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There is a possibility we will be moving to Sioux Falls, my wife's home. I know, crazy. Anyway, living in Florida I have never had the concern about garaging my car for the winter. Anybody have a checklist or what they do to winterize their Corvette?
get spot for car close to an electrical socket.
change oil
fill tank with gas
put air pressure in tires to 40 psi to prevent flat spotting
clean car
plug in battery maintainer
cover car
In my opinion most people over do winter prep. I have been winter storing toy cars for about 40 years. I have filled the fuel tank, washed the car and put the battery on a maintainer. That's it, I have never had an issue.
In the Spring, I check tire pressure and wash the winter dust off and then go for a drive.
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There is a possibility we will be moving to Sioux Falls, my wife's home. I know, crazy. Anyway, living in Florida I have never had the concern about garaging my car for the winter. Anybody have a checklist or what they do to winterize their Corvette?
There is a new recommendation on the gas tank when storing to fill only 1/4. The reason for only storing with 1/4 tank of gas has to do with the location of the fuel sending unit. In the C7, the fuel sending units are half way up inside each of the two tanks. Sulfur in the gasoline can coat the fuel level sensors, causing the fuel gauge to become inoperative. The reason that this does not happen when you are regularly driving the car is that movement of the gas in the tanks keeps the contacts clear.
I think it is more damaging to let cars sit for months at a time than it is to occasionally run them on a sunny day. I am a big fan of letting the oil heat up and keeping parts lubricated. There should be enough sunny and snowless days to take the car out occasionally.
I usually avoid driving when there is snow/salt on the ground and I do get the car hand washed throughout the winter and under body sprayed. No signs of rust on my cars.
I'm from Saskatchewan. I'd assume the climate is kinda similar, which means your car comes out in maybe late April and goes back into storage in October or so. You'll get plenty of advice on how to -store- the car, the harder one is "How do you make payments for 7 months a year while the car is in storage!"
The only good news is that every spring, getting the car out is like getting a new car. So you get the visceral thrill of a new car every spring!
I'm in Florida now (hot) but will be going back to NJ later this week. In 2014 I made the decision to get out of NJ during the winter because I couldn't take it anymore. I agree with Mike Campbell about winters in the north. When the snow starts, you'll become nostalgic for Ft. Meyers.
NEVER AGAIN!!
Don't be a wimp. SD is not North. MN, now THAT is north!
PS: My C7 is the first car I have had that was wintered thru the salt/snow season. Kind of annoying actually. General consensus seem to e something like this: add some Stabil, inflate the tires to 35 rather than 30, remember a battery conditioner, and add a dust cover. Trying to get my wife interested in a move to Florida, but not looking promising . . .
I grew up in Florida and have lived all over including Minnesota for 7 years and now New England. Minnesota winters can be tough for a couple of months, but the spring, summer, and fall seasons are so nice. It's 78 degrees here today and 95 degrees where I lived in Florida.
No thanks. I will put up with a couple months of snow but then enjoy the spring, summer weather.
There is a possibility we will be moving to Sioux Falls, my wife's home. I know, crazy. Anyway, living in Florida I have never had the concern about garaging my car for the winter. Anybody have a checklist or what they do to winterize their Corvette?
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Exactly ..........