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rockymtn
Joined: 01 Oct 2010
Location: USA
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 Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject: cars left at home |
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What did you do with your car when you left your country? I'm not sure if I want to sell, loan or store my car.
If you stored your car, where did you keep it? |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Stored mine at a boat storage place. They just asked me to drive it into their big hangar-like building. I put the car up on blocks, and some other stuff. Google "car storage", because there are some important steps there. |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| my dad uses it. i left my motorcycle at home too. i thought about shipping it here, does anyone know anything about shipping a vehicle here? i should've sold it, it's just collecting dust now. |
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Missihippi
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
Location: Gwangmyeong
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| sold my 4runner to clear all my debt from home so i wouldn't have to send money back. best decision ever. |
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Patrick Bateman
Joined: 21 Apr 2009
Location: Lost in Translation
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: cars left at home |
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| rockymtn wrote: |
What did you do with your car when you left your country? I'm not sure if I want to sell, loan or store my car.
If you stored your car, where did you keep it? |
I really like my car so I stored it in my parent's garage. They don't drive much so it wasn't a problem.
Jack the car up at the four chaise points.
Add a fuel stabilizer and top it off.
Use synthetic oil if you can.
Crack the windows a bit.
Give the car a wax.
Put the car in neutral and disengage the parking brake (for standards, not sure about automatics).
Remove the battery terminals.
There may be more that I'm forgetting, but those are some of the most important, especially if you live in a colder climate like I do/did (Chicago). |
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Quack Addict
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: cars left at home |
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| rockymtn wrote: |
What did you do with your car when you left your country? I'm not sure if I want to sell, loan or store my car.
If you stored your car, where did you keep it? |
Parents garage. Added it to their homeowners insurance. If the house burns down I'm good. |
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J Rock
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Location: The center of the Earth, Suji
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:47 am Post subject: Re: cars left at home |
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| Patrick Bateman wrote: |
| rockymtn wrote: |
What did you do with your car when you left your country? I'm not sure if I want to sell, loan or store my car.
If you stored your car, where did you keep it? |
I really like my car so I stored it in my parent's garage. They don't drive much so it wasn't a problem.
Jack the car up at the four chaise points.
Add a fuel stabilizer and top it off.
Use synthetic oil if you can.
Crack the windows a bit.
Give the car a wax.
Put the car in neutral and disengage the parking brake (for standards, not sure about automatics).
Remove the battery terminals.
There may be more that I'm forgetting, but those are some of the most important, especially if you live in a colder climate like I do/did (Chicago). |
This is pretty much what I did but I wanted my car started once a month so I kept the battery attached and put a trickle charger on it. I was also told that for long periods of time the rubber on your tires can rot, so I coated the entire tire in that tire shine stuff in hopes of it keeping from dry rot.
After about 2 years I knew I was gonna be here for awhile and I asked my dad to sell it for me, and I was sick of making a payment every month for a car I didn't use. The cool thing about it is after I sold it I got back $9,000 because I had been paying on it for so long and I didn't owe that much more on it. So I got a little extra money and I didn't have to send home money for the payment anymore, I was happy. |
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rockymtn
Joined: 01 Oct 2010
Location: USA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:53 am Post subject: Insurance |
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| If you're keeping your car stored did you have to keep up on the tags? |
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J Rock
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Location: The center of the Earth, Suji
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:11 am Post subject: Re: Insurance |
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| rockymtn wrote: |
| If you're keeping your car stored did you have to keep up on the tags? |
I didn't becuase I kept it in a garage. Maybe if you left it outside the police might notice it. |
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Patrick Bateman
Joined: 21 Apr 2009
Location: Lost in Translation
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: Insurance |
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| rockymtn wrote: |
| If you're keeping your car stored did you have to keep up on the tags? |
I kept mine just because the amount is negligible ($70) and because it's just easier for me. Plus, you never know if you or someone else will have to drive your car. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:15 am Post subject: |
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I left mine at my girlfriends house. Her younger sister starts it up most weekends for me and takes it for a short drive.
I only ever intended on coming back here for a year this time around so it was pointless selling it. Might not go back to live in Ireland though so I may off load it when I go home. |
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illvibetip
Joined: 28 Oct 2010
Location: south korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| machoman wrote: |
| my dad uses it. i left my motorcycle at home too. i thought about shipping it here, does anyone know anything about shipping a vehicle here? i should've sold it, it's just collecting dust now. |
My freind brought his Harley over last year. In the end it took almost 8 months and the import taxes were almost the same as the original price he paid for the bike.
yeah, I forgot to say, if youve left it standing, your petrol tank will probably have rusted to crap inside - I dont envy you the job of cleaning that if you did.
a general note on storing, you should;
remove the battery
make sure the tyres are not in contact with concrete- (the alkali in concrete reacts with tyres)
Either drain fuel completely/fill it to the brim or add a fuel stabiliser
cover it - it wont keep it warm but it will help prevent condensation
take plugs out
cover/block exhaust and air intakes
As for running engines at weekly intervals, not good if full engine temperature is not reached and sustained for a considerable period to get the oil hot. Each cold start will be run on rich mixture (old choke) This rich mixture and cold conditions creates internal condensation in the engine inlet combustion chamber and exhaust. The condensate is corrosive and will damage alloy components . |
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