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Originally Posted by Tomikaze
Gotta jump in on this one. Stored my last two Boxsters for the winter over the past 3 years. When you DON"T start the car once a week and let it run for 15 - 20 minutes you go to start her up for the first time in the Spring and and get all sorts of smoke and the motor makes a god awful racket. Takes a few days of driving for the motor to completely quiet down. I don't think a rapping motor is in any way good for it. Start her up once a week and no nasty sounds or smoke. I'm going to keep starting her up unless someone can prove to me the it's bad for the motor.
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Interesting, I've been storing my Boxster for 4 years and an Rx-7 for over 15 years in the winter. Rotary engines have very sensitive tip and side seals that don't tolerate abuse.
I've never noticed any difficulty starting, smoking or strange noises bringing the car back from storage after 4.5-5 months as long as the car is stored correctly.
I can't think of a reason why it would help to run a car once a week or month instead of leaving it sit if it was stored correctly.