How do you store your Ferrari?

Image Unavailable, Please Login Mine usually ends up like this when I can't drive it up here. Stabilizer with a touch of MMO is a good idea. I only charge my battery once a month overnight on a tender. And I do start it once a month and back it outside and let it warm up just to hear it run and to check my work / inspection.

 

I park it on top of a carpet, disconnect the battery, and that's that.

Start it let it run once every week or so.

 

Image Unavailable, Please Login Gas stabilizer. Over inflat tires. Battery tender. Cover. Stays in heated garage 55 degrees.

 

Clean car inside and out. change the oil, put stabil 360 in it with fresh gas, unlike the past try to keep tank close to empty because the alcohol in fuel not good either way. Take it for one last drive get evrything warm and hot on the fresh oil and stabilized fuel. Then pump tires to 50psi disconnect battery and park.

Ever few weeks or months roll the car a little forwards or backwards to a new position to avoid flat spots on tires.

Def dont start car evrery few weeks etc. Sitting still it will not get hot enough and youre effectively then just putting moisture into the engine.

 

I guess it can depend on the kind of car you have, but generally I would not put the car on jack stands. Some suspensions were not meant to be left hanging in the air for 4 to 6 months.

The same is true for tires. I left a car parked for over 4 months on the cold ground (no carpet or wood) with not a hint of a hard spot. However, I have a friend who ruined a new set over the winter because he couldn't get rid of the thumping (I don't remember what brand and model tire he had).

On my Harley I remove the plugs and squirt some oil/WD40 into the cylinder, but this isn't so easy on most Ferraris.

I never start the car, or the Harley, in the winter just to run it for a few minutes. That's the worst thing you can do.

 

Yes just letting an engine warm up builds moisture etc but when I'm doing a major service or fuel system work, or gasket replacement I do start it and check things over. Nice thing is my garage and my new bay I'm building just for the car has floor heat so that helps in many ways too.

 

The same as it is through the summer. Car cover (always a clean car first), battery tender and dehumidifier. No axle stands, no stabilizer etc. I am not telling anybody what they should do but what I have done for some 13 years. I start the car if I need to.

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I just turn the master switch off and pump the tires 1,5 times more than they normally should be to prevent flat spots and that's about it. No tenders, no covers, no nothing. And 5 months later - the car just starts Then a car wash and a fluid change - and it is ready for action. It was the same with my 355 and with my Scud... I don't like covers, I prefer to leave the car to breathe and also sometimes the cover can conservate some moisture and condensation inside the car if the garage is not heated. I also don't understand what is the point of preventing the dust to go on the car, when all it needs to be done after that is a car wash.

And starting the car regulary is the worst thing you should do, I think. You should either drive it and warm ALL areas up to working temperature or you should leave it alone. Also - you should change the oil after the winter and not before that.

 

In my case there are cupboards in my garage used by the family. Unfortunately the car bonnet is a handy resting place. The garage is also as tight as a shark's arse at 50 fathoms. Pushing past it in the garage greatly increases the risk of scratching which the cover alleviates to a degree.