Store car for 3 months. Need advice.
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Hi everyone,
I need to store my 2006 530xi for 3 months. Went to dealer today and they said for 2006 cars, all the cigarette lighter plugs will go to a sleep mode and no triggle charger will work.
My questions is should I disconnect the battery terminals? just leave it? or get a friend to start the car engine once in a while (the car will have no driving insurance, so he can only start the engine and leave it idle. Is this useful?)
All comments are welcome. Thanks.
I need to store my 2006 530xi for 3 months. Went to dealer today and they said for 2006 cars, all the cigarette lighter plugs will go to a sleep mode and no triggle charger will work.
My questions is should I disconnect the battery terminals? just leave it? or get a friend to start the car engine once in a while (the car will have no driving insurance, so he can only start the engine and leave it idle. Is this useful?)
All comments are welcome. Thanks.
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I say just leave it alone.
Be sure it has a full tank of gas.
Be sure it has a full tank of gas.
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Leave it alone!
When we had a boat, we took it up at winter and stored it for 5-6 months a year (wintertime, with temprature between -20 to 5 C). The battery was at home in a room with temprature just over freezing. No problems at all!
When we had a boat, we took it up at winter and stored it for 5-6 months a year (wintertime, with temprature between -20 to 5 C). The battery was at home in a room with temprature just over freezing. No problems at all!
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Originally Posted by BMWDK' post='279574' date='May 8 2006, 11:28 PM
If possible, just leave it at a friends house and make him drive it a few times in the period....
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Originally Posted by Tommy' post='279633' date='May 8 2006, 06:02 PM
No problem, you can park it on my driveway for that purpose
Hey Tommy, thanks for the offer, but where is Belgium?
Thanks everyone for reply. Is starting the car engine and idle only without driving any good in charging the battery?
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Leave at my house I will make sure that it gets a good run at least once every 2 weeks.
Make sure when you store you leave a full tank of gas to avoid issues with water residues.
Make sure when you store you leave a full tank of gas to avoid issues with water residues.
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Originally Posted by Targatim' post='279667' date='May 9 2006, 02:45 AM
Hey Tommy, thanks for the offer, but where is Belgium?
Thanks everyone for reply. Is starting the car engine and idle only without driving any good in charging the battery?
Thanks everyone for reply. Is starting the car engine and idle only without driving any good in charging the battery?
If you have GPS, you should be able to find Belgium
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