Originally Posted by rooftop (Post 3329162)

Good afternoon

Originally Posted by Leingod (Post 3329149)

Okay..... Btw, PD2 tonight? I'm free all night

Originally Posted by rooftop (Post 3328767)

I've been walking around all day. Dead tired :yawn:

Originally Posted by Davey (Post 3329141)

I think you're probably right, but I worry too much... $70 worth of oil isn't worth worrying over, to me... So I decided to stick with my "overkill" method of changing in the fall, then changing again in the spring. :icon17:

I ended up making an appointment for 10/31. So I might drive the car once or twice after that (although it will get down to the low 30's overnight, we don't usually get snow or have any road salt put down until 1st week of December) and then I'll put the battery tender on it and shut the door and try not to think about it for 5 months.

My DD has summer tires on it too, and they're getting pretty "entertaining" with these 45-degree mornings. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Leingod (Post 3329145)

DO we absolutely need battery tenders?

Originally Posted by madwi (Post 3329166)

Nooooooo!! Microtransactions in payday after they said Never ever going to happen. :shakes head: The backlash on the web is getting crazy lol. Dont even try to read the steam forums, try the payday subreddit.

Originally Posted by b15 (Post 3329196)

No. But it'll be hit or miss if it starts in the spring on its own. Float chargers (doesn't have to be battery tender brand) are cheap and worth it. I use one every winter and my OEM battery is still going strong

Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 3329172)

It's Friday?

:woot: :happydance:

Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 3329203)

Hump day!!!

Originally Posted by rooftop (Post 3329162)

Good afternoon

Originally Posted by b15 (Post 3329190)

In the spring in the first start, I take it for a nice long drive and get the oil nice and hot. Any condensation that may have accumulated while it was sitting will evaporate. In my opinion, it's only needed to change before or after storage.

Originally Posted by Leingod (Post 3329145)

DO we absolutely need battery tenders?

Originally Posted by Leingod (Post 3329227)

$250 for flatstoppers. No thanks. i'll have the guy move the car forwards and back a foot each month.

Originally Posted by Davey (Post 3329250)

:hello:




That's what have always done (in the spring) except I've also changed it in the fall. In spring, when the 6 month interval is up again, I get it changed again. So, Nov 1 and May 1, more or less.

It's probably a waste of money but whatever. :icon17:




Not absolutely, but your battery will last a lot longer and the car will actually start without charging it in the spring.

Also you don't want to have the battery so dead that the "drop the windows 1/4 inch" thing doesn't happen. :ugh:



You don't need those, you don't need to move the car forward and back, and you don't need Sta-bil. I leave my tires at the normal pressure (which is 34 psi in my case) when I store the car every year, I've never had a problem with flat spots. As long as the tires aren't low on air you won't have a problem.

A lot of the "wisdom" on this subject is more applicable to 60's cars with 60's gas tanks and bias-ply tires. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Leingod (Post 3329258)

I ordered a tender just to be safe. Cheap $25 one. Flatstoppers were insane. I'll take my chances with flat tires. For the $10, I'll get stabil. Can't hurt. The storage place is heated and on tile. So I'm not to worried.