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Do you store your S2000 during Winter?

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Old 11-27-2017, 02:48 AM
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Hello guys,

For curiosity

How many of you store the S2000 during Winter? What precautions do you have to store and also when take it back to the road?

In Portugal we are lucky with the weather so we can use the car during all year.
Old 11-27-2017, 04:48 AM
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Mine goes in storage before the roads are salted and stays in storage until the first soaking rain after the roads are no longer salted. About 6 months.

  • Wash/wax/leather conditioner
  • Oil change prior to storage
  • Fuel stabilizer is added and the gas tank is filled
  • Tires are inflated to 40 PSI
  • Battery is connected to a tender
  • Cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil are placed in trunk, interior and under the hood
  • Top left unlatched
  • Cover and walk away for 6 months
Old 11-27-2017, 06:23 AM
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  • Wash/wax/leather conditioner
  • Oil change prior to storage
  • Fuel stabilizer is added and the gas tank is filled
  • Tires are inflated to 40 PSI
  • Battery is connected to a tender
  • Cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil are placed in trunk, interior and under the hood
  • Top left unlatched
  • Put on lift.
  • Cover and walk away for 6 3 months
Mine is pretty much the same. Or, hopefully was as I just moved from the NE Ohio snow belt to south of Richmond VA.

Have no clue what the peppermint oil is used for. I know guys who use dryer sheets or mothballs in RVs over the winter and claim they keep rodents out.

-- Chuck
Old 11-27-2017, 06:34 AM
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-Fill tank with ethanol free gas
-Hook up battery to CTEK charger
-Put on OEM AP1 wheels to save flat spots on my RT615k+
-Dryer sheets in interior & trunk.

I put the car away dirty every year, I dun care.
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Seems I'm the minority haha

You guys must change to Portugal
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This was my driveway in march of this year, so I think you can see why I store the car.

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I live in Dallas so no need to store it. Stays under a cover in the garage when I'm not driving it, as always.
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Originally Posted by Chuck S

Have no clue what the peppermint oil is used for. I know guys who use dryer sheets or mothballs in RVs over the winter and claim they keep rodents out.

-- Chuck
Same reason, but smells much better in the spring!
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Drive it all year long.

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store it in my garage - Late Nov - early May.

Do a lot the stuff above and-

Leave hood and trunk up - critters feel more comfortable in closed spaces.

If you eat in the car ( I don't) clean it thoroughly, a French fry under the seat will bring the little devils in


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