Sigh...getting ready for winter
 

Its getting close to that time. There is a good post somewhere on here about winter storage which i will try to find again. that post didn't mention block heaters tho, and the dealer suggested putting one in (originally a cali car). I never plugged in my first S over the winter. my garage isn't heated. suggestions? also, other than checking the antifreeze level, anyone got any other ideas or suggestions?

Main things to check is that anti-freeze is good and possibly add some fuel stabilizer. If you have no intentions of driving or starting the car over the winter there is no reason to add a block heater. The dealership just wants to take your money for that. Its not good to keep a block heater plugged in for major extended periods of time anyways. Not like your gonna leave your car plugged in all winter.
Besides I have never owned a better winter starter than any honda product. -45 for a whole weekend at a retreat where there were no plug-ins for any cars and out of the 20 families there, our 92 Accord was the only car to start and I mean only one. People were running extension cords from their rooms to plug vehicles in. We were boosting cars for hours, haha.

Slap on some winter tires and go have fun!

Fill it up, wash it, cover it.

That's all you really need to do for winter storage. Make sure your rad isn't full of water too.

Why are you putting it away already? It's still like 10-12 degrees out. I was topdown all day today.

yeah i usually dont put my s2000 away till mid december

this year im not parking it!
calgary gets soooo many chinooks, good days of driving top down in the winter :tipwink:
two years ago, i drove at least 5 days a month top down during the winter months

im not looking to park my S until i absolutely positively had to, i thought i was crazy for going top down today after seeing everyone in their miata's/benz's and other convertibles top up...good to hear that others here are still doing it.

This will be my first winter with my S, can anyone shoot me a pm or post up a detailed list of things to do to prep the car for winter? It will be in a non-heated garage (i guess my civic will have to suffer outside), but if anyone wants to help me figure out the best way to store the S please let me know!

If the car will be sitting for long periods of time, either put on some tires you don't care about, or pump up the rubber to 40ish PSI to help prevent flatspotting.

That said, I kinda neglected to do that last year and didn't really have any issues.

I think there's a thread in the DIY section in the Under the Hood forum about winterizing.

Get rid of the Civic.

Wouldn't you rather get into a garage-parked nice car than a frozen, frost-covered econo-box every morning?

Thanks for the answers. Forget the block heater.

and hell yeah, i'm going to drive it for as long as I can, and top-down too. Mornings maybe not on the way to work but definately going home. Anything over about 6 or 7 degrees and its top down, baby.

As for driving it in the winter - i got caught once in my previous S by a freak snow storm. what a hoot. if i still had that car (it was a 2000 with pretty high kms) maybe i would drive it in the winter. But it took me a long time to get back into an S2K (which sucked!) and cuz i have a good winter car, i'll park the s eventually.

p.s.: i searched this site ("winter storage") and found lots of good stuff. I'm not sure how to show a link to what i found. One good point tho was to NOT latch the roof, to prevent wear and stretching.