99 Maxima parked for months

I parked my car because I can't afford the insurance and gas.
Will be parked for about 8-9 months. Meantime, walking &
taking the bus.

What else must I do, other than disconnect the battery?

Ex: Should I worry about the tires - car sitting in same position
for so long?.

I don't dare drive it w/o insurance. So Is there any point to
reconnecting the battery just to roll the car back & forth in the
driveway?

Or am I worried about nothing.

In addition to the tires, what else should I keep an eye on?

TIA

aspasia wrote:

I parked my car because I can't afford the insurance and gas.
Will be parked for about 8-9 months. Meantime, walking &
taking the bus.

What else must I do, other than disconnect the battery?

Ex: Should I worry about the tires - car sitting in same position
for so long?.

I don't dare drive it w/o insurance. So Is there any point to
reconnecting the battery just to roll the car back & forth in the
driveway?

Or am I worried about nothing.

In addition to the tires, what else should I keep an eye on?

TIA

If you don't have jackstands and a place to leave it sit on the
jackstands, don't worry about the tires. You might consider putting an
extra 10psi in them though.

Put a container of fuel preservative in the tank though.

Dave

On May 13, 9:02 pm, aspasia wrote:

I parked my car because I can't afford the insurance and gas.
Will be parked for about 8-9 months. Meantime, walking &
taking the bus.

What else must I do, other than disconnect the battery?

Ex: Should I worry about the tires - car sitting in same position
for so long?.

I don't dare drive it w/o insurance. So Is there any point to
reconnecting the battery just to roll the car back & forth in the
driveway?

Or am I worried about nothing.

In addition to the tires, what else should I keep an eye on?

TIA

Will you be able to access the car for those 8 or 9 months? It would
be advisable that you do. Cars do not like to sit still. For example,
the main reason a/c used to fail in older cars was from lack of use.
Today's car have their climate control configured such that you wind
up using the a/c more often than not. When you hit the windshiled
defogger, you engage the a/c.


In your situation I would advise you do this;

1. Put the car on jackstands to save the tires. Tires aint cheap these
days.
2. Start and run the car with everything on, a/c lights etc. Listen to
the radio or good CD. Since its on stands you can put it in drive and
let the car roll for a bit too.
3. Do this for about 30 minutes to let all the fluids warm up and
circulate.
4. When you're done, dis-connect the battery.
5. Come back and do this every once a month.


CD

<aspasia> wrote

I parked my car because I can't afford the insurance and gas.
Will be parked for about 8-9 months. Meantime, walking &
taking the bus.

What else must I do, other than disconnect the battery?

Ex: Should I worry about the tires - car sitting in same position
for so long?.

I don't dare drive it w/o insurance. So Is there any point to
reconnecting the battery just to roll the car back & forth in the
driveway?

Or am I worried about nothing.

In addition to the tires, what else should I keep an eye on?

TIA
====

I highly advise keeping it togather and just starting it once each week.
Your asking for real problems if you don't.

On Mon, 14 May 2007 11:42:33 -0600, "KybonaWhogonna"
<KybonaWhogonnayouspamnot (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

aspasia> wrote in message
news:YJWdnfV8IdO5KNrbnZ2dnUVZ_tjinZ2d (AT) adelphia (DOT) com...

I parked my car because I can't afford the insurance and gas.
Will be parked for about 8-9 months. Meantime, walking &
taking the bus.

What else must I do, other than disconnect the battery?

Ex: Should I worry about the tires - car sitting in same position
for so long?.

I don't dare drive it w/o insurance. So Is there any point to
reconnecting the battery just to roll the car back & forth in the
driveway?

Or am I worried about nothing.

In addition to the tires, what else should I keep an eye on?

TIA
====
I highly advise keeping it togather and just starting it once each week.
Your asking for real problems if you don't.

By "keeping it together" you mean re-connect the battery, I assume?

Pls verify.

OK, and *how long* should I run it each week? Never did understand
whether just running the motor charges battery, or do wheels actually
have to turn. Or am I citing ancient history?

Thanks to all who gave input!

'Preciate it.

Aspasia

On Mon, 14 May 2007 05:52:17 -0400, David Geesaman
<dgeesamanIHateSpam (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

aspasia wrote:
I parked my car because I can't afford the insurance and gas.
Will be parked for about 8-9 months. Meantime, walking &
taking the bus.

What else must I do, other than disconnect the battery?

Ex: Should I worry about the tires - car sitting in same position
for so long?.

I don't dare drive it w/o insurance. So Is there any point to
reconnecting the battery just to roll the car back & forth in the
driveway?

Or am I worried about nothing.

In addition to the tires, what else should I keep an eye on?

TIA

If you don't have jackstands and a place to leave it sit on the
jackstands, don't worry about the tires. You might consider putting an
extra 10psi in them though.

Put a container of fuel preservative in the tank though.

Er...what is fuel preservative? Can you explain how it "preserves"
fuel? Also perhaps some brand names?

TIA

Aspasia

Dave