driveway once every 2 weeks or so... is that fine?

or

2) if it shouldn't be touched... I read some of the threads about draining coolant, replacing the oil (its new already), putting something in the gas tank etc... ANy thorough instructions on this?

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Old 02-08-03, 03:15 PM
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Ok, here is a suggestion for you. If your going to put it in storage, put the registration as non-operational for $10 and get small insurance to cover theft and damage on it while it's in storage, cause if it get's broken into or something happens your **** outta luck! That's just my .02 though.
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thanks.
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You could try some gas stabilizer to keep the petrol from going bad and/or crystilizing in the fuel lines. I'd recommend that it be started every few weeks to try and prevent any gasket hardening you can. Good luck.

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that's a good idea too.
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So even if I wind up not really being able to drive it (ie registered and insured) - its not a bad idea to turn it on, warm it up for like 30 mins, move back and forth along the driveway etc... is that enuf? I guess I just gotta change the oil (which I can do in my backyard) and get some gas to put in there from time to time....

is that better than storing it away?

thanks.

SOrry I'm not very mechanical...
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yeah it's a good idea, but get a car cover and make sure no one really knows it's there. Because you really don't want extra crap that people could do, if you know what I mean. People are cruel.
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Yeah.. good point. The car is in a safe neighborhood, but yer right... never can be too careful.
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