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Greensburg, IN - USA
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[QUOTE=KDADDY79] Thanks Tux.
Trust me I do know.... I am very PASSIONATE about the vettes in the garage. Heck sometimes I can be found in the winter just sittin in the garage readin. (With an ocassional look of admiration towards the vettes.....

I'll add a trickle charger this winter.
(Sometimes in the winter I just have to go out and check it over. It's like cabin fever, but worse.)
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Trust me I do know.... I am very PASSIONATE about the vettes in the garage. Heck sometimes I can be found in the winter just sittin in the garage readin. (With an ocassional look of admiration towards the vettes.....



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I cover mine just to keep the dust off. I leave the windows down to let everything breathe.
In a heated garage you shouldn't have a problem with condensation, but keep an eye open on the metal parts like the frame.
You might consider putting plastic under the frame to keep moisture out and catch any drips.
Differing views on tire pressure, but I just keep mine at 32.
Make sure you don't have any mice in the garage. They like to hibernate in the craziest places.


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Just sit inside, and wait for the snow to stop and the roads to clear.
THEN DRIVE IT! 

Actually, several parts of the advice in the links is quite good.

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Trust me I do know.... I am very PASSIONATE about the vettes in the garage. Heck sometimes I can be found in the winter just sittin in the garage readin. (With an ocassional look of admiration towards the vettes.....
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Trust me I do know.... I am very PASSIONATE about the vettes in the garage. Heck sometimes I can be found in the winter just sittin in the garage readin. (With an ocassional look of admiration towards the vettes.....



OMG! I would say you are more like.................. "POSSESED." 











Poor Yankes...............Texas is just an OK State, but when the fall/winter comes, I begin to like it more.......





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and to that all I can say is thank you Micki..... lol
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Mason, MI - USA
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Tons of good advice here. Here's mine. I have three I keep in an attached, unheated garage. I always change oil and filter after the final warmup run to the gas station where I put in Stabil and top off the tanks. Full tanks don't allow room for condensation formation. I keep the tires at the highest recommended pressure, and move the cars forward and back over the winter every month or so keeping the tires on a different spot each time. Helps avoid flat spotting, which isn't a big concern with the newer tires, but still a concern. Wash and wax and cover with a light and breathable dust cover, leaving the windows open an inch or so. I leave the batteries in and hooked up, but each car has it's own battery tender which turns on and off as needed. Every few weeks I get in and push the brake pedal a few times, hard enough to flex the seals in the calipers. This prevents them from pulling back and leaking. I put one mothball in each tailpipe and cover each with a washcloth and rubber band - for mice. I also put a few mothballs in a mesh bag, and put a few bags around the engine compartment. I put a couple smelly dryer sheets on the floor inside. I don't start them unless I can drive them for at least a half hour, and that is seldom because even dry roads in the winter have salt dust on them - and it gets everywhere in the frame. That's about it except for saying goodnight to each every night, and wishing for an early spring. I have never had a storage problem using these methods for November - March storage. Four months is about normal for most northern states. Good luck!
Now 'ya see(???), there's one more thing I never thought of; put the mothballs in a mesh bag.
I'll go out to the garage and collect up all those motthballs and put them in a few mesh bags. BRILLIANT, I tell you.
Thanks for the input!
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Oh yeah. I just remembered. If you don't have a mesh bag, just cut up some of your wife's or girlfriend's pantyhose into squares, drop a few balls into them, and tie them off. Or old socks, or whatever. Yeah, I see what I just wrote...........don't go there

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