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I'd store it at home. I have a quick process I use that I outline in my video below if that helps. I live in Southern Ontario and have been doing it this way since I bought the car in 2005. Never had any problems.
Update I bought a 4'x 34' roll of 1/4" checkered plate rubber($476), I did 2 strips of 17' and laid it on the floor. I put in a few open boxes of baking soda in the cab, I then tried the Canadian burrito wrap using the recommendations above.
2021's score I caught 22 mice with peanut butter and snap!
I'm fortunate to have a heated garage for winter storage. I set a few mousetraps and check as I'm usually in the garage everyday anyway. 1/4 tank of gas with some Techron poured in, a tender and call it good.
The '56 Chevy sits in the unheated garage on a tender and a boatload of bounce fabric sheets everywhere. Been doing that for years with no mice issues so it must be working. Once I get power (and heat) to the new shop all of the toys are going in there.
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Sounds like you have received plenty of advice on storing your vehicle. Good call ditching the storage place you were renting and keeping the vehicle at home.
update i bought a 4'x 34' roll of 1/4" checkered plate rubber($476), i did 2 strips of 17' and laid it on the floor. I put in a few open boxes of baking soda in the cab, i then tried the canadian burrito wrap using the recommendations above.
2021's score i caught 22 mice with peanut butter and snap!
What works for me is; drive in garage, close garage door, turn on split air system and set temp to 65 and walk in the house. Be available to drive it the next day if one so chooses.
Update I bought a 4'x 34' roll of 1/4" checkered plate rubber($476), I did 2 strips of 17' and laid it on the floor. I put in a few open boxes of baking soda in the cab, I then tried the Canadian burrito wrap using the recommendations above.
2021's score I caught 22 mice with peanut butter and snap!
I live in Upstate NY and it's usually cold in the winter, I store my car in the garage every year with no issues. Like many I overinflate my tires, use dryer sheets in the engine bay, cabin and trunk. I also have race trex flooring in the garage and park my car on some carpet squares (not that this does anything) and trickle charge it. I never start it until spring and when I do it starts right up... I would be more scared about the mice than the cold !! Good luck...
My garage is a 2 car under it stays around 50 to 55 degrees in the winter months because the furnace room is on the other side of the garage wall. Hook up battery tender end of story till the spring. No cover necessary .
This what I do for cold storage in my garage.
1 Lay down plastic over concrete.
2 Put pads down for tires and add a few pounds of air to tires.
3 Add dryer sheets to inside and engine compartment.
4 Have fuel tank at 1/8 to a 1/4 of fuel. Last year was first year doing it that way in past filled tank.
5 Connect battery tender.
6 let it be till spring.
I do add Sea Form to last fill up so some is left in tank.
I did replace cover in picture as wife thought it was dusty and washed it after remodeling in house/ garage and it shrunk making it look like GS was on steroids.
Storing in a cold space in doors is fine. Clean it up, cover it, trickle on and leave it alone. Will be fine and start up just fine in spring.
I agree. I change the oil/filter, make sure the fuel tank is full with Sta-Bil added, put on the battery tender JR, add a few pounds of air to the tires (up to 35 psi), vacuum the interior and put on the cover. I have been doing this same routine for many years, and I have never had an issue.
My garage is not heated but does not get colder than 40 degrees. My C7 was out back in early December and is connected to a tender with the hatch closed, added stabil in a full tank of gas and added 35 lbs of air to the tires. No cover. I have been doing this since 1987 with no problems. Then if i have to move my car i unplug the tender and out it goes !!!
3 Add dryer sheets to inside and engine compartment.
I do add Sea Form to last fill up so some is left in tank.
I did replace cover in picture as wife thought it was dusty and washed it after remodeling in house/ garage and it shrunk making it look like GS was on steroids.
You know that is an old wives' tale, right?
Don't think it made the top list for stabilization, did it? Thought Star Tron or Stabil was supposedly the best?
How does that happen? Does it mean that if you leave it outside it will shrink? Or did she wash it in hot water?
My garage is a 2 car under it stays around 50 to 55 degrees in the winter months because the furnace room is on the other side of the garage wall. Hook up battery tender end of story till the spring. No cover necessary .
Contrary to popular belief, it does get down to freezing in SoCal from time to time! Frost on the grass this morning, but garage was at 49 degrees. Garage is attached, so that helps, and water heater no doubt contributes some BTUs.
Don't think it made the top list for stabilization, did it? Thought Star Tron or Stabil was supposedly the best?
How does that happen? Does it mean that if you leave it outside it will shrink? Or did she wash it in hot water?
Dryer sheets old wife's tale maybe. But I haven't had a mouse problem sense I started using them after I bought my first Corvette years ago. I'm good with using them !
As for Sea Foam been using it again for years after a car collector and mechanic for work recommended Sea Foam. So I'm feel comfortable with choice. Thanks for offering options.
Yes was washed in hot water and I think dryer was used also. I bought new cover and now have tighter one just in case more remodeling or if car needs to be outside a few days I won't have to worry about cover blowing off in wind.
Dryer sheets old wife's tale maybe. But I haven't had a mouse problem sense I started using them after I bought my first Corvette years ago. I'm good with using them !
As for Sea Foam been using it again for years after a car collector and mechanic for work recommended Sea Foam. So I'm feel comfortable with choice. Thanks for offering options.
Yes was washed in hot water and I think dryer was used also. I bought new cover and now have tighter one just in case more remodeling or if car needs to be outside a few days I won't have to worry about cover blowing off in wind.
Mr neither except one year in my RV that was stored at the edge of a cornfield in the last 15 years. So far, I have cleaned it up, winterized and locked up at the storage facility which sits at the edge of the field growing cash crops.
Reason I asked is that THIS is about as unbiased a report I can find on a test done. My old boat mechanic swears by SeaFoam but I think that while it was good in the past, it might be surpassed by others. Not really used it for cars. Most of the time it is the watercraft but they sit in water when they are run so there is that.
Interesting. My wife's sweater probably fits a Barbie doll the neighbor bought for his daughter. She wasn't impressed so I have been barred from doing her special clothes hamper created for clothes that are more difficult for me.
I am so glad I live in south Texas - so many reasons plus now this!
I had hip replaced before Christmas and could not drive anything let alone the really hard to get into and out of c7. I had some one start it and run for 10minutes to get things flowing and warmed once a week. I figured my house generator runs once a week on Tuesday morning at 10am automatically and so the vette, Mustang and truck could be handled the same. I would be more of a nut case than I am if I had to not drive these things every winter for months at a time?
I am back driving but still no easy task getting in or out of vette or Mustang? Damn hip!
good luck to all those up north
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