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Nine8Six · 09-09-2018, 11:48 AM

Whoa, everyone is still here!!! Warm welcome guys, owe each of you one. Thanks guys.

So if I'm getting this right:

1. Fresh up with a 20gal of new gasoline (got that plastic tank here)
2. Replace battery
3. Start-up, warm-up to op temp, rev it once or twice
4. Cool it down a few hours, change the oil
5. Go crazy
(6. Change tires when I'm less broke loll)

Tires were kinda new from last year, 1.5 years I think, but I'll sure keep this in mind. Was parked on a hard concrete surface so that can't be good. Hrrr you shouldn't have told me that :/

986forum - the best of them all. Thanks. Still quite busy settling back but will try to be active as much as I can. Let's see what other problem(s) we'll find in that Boxster over the next few 4-5 days. Wish me luck

PS: Missed you all guys. A day like this that makes you realize it!

steved0x · 09-10-2018, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Nine8Six

(6. Change tires when I'm less broke loll)

Tires were kinda new from last year, 1.5 years I think, but I'll sure keep this in mind. Was parked on a hard concrete surface so that can't be good. Hrrr you shouldn't have told me that :/

Maybe my tires on my Tacoma were parked closer to a year, and they were cheap Sigma tires or some such thing, I was actually layed out with cancer that year which is why I didn't drive it. You are probably OK but if you are driving and you start to feel a "whump whump whump" you will know what it is. I hadn't felt a tire delaminate since my $10 used tires when I was younger so I didn't pick up on what was happening (although i could feel something I didn't associate what it was) until a strip of rubber separated and really started whacking the body of the car...

Wallace River · 09-10-2018, 12:35 PM

Geez my Box sits every winter for 6 months at a time (November-April) (when the snow is on the ground) and I haven't changed the tires yet!

maytag · 09-10-2018, 01:16 PM

Fred, you;re an Icon around here! I'm new (joined around April-ish.) but even I'M aware of your legendary status here. hehe.

Glad you're back!

Oh, and I'm part of the "My Boxster (will) sit for 6 months out of the year due to snow on the ground" group. It's not going to bother me any more than it has any of my other vehicles my entire life.
:-)
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Jeremy Cronin · 09-10-2018, 01:26 PM

I don't know Fred as I'm new here, (Welcome back anyway!) but if the car is standing on its wheels for a few months, it's best to pump up the tire pressure to near the max.
This will prevent flat-spotting of the tire.
Just don't forget to let some air back out before starting to drive again!