[low_civic]

so you want to store your ride for the winter...


First off if your garage is heated its a bonus...if not don't worry its all good...and if you don't have a garage jsut make sure its parked in a place where the salt won't get to it (the snow doesn't harm your car its the salt that does)


no what i would do first is give your ride a nice cleaning, inside and outside, if you even want give it a nice wax job...

then once thats all done. take a drive to your nearest gas station fill up on gas.

then once that is done put in fuel stabalizer. (put it b4 the drive home)

once back home change the oil and filter giving it new oil.

thn park the car to where you would like it to be sitting for the winter.

once its sitting make sure your tires are inflated if the recomended is 32 psi put 45psi

(some ppl like putting the car on jacks if you do this remember do NOT lift the car to high up..slight lift is good for your suspension to high is not good what so ever).

now once its sitting there you can open the hood and remove the battery, place the batery in the house (not on concrete floor)

you may put some baking soda in the car as someone said but i never did...

once the battery is out i would plug the lil holes here and there that lil criters can get into, example your exhaust and so on...

now for the car cover you don't have to put one on i never did (even when my car sat outside) all the cover does is protect against dust,

now that the cover is on (or not) the battery is out, cars sitting nicely....go and enjoy the winter...


for your insurance make sure when you call them to only put FIRE, THEFT, and VANDALISM...