Hibernation

[Owdgit]

Oill and filter change, cleaned and wax the body then acf50 the underside put on trickle charger and finally

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[Busterboo]

Anything else I should consider?

Yep. On the cold, blue sky days, put the roof down, your collar up and drive to somewhere good. For me, this is when the E89 is at its best.

[Zed Baron]

Yep. On the cold, blue sky days, put the roof down, your collar up and drive to somewhere good. For me, this is when the E89 is at its best.
You're describing summer up here, we are now back to being 'dreich'

[DevonPaul]

I leave ours in gear with the handbrake off, the windows down 1/2 an inch (or put one of those "121" branded dehumidifier pots you get from pondland or B&M inside), and a couple of dust sheets over it that don't really keep the dust off but do protect the paintwork as the car gradually becomes a table over winter .

I shove the CTEK on it overnight once every few weeks, and roll it back a foot or so when I charge it, then forwards again the next month. I've also drained the washer fluid, or more accurately it has drained itself, but it is something I used to do.

Paul

[ronk]

“Statutory Off Road Notification”

[Nanu]

Agree with Busterboo. The best thing you can do is forget all the above, take it out of the garage and drive it.

Drove to West Durham yesterday to Hamsterley Forest which was an 80 mile round trip which also included a 4 mile walk. Beautiful scenery and sunny day, most of the drive with the top down.

Much better than having the old girl stuck in the garage.

[Baza]

Mines tucked away for the winter on Sorn with trickle charge and I usually raise it of the floor with Jackstands with

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the wheels of.

[ronk]

Check if your insurance covers you whilst sorned, strange as it may seem a lot don't.

And the ones who specify that they do cover a sorned vehicle add a good old cost for the privilege!

[Sludgepump]

I have put four squares of old carpet on the garage floor for the tyres to sit on. I heard that sitting on cold concrete can damage tyres over long periods.
I leave the handbrake off and the car unlocked. Then I just put the trickle charger on for a day every couple of weeks. They use virtually no battery charge like that.
And a few mouse traps around the car. If they decide to nest inside the car they can cause havoc!

A friend of mine runs a taverna in Skiathos during the summer months. When the season ended she returned to her home in Worcester and thought she'd check the oil and water before driving anywhere as the car had been stood still all summer. She lifted the bonnet and almost collapsed in shock as a fox jumped out of the engine bay and ran off. The car is now the subject of an insurance claim because the fox had chewed through the wiring in the engine bay!