Stayka

I left my '03 back home with a buddy of mine expecting him to occasionally drive it. But he was scared to drive the car.

I asked for him to roll it around in his garage to try and keep the tires round but I'm really worried that it might have the same tank of gas the entire 6-7 months I've been gone.

Should I even attempt to start it with this gas? Any recommendations? I'd like to avoid trouble if possible... I've heard the ethanol in gas can really **** stuff up after a while.

Thank you.

terrasmak

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Mine fired right up after a year. It was run twice during the time, once last January, and once in a May. Never moved, I just fired it up, drove it off and got it smogged. Next time I drive it, I went 60 miles to the roadcourse and drove the **** out of it. Really nothing to worry about.


My tires were slightly flat spotted, went away with a little bit of heat.

Stayka

Appreciate the heads up man. I'm excited to get back and give her a good beating

Spike100

I have a 2003 and for the first three years I stored the car during the winter (about 5-6 months). I didn’t do anything special other than slightly over-inflating the tires (to mitigate flat spots), and I never had a problem.

Ethanol is actually a good thing when storing your car. The ethanol and water are miscible and this characteristic prevents water forming in your gas tank.

aboveliquidice

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Got back from 12 month deployment in July. Aside from the battery no longer taking a charge, she fired right up. If you don't have stabil in the tank, I would switch out the gas. Also do a oil change / coolant flush soon as well. I don't think the latter are necessary, but they made me feel better.

Getting back from Afghan and driving is a pure expression of freedom. Safe travels mang.

meanz

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My wife would start mine up every week or so, she wouldn't drive it, but no issues at all with it sitting.

bith8791

I never had a problem, mine sat without being started and after installing a new battery, fired right up.

DarkRain0660

I came back in July from a 9 month deployment and left a 1/4 tank in before I left an she fired up and drove just fine after I put the battery back in.... Your G to G bro shouldn't be a problem.

Captain_Z33

It's nice to see some other members in the military on here!! #MURICA

che69velle

She should be fine, my friends sat here on post for a year while he was in the stan and it fired up and no issues aside from stale smell inside and a dead battery. Hope you didn't leave a set of dirty pt's in the back lol

rearranged

Why was he scared to drive it?

Stayka

He's not a seasoned manual driver.