Park the car aside for 6 months
 

Hi

I am working out of town for 6 months so no need the car. I stopped the insurance and parked it in the garage two weeks ago and now is already out of battery.

Can I leave it like that for the next 6 months or do I need to do anything? It's a 06 Mustang GT conv.

Thanks
Jirong

Did you fill the tank up and add Stabil?

I think the tank is quite full. No I didn't add anything. Can you tell me what shall I do?

Jirong

I would definitely add some sort of fuel stabilizer, like Stabil, especially if you're parking it for 6 months. If you still have some room in the tank for a few gallons of gas, then I would suggest putting the Stabil in, and then filling the tank right after to ensure its mixed in the tank a bit. Also you should run your car for a bit, to ensure the mixture is completely through the entire fuel system.:tup

Trickle charger would be a good idea. Normally the battery drains on GT models because of the stereo system particularly if the radio button is left in the on position. I believe there are a few posts on this subject.

Good call on the stabil Dub. If your battery goes dead it can cause issues with your windows when opening the doors. I would hook up a battery tender and it will be fine.

Stabil FOR SURE, trickle charger, oil change - I also throw a box of Arm and Hammer inside to keep things smelling clean.

+1 on the oil change. I use bounce sheets but arm and hammer would work too.

Arm and Hammer or Bounce Sheets...never consider that. Good idea.

The bounce sheets will also keep any mice away as well! :tup

Best things to do is over inflate the tires 5 psi or so, fill the tank with some good fuel, and add stabilizer, add some new oil, along with a new oil filter, start the car for a few minutes or so to let the new oil to get threw the engine, and also to allow the stabilizer to get to the injectors. Turn stang off, thrown some bounce sheets in the interior, engine bay, and trunk to keep the little critters away.
Go do what you need to do, then when you get back home, it will be ready for you to play again.

Huh, I always used the Arm and Hammer to keep things smelling neutral - smells pretty fresh when I unwrap the car in the spring. Will Bounce sheets really keep mice away? Do they just not like the smell? I've never heard of this little trick!

I know that lots of people use bounce in their rv's also for the mice reason. They must not like the smell I guess.

One of my employee's told me about the bounce sheet thing. He stored his holiday trailer at his uncles farm, with about 5 other people's trailers, and everybody else was putting bounce sheets throughout their trailers, and he told them they were all nuts. In the spring when he went to pick up his trailer it was full of mice, and guess what......the others had absolutely none! So yeah it works, and it may sound a little overboard, but I park the Stang on a bed of bounce sheets in the garage, and the load them up all over the tires, wheels, in the trunk, etc. I also have 3 of those plug in things in the garage that suppossedly send out a signal to keep mice away, and then I hide blocks of mouse poison in a few areas in the garage, where the dogs can't get at them. Overboard maybe, but I wont see a mouse ever!:chacha:

I think there's a business opportunity here for you Dub...called Mouse Be Gone...:lol

Yeah an I could start a reality TV show called "DublDee the Canadian Exterminator". All I need to do is grow my 80's mullit back, and find a real gay looking cowboy hat, and cowboy boots with real tricked out spurs! :lol

Did you cancel all your insurance or did you consider carrying fire and theft insurance only while the car sits in the garage. It doesn't cost too much to carry this insurance and it protects your interest if something were to happen.

Maybe overboard but I'd rather spend $20 on bounce sheets than paying to fix the damage those little bastards can do.

Wow, I had NO idea. Any particular scent of Bounce sheet or does any do the trick?

I just get the original kind

^^ That's what I use.

That's what I'll start using too. Awesome. A +++++++++++++ Thanks for the tip guys!

a little late to the party and I have not looked at the previous replies but do what you do for the winter and all will be good