I agree Fred............... let it sit, but if your road conditions (i.e.
dry & no salt) allow you to drive............ then drive. If not.........
wait til it does. I spent many years living in upstate Vermont and there
were many dry salt free days that let you drive your car. Back in the 60's
many a young man was faced with a year "in country" ............. the
solution was to ask Dad to start it up and let it run or even take it for a
drive. Sometimes I think we over react as we try to preserve our cars.
Having said that, I don't drive in rain or snow if I can avoid
it................. though Monday night I left work and drove home in a snow
squall.............. but no salt on the roads!
Bob Danielson
75 TR6 - status at
http://pages.cthome.net/BobD
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Fred Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 8:35 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: winter storage
Just a few thoughts on storage, any idea how long it might be from assembly
to the actual sale of a new car, could be over a year. How about a new
engine, from assembly, to installation, to sale, could be 2 years, the same
can apply to transmissions and rear ends. Large commercial trucks (over 2
tons) are not actually manufactured by years, but, are titled in the year
they are sold, so it could sit for as much as 3 to 4 years before being
sold, yes these things happen. Have any idea how long that new car has been
on the dealers back lot before you bought it ? Did you know import trucks do
not come with a bed on them, big tax on imported trucks, but, they are not
trucks unless they have a bed, so a much smaller tax. Know why a Dodge
Caravan is classified as a truck and not a car, you got it, tax again. My
point is, this talk of what should and should not be done when cold weather
comes along is not all that important, especially only for the 3 to 4 months
most of us store them. "FT"
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