• tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, for the most part. The other commenter is right about that battery, tho. Disconnecting the battery will help, but depending on the type and age of the battery (and temperatures in the storage area) the battery might still not last. Trickle charger might be ideal here, even just a little solar panel for it.

    Gas in the tank is another thing. There might be conflicting opinions on how best to handle this, but- I would run the tank as empty as practical, then fill it up completely (so you have all fresh gas) and add a stabilizer. Most stabilizers will keep the gas good for 1-2 years. Best to make sure its an Ethanol stabilizer (like Sta-Bil 360), unless you put pure gas in. Then make sure to drive it a little so the stabilized gas gets into the whole fuel system.

    Otherwise, give it a good wash and then a cover for it if you can if it’ll be outside in the elements. Depending on the storage environment, things could still start growing on it, inside and out.

  • FaceDeer@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    I did this myself, unintentionally of course. I inherited a car but didn’t have a driver’s license, so the car stayed on the driveway for roughly a year until I got around to getting the license. I did do some minimal maintenance on it - every once in a while I’d go out and start the engine, I moved it slightly back and forth in the driveway to ensure that the wheels weren’t always in the same position, and I trickle-charged the battery once or twice when it wouldn’t start.

    The car seemed to come out of the experience perfectly fine. I needed to change the battery about another year later, after I’d been driving it a while, but I’m sure that’s just because the battery was super old to begin with.