Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Warming up/Letting idle...

[jim (jimshadow]

I have the car hooked up to a battery tender.   When the roads are dry and
salt free, I drive it.  I've had it out after cleansing rains a few times
this year on dry, cold pavement.  The car loves it and so do I.   The car
has sat for about 3 weeks now as we have had a consistent amount of snow on
the ground.   If I don't start it for this period of time, she is a bitch to
get started as the carbs dry out, etc.... but not impossible.  I just have
to turn her over a little longer and deal with her spitting and coughing
until she gets warm, then its just fine.   

So the consensus is that relatively more harmful than beneficial to warm her
up to temp than to let her sit for a month or two....

JIM

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Greenfield [mailto:coyote [at] acme-ltd.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:09 PM
To: JIM
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Warming up/Letting idle...

I agree 100% and this is what I practice with my own cars and  
reccomend to my customers along with a battery tender and oil change  
I'm hue spring.

Jeff

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 24, 2008, at 12:03 PM, "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>  
wrote:

> The Good Hibernate a Car book sez - fill fuel tank - put some sort  
> of stabilizer in with the fuel, pump up the tires 10 or 12 pounds  
> over, leave it on the ground (rather than risk shock absorber piston  
> shaft corrosion), close the windows and doors - reduces surprises  
> later, and move the car slightly approx every four weeks to prevent  
> flat spots.
> DOUG
> I violate almost all of those and I am sure to pay for it.
>
>
>
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