Storing my stang

[91mini]

I have garaged the stang for a while. I drive 100+ miles a day to and from work and have racked up 8000 miles on my stang already. To keep her newer longer I am going to put her up at the parents house for probably months at a time and was wondering if there is anything I should do before letting her sit up. I was going to disconnect the battery but have never owned a brand new car before and was wondering if this would affect the computer in any way by being unplugged from a power source for so long? Also is it really necessary that I do this?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[GarageLogic]

Just drive the car. It's a friggin' Mustang GT for goodness sakes. I bought my car in early November and currently have 16K on it. While they may be hot right now, they will be a dime a dozen in a year or so. Now, if I had a GT500, it would be a different story.

 

[91mini]

Just drive the car. It's a friggin' Mustang GT for goodness sakes. I bought my car in early November and currently have 16K on it. While they may be hot right now, they will be a dime a dozen in a year or so. Now, if I had a GT500, it would be a different story.

I know but I'm not the richest guy in the world and I want it to be running when I'm finished paying for it. Plus I would like to do some work on it one day without having 200000 miles on the engine. I would drive it every weekend but I live in an apartment and don't want it sitting here all day everyday unattended. It's much safer at the parents house.

So that's my story and yes it is killing me to not be able to drive it every weekend but I think it's for the best. For right now a least.

 

[BrutalStang]

there are things you could do to truly store it, but it might make more sense to keep i in the garage and drive it once a week, just get it on the high way once every saturday just to give it a run. i understand what you mean, mine is just going to be a weekend car also, but to store it that long might not be the best idea.

 

[91mini]

there are things you could do to truly store it, but it might make more sense to keep i in the garage and drive it once a week, just get it on the high way once every saturday just to give it a run. i understand what you mean, mine is just going to be a weekend car also, but to store it that long might not be the best idea.

Hopefully I can drive it every weekend but I don't see it happening. My parents live 45 minutes from and I know it will soon becaome a hassle!

 

[BrutalStang]

maybe your dad could take it out for you as a payment for storing it there

other then that, i wouldnt disconnect the battery, you could "winterize" it, which involves cleaning the gas out, putting in a special preservitive stuff into the oil(im not that up on it, im just trying to give you an idea). i have a brother who does this sort of thing with his old Z/28 every winter.

 

[91mini]

If thats the case then I probably should get it and drive it every other or every third weekend or so. Sounds like a lot of trouble to put it up.

 

[BrutalStang]

yeah, when my brother puts his car away, its for months and he only stops by to check on it, there is no on the spot driving, which i could never live with.

i would just stick it in a nice garage and try to run it once a week or so, but enough about what i think, wheres everyone else??????????

 

[Blk05Retro]

I had mine in the garage for a couple weeks on vacation, had no problems starting. It purred like a kitten. I wouldn't go more then a couples of weeks. You will still have to have the oil changed even if it is sitting.

 

[91mini]

I had mine in the garage for a couple weeks on vacation, had no problems starting. It purred like a kitten. I wouldn't go more then a couples of weeks. You will still have to have the oil changed even if it is sitting.

I got no problem going to change the oil when I need to. That would be every 3 months or so and I could definantly swing that without a problem.

 

[MLGstang]

I live in Michigan so I plan on storing mine in the winters. And even now I dont drive it to work that often. But for long storage times, like the winter I will probably put stabilizer in the tank and plan on starting it up and letting it run for 15-20min once a week.

 

[whocares]

i've been storing cars for many years. here are the general rules of thumb;
short term storage: (driven every couple of weeks or so)
1) Get a car cover
2) when driven, make sure it gets up to normal operating temps.
3) clean it and park it.

long term storage;
1) cover the car
2) use dri-gas or whatever it's called, can't remember right now.
3) fill the fuel tank (condensation)
4) thoroughly clean the car before you put it up
5) get a battery tender (charges the battery as it needs it)
6) DO NOT start the car and let it run only to shut it off. if you're gonna start it then drive it til it warms up. again, condensation reasons.


most importantly, screw that guy that said it's only a gt, it's your car, treat it however YOU like.
hell, i only have 2,500 miles on mine, but then again, it's only a cobra.

 

[BadAndy72]

I say drive it- even if you rack the miles up it'll give you an excuse to get inside the motor at some point and do some serious mod's. By then you'll probably have a good enough paying job to afford them....

 

[lostsoul]

thats a sweet corba!!! very nice

 

[stanmckinney]

I also say DRIVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[V8302stangs]

Make sure to put rust prohibitor in the coolant and have someone warm it up occasionallly. When I worked at the Viper shop, a guy brought in his viper because he was having oil and coolant stuff go awry. When we checked his oil it had the look and consistency of peanut butter because his radiator fluid rusted through the head gasket into the oil channels. Bad knews for him.

 

[blk05vert]

Why not enjoy your Mustang GT every day - especially because of your long commute? I have a 72 mile round trip to work and one of the things that makes it tolerable is having a fun car. Granted I'm not sitting in congested traffic until the last 5 miles of my commute.

Bottom line is that I bought my car so that I could have fun every day in it. It's a depreciating item whether it sits in your garage or you rack up the miles. Automobile technology and overall build quality has improved enough that high mileage isn't that big of a deal as long as you keep up with your scheduled maintenance.

Just my two cents!
David

 

[AvalancheSVT]

if you take care of the car it won't age badly.