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Old 08-05-08, 03:40 PM
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Well the time will soon come for me and my wife to leave NC and move back to NorCal for good. However, due to working arrangements with my company, I will be storing my GS4 at our old home for about 30 days before I can return to drive it back to CA. Here's my question: Is there anything special I need to do besides disconnecting the battery assumming the car will be in a garage for the next 30 days? Is it even necessary to disconnect the battery?
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Old 08-05-08, 03:52 PM
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I would leave the battery hooked up and use a Battery Tender to maintain it while your gone.
Old 08-05-08, 04:10 PM
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Battery Tender is a good idea but if it's stored indoors or you aren't worried about break-ins you could just disconnect the battery as that is free. Wouldn't be a bad idea to get an oil change when you get back and also store the car with as little gas as possible. Other than that you should be fine.
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put ur car on jack stands so ur tires won't be lop-sided.
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Lock your doors?
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Originally Posted by scooter58
put ur car on jack stands so ur tires won't be lop-sided.
either that or over inflate your tires
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one thing dont forget about it haha other than that id leave the battery connected just in case we stored all our three cars with the battery connected (all new batteries) for 3 days and they were fine
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30 days the battery will most likely be dead.
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Originally Posted by macd7919
Battery Tender is a good idea but if it's stored indoors or you aren't worried about break-ins you could just disconnect the battery as that is free. Wouldn't be a bad idea to get an oil change when you get back and also store the car with as little gas as possible. Other than that you should be fine.
Thanks...Car will be stored indoors so I'll just disconnect the battery. As for the oil, that's on my list since I will be driving over 2800 miles from NC to CA
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