2010 sitting in garage :(
 

Unfortunately I am not able to drive my Z as often as I would like since we are trying to stay home during this virus outbreak. It's been about 3 weeks since I was last out. How often and for how long should I drive it to keep all the fluids going to all the places it needs to go? Do I need to worry about the gas getting stale? (I'm in CA) I am a caregiver now so it may be awhile before I can take a serious road trip. Thanks.

If you don't drive for an extended period, you might put Stabil in the gas tank.

I have at least a couple cars that hibernate for about 6-7 months out of a year and they need minimal preparation beforehand. IMO, three weeks are easy, but if you feel something has to be done, do these 3 things:

- top off the fuel tanks
- connect a float charger (not trickle charger), leave the hood open
- inflate tires to about 5 psi above the recommended pressures

I don't add any fuel stabilizer and I leave the car parked for the duration without starting or warming up.

I park my Z around Thanksgiving. And bring it back out around April 1st. I top the tank off. and put a battery tender on it. That's it.

Thanks so much. One less thing to worry about.
PS. RE: COVID19. If you have a glass of wine in each hand you won't touch your face😁

Guys and Gals,

Still in the 40's here, but no snow or salt on the roads. I've had mine out 3 times now over the last 3 weeks, twice with the top up and on one 68 degree oddball day with it down. Did a 20 mile loop back home on secondary roads and stopped nowhere to keep me and everyone else safe.

Its been parked all winter, had an oil change before being tucked away with 5 psi over in each tire, a full tank of fuel (no stabilzer) and a car cover. Every 6 weeks a slow trickle charge to the battery and that's it.

I've done it this way for years with all of my past toy cars that don't get winter driven.

I drive my car for about an hour once a week, and was starting to think/worry about whether this would affect my car from sitting, but your post provided me with some assurance that it's okay, so thank you :tup:

Y’all are fine. I shamefully admit mine has been sitting in the garage, only run for maybe a couple tanks of gas worth of miles per year since 2 little ones came into my life.

Side note, if parked inside a garage, put a dehumidifying thingy in the cabin, keeping moisture to minimum and it may prevent the melting dash syndrome. Dash may or may not go bad, but better safe than sorry.

Melting dash even inside a garage?

Mine has been in the garage since I bought it in 12/11. No dash issues. :tup: Plus I use 303 on it.

I got 3 dashes with melting dash syndrome, my Z and G when they were rarely driven and sitting in garage. The other is a used one I purchased, it was sitting in the attic before I bought it, car was stripped for racing and owner left the part sitting.

And other cases just like mine under same condition. There’s a thread about it.

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These are not Ferraris. I mean that in a good way. They do not degrade from lack of use and do not require any special preparations or treatments to keep them in tip top shape during short term storage.

My 2010 ZR has also been sitting in the garage (since early March). Like others have suggested, I've been using a battery tender. I also have a few of those lithium battery jumpers around just in case (for my other vehicles). Since the stay-in-place order, we haven't done hardly any driving.

Put 100K miles on my Z in 6 years with no dash issues whatsover. Within 6 months of turning the car into a garage queen, my dash turned to shìt :mad: