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Chevrolet Corvette Maintenance and Repair
As a new 2007 corvette owner, does anyone have advice for purchasing a great indoor/outdoor car cover?
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Store it in the garage in winter, but it needs enough substance to ward off "garage" dings.
Are the Chevrolet dealer covers good or should I buy one through AutoAnything.com ??
Is there a danger of the oil or other lubricants setting up after storing this long?
This is my first Corvette and the first Hibernation.
You are doing more that what I read most people in the north do. Most just put a battery maintainer on it and let it set. There probably is no real need to jack it up off the tires. There is a liquid, Stabl, or something like that, that can be added to gasoline to help 'stablize' it for periods of time. I think it's mostly some alcohol. You might look for a can of this and pour into the tank. Might start the motor and run for a minute after adding, so the mix gets into the fuel lines.
It this an attached garage? So it will not drop to extreme temps inside?
Can 'varments' get to the car? If so, I would try to do more than mothballs. As a matter of fact, I don't think they will keep a mouse away. If there is some possibility of mouse, I would put baited traps all around the car and keep them 'freshly baited' in at attempt to intercept the mouse before he got to the car. And also put Decon or other mouse bait around it. You want to keep them from chewing on the wires or getting inside.
Of course, there is available for puchase an inflatable 'bubble' that you can drive the car into, zip it up, and I think a small compressor runs to keep the plastic blown up and off the surface of the car. Maybe heats is also.....
Unless the temp is extermely low, like zero or less, the fluids are going to be ok when you start the car. If it is actually going to get to these temps, you might consider pulling the battery out and moving it inside to room temps. But over 3 months, you are going to still need to charge a battery every few weeks. And watch for fumes if you actually have it inside your house.
I had a 1989 Mustang Gt once that had a mouse nest under the car near the exhaust manifold that was discovered by a oil change technician.