Winter storage
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Yea there ok! Depends on the environment your going to store the car in determines wether u need it or not! But no down side --
Safety Car
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A buddy has one. His opinion is that if you can afford the electricity to run it then it's worth it.
As for me, a soft blanket over the car and then a good cover has worked fine for me for the past 12 years.
As for me, a soft blanket over the car and then a good cover has worked fine for me for the past 12 years.
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Some of these cars sit out in the elements on dealer lots for quite some time until they get sold, then we buy them and think they need to be stored in a hermetically sealed environment for winter. I just use a good quality car cover.
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Other than maybe keeping the mice out, I never really understood those bubble things. The air inside them will still be as humid, or dry, as the air outside the bubble because you're blowing that same unconditioned air into them.
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A good car cover is really all that is needed to keep the dust off it.
Although I store my car in a heated garage, pretty well sealed off to any outside openings, I put some Bounce Softeners inside the car, and in the engine compartment, to keep any potential mice from migrating inside the car.
They smell good too!
Although I store my car in a heated garage, pretty well sealed off to any outside openings, I put some Bounce Softeners inside the car, and in the engine compartment, to keep any potential mice from migrating inside the car.
They smell good too!
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Safety Car
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Fill up the gas tank, add a bottle of Stabil, hook up the battery tender, do whatever you want to your tires depending on what surface they're on (you'll find plenty of different opinions on this subject), throw a couple of Bounce sheets inside, and cover her up with a quality cover. I put a bounce sheet in each tail pipe and one or two under the car because I DO get mice (found a next in my Monte a few years ago). And I DO cover my tailpipes with my cover.
I park my car on cement (in the garage) and I put down those interlocking rubber floor tiles like they use in pre schools, and I have tire cradles that I park on. I use the floor tiles to keep some of the cold and damp from rising to the underside of my car. Been working great for as long as I've owned Vettes.
I park my car on cement (in the garage) and I put down those interlocking rubber floor tiles like they use in pre schools, and I have tire cradles that I park on. I use the floor tiles to keep some of the cold and damp from rising to the underside of my car. Been working great for as long as I've owned Vettes.
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Well, I can only speak to my own experience, but I've been using them since discovering that the mice nested in my Monte Carlo motor and haven't had a single problem since. That's been at least 10 or more years.
http://thehousingforum.com/how-to-repel-mice/
http://thehousingforum.com/how-to-repel-mice/
Instructor
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From: Cedar Rapids IA
I've been using dryer sheets (generic cheepies) in my boat over winter for 7 years, never had a single mouse. A couple years it was stored next to a hog confinement building and a corn field. That was the real test, those things are mice havens.
Racer
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From: Myrtle Beach South Carolina
Yup. When i lived in the northeast (yuck) I would fill the car with gas, throw in some dry gas, change the oil,over inflate the tires a little, crack the windows, wash / wax, take some charcoal and put it in a pie tin on the floor of the car. It will help absorb any moisture buildup. Throw a cover on her and kiss her goodnight until spring.... or you can do what I did when I had enough of the snow and cold....MOVE!! Good Luck!!
