I couldn't take it any longer!!! Took the car out of storage....

[AndyA6]

Yeah! Seems we all know everything including me not even reading the manual.. ..!!!

Let's see:-

-Clean car, check.
-Fresh gas, check. not full tank but maybe half.
-Stabil, check
-Fresh oil and filter, check
-Overinflate tires, fail! I usually go a bit higher than recommended anyways.

Urban, you miss Utah? We're here for 16 years plus and looks like we get stuck here, not a bad thing. My Audi served me flawless for many years now (knocks on wood).

My conclusion, drive the thing on a regular basis!

Later,
Andy

[Jaxonalden]

I do not agree with half a tank of gas. Add Stabil fuel stabilizer, fill the tank and run the car to insure the treated fuel is completely through the fuel system. A partially filled tank will "sweat" with temp changes and condensation will form on the inside exposed metal causing corrosion after time. If you do start your car during the winter, remember to allow it to run for at least 20 minutes to completely come up to temp to burn off contaminant's (moister, fuel) in the oil. During initial start-up the fuel is enriched and excess fuel is washed passed the rings and into the oil, a lengthy warm-up will rid it. You can imagine if this took place multiple times and not burned off how contaminated the oil can get.

[Lil bastard]

Temptation or not, it's best to store the car and leave it.

Full tank w/ stabil. No corrosion issues, but a full tank does not allow oxygen to get to the fuel and degrade it.

Over-inflate tires to 59 PSI.

Get a battery tender, pull battery and leave on the bench.

Or, forget everything I just wrote if you don't care about treating your car the best.

But, trying to drive in winter is an excercise in frustration, I mean, if you can't drive it like a Porsche, what's the point?

My '90 964 is asleep under it's cover, fresh oil, clean, battery pulled, keeping my '76 2002 company, and waiting for Spring.

We got 15" of snow here today and it's heading to -15°F for the next couple days. There's no point in taking it out before Spring, I like my cars.



Cheers!

[eightsandaces]

48 plus inches in four days, another four day storm starts tonight with the dire predictions of 40 more to the lucky county that wins. The closest I got to the Porsche was to watch the guy shovel the drifts off the garage its in. I completely agree with the "leave it in hibernation" advise. Besides, the rust below my intake vent, (which makes no sense to any of us who have it), is accelerating, I can just imagine what some salt treatments would do for it....

[vath2001]

Always store with a full tank. Add fuel stabile and its fine in the spring. My tires call for a max 44 PSI. I run them up to about 50 PSI for storge. Am I damaging them, or is the 44 PSI max meant for actually road use?

[Flavor 987S]

For those concerned about flatspotting and tire damage due to overinflation, it clearly states in your Owner's Manual, for long term storage to overinflate your tires. For example, it is recommended to overinflate my 2006 987S to 58 PSI.

I've done this now for 4 winters, with excellent results (I also take one step further, and use nitrogen).

[Mark_T]

I lift the car and turn the wheels a quarter turn once a month. I don't have lot of front to back room where I store it so moving it to rotate the tires really isn't an option. Also, it's -29C here right now - you wanna try rolling a car that's been sitting at that temperature for a while - you'll think it's been welded to the floor.