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blackcherry20 10-21-2014 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 3007005)
Yep

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 3007135)
i put 45psi in there at 60F ambient last weekend and the weekend before for my G.

considering my garage can get to 15F in JAN (loss of 4.5psi in addition to natural air pressure loss from tires) i will be pressuring up the tires end of year to ensure that they are 42psi+

some basic science involved in tires pressure..but this all comes from actual experience too.

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 3007142)
btw, i have an ip camera in the garage and monitor humidity and temperature off my digital thermometer/hygrometer. it has night vision so i can see it any time. this helps calculate simulated tire psi, and also to prevent dew build up on my cars and tool cases on days when temp & humidity is significantly higher outside than inside the garage.

at sub 50F, cant run dehumidifier effectively (machine would freeze) so best not to open the garage door on those days, or run a fan and quickly close the garage door on trash days, etc. this also comes from experience over the years.

ive already posted about these things on this site though... :ugh:


:tiphat: :tup:

Mr. Kenchan cares meticulously for his vehicles. :tup:

mishuko 10-21-2014 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by blackcherry20 (Post 3007220)
:tiphat: :tup:

Mr. Kenchan cares meticulously for his vehicles. :tup:

he's definitely an influence to keep my car prestine as possible. except i drive in the rain so i have an excuse to wash my car again :driving:

SouthArk370Z 10-21-2014 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mishuko (Post 3007139)
... no tune yet... but that's also good to know that the tune may reset since i was considering it next year.

I think a tune changes non-volatile memory settings and will survive a power off. You may want to verify that with some of the people that have had their cars tuned.

I was talking about the "run-time tuning" (or whatever Nissan calls it) that the ECM does which is stored in volatile memory.

MacCool 10-21-2014 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mishuko (Post 3007067)
.... unhook the battery.

first time storing it as i es noob owner. actually first time storing a car period so i want to make sure i cover my bases.

I've never unhooked any battery on any vehicle...snowmobiles for summer storage, lawn tractors, cars, boats, and motorcycles for winter storage. $45 for a battery tender to maintain the health of the battery and eliminate the hassle of reprogramming is cheap IMHO.

Skyscraper 10-21-2014 12:17 PM

Man, hearing about brutal winters makes me glad to live on the West coast! Worst we'll ever get is rain (hopefully) and temps dipping around 25F at the absolute coldest time of year/night

MacCool 10-21-2014 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyscraper (Post 3007330)
Man, hearing about brutal winters makes me glad to live on the West coast! Worst we'll ever get is rain (hopefully) and temps dipping around 25F at the absolute coldest time of year/night

Sounds like that would make for really sucky snowmobiling. Makes me glad I live in Minnesota.;)

Skyscraper 10-21-2014 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MacCool (Post 3007374)
Sounds like that would make for really sucky snowmobiling. Makes me glad I live in Minnesota.;)

Just a few hours from the Sierras. We snowmobile by choice in California :tiphat:

Silly Rabbit 10-21-2014 02:38 PM

Anyone ever come up with a convenient place to mount a powerlet connection for keeping the battery on a tender. I use them on my bikes and it makes it so simple. I was thinking about mounting one in the grill area, maybe in the tow hook cover.

MacCool 10-21-2014 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyscraper (Post 3007472)
Just a few hours from the Sierras. We snowmobile by choice in California :tiphat:

"A few hours from the Sierras". That's not snowmobiling, that's a snowmobile trip. I can drive "a few hours" and be sunning myself on a beach somewhere. Snowmobiling is where you ride your machine out of the garage and catch the trail that runs 2 miles from your house. From there your choices are some nice little trailside bar for lunch 50 miles up the trail, or maybe riding up toward the Canadian border for a few days, depending on how you've packed for the trip.

Here in Minnesota, we go visit "rain (hopefully) and temps dipping around 25F" by choice. Frankly, I'd rather have 10 degrees and 3 feet of snow than rain and 25 degree temps.

MacCool 10-21-2014 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Silly Rabbit (Post 3007496)
Anyone ever come up with a convenient place to mount a powerlet connection for keeping the battery on a tender. I use them on my bikes and it makes it so simple. I was thinking about mounting one in the grill area, maybe in the tow hook cover.

Battery Tenders come with both terminal clamps, or a fused two-pin connector that can be permanently mounted to your battery. Then all you have to do is plug it in.

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SouthArk370Z 10-21-2014 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Silly Rabbit (Post 3007496)
Anyone ever come up with a convenient place to mount a powerlet connection for keeping the battery on a tender. I use them on my bikes and it makes it so simple. I was thinking about mounting one in the grill area, maybe in the tow hook cover.

For no more current than we're talking about with a battery tender, you can mount the connector anywhere in/on the car and run 18-14 ga zip cord to the battery. Use appropriate fuses/breakers. The spare tire area comes to mind. Or the glove box. If you don't use the socket below the glove box, wire it to the battery (there is a B+ at the radio that should work).

Skyscraper 10-21-2014 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MacCool (Post 3007512)
"A few hours from the Sierras". That's not snowmobiling, that's a snowmobile trip. I can drive "a few hours" and be sunning myself on a beach somewhere. Snowmobiling is where you ride your machine out of the garage and catch the trail that runs 2 miles from your house. From there your choices are some nice little trailside bar for lunch 50 miles up the trail, or maybe riding up toward the Canadian border for a few days, depending on how you've packed for the trip.

Here in Minnesota, we go visit "rain (hopefully) and temps dipping around 25F" by choice. Frankly, I'd rather have 10 degrees and 3 feet of snow than rain and 25 degree temps.

"A few hours", that's not "sunning yourself on a beach somewhere", that's a "sunning yourself on a beach somewhere trip." :tup:

MacCool 10-21-2014 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyscraper (Post 3007565)
"A few hours", that's not "sunning yourself on a beach somewhere", that's a "sunning yourself on a beach somewhere trip." :tup:

LOL. Yep. I confess, come about April, if there's still snow on the ground (and there occasionally is), I start thinking seriously about a trip to the beach.

kenchan 10-21-2014 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by blackcherry20 (Post 3007220)
:tiphat: :tup:

Mr. Kenchan cares meticulously for his vehicles. :tup:

aka just lazy... :icon17:

kenchan 10-21-2014 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Silly Rabbit (Post 3007496)
Anyone ever come up with a convenient place to mount a powerlet connection for keeping the battery on a tender. I use them on my bikes and it makes it so simple. I was thinking about mounting one in the grill area, maybe in the tow hook cover.

i could, but since i check vitals on a weekly basis in the summer, i just use the umbilical cord on the battery and keep the hood down but unlatched... in winter i just place my car cover over that with a towel between the cord and bumper to prevent scratches and any outgassing stains on the finish. i take the cover off partially every 6-7wks to turn the tires by hand.


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