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You forgot to mention that the tires must be filled with nitrogen.
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I mistakingly used Mobile 1 blinker fluid from Walmart and now my 996 smokes after driving up steep hills.
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Typically I'm leaving it unlocked, but does not matter either way, the little green light on the charger I use, will switch over from RED to a relaxing pulsating green to indicate its charged and on the maintenance cycle.
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Lots of good suggestions here, but I can't believe no one has mentioned one of the most important prep items for a 1-week storage ...................change the blinker fluid !
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The 996 was Porsche's first experiment with air-cooled indicator lights unlike the early 911's, the 912, the 914, the 356, and all previous Porsche vehicles which use liquid-cooled blinkers.
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Lock it, if it's out in the sun and it's got a leather dash, put a windshield shade in... Open with key when you get back, the remote won't work! Fugeddaboudit!😄👍😎
One week? What do you think could happen in that short of a time? My winter storage (months) is a battery tender, Stabile in the gas, and tires inflated 5lbs above norm. That's it.
You need to put it on jacks.
Remove the wheels and hang them on wall mounts that will keep them rotating so gravity will not cause problems.
Drain all the fluids.
Fill the cabin with moth *****.
Load up the engine bay with pest repellents.
Put it in one of those inflatable bubbles.
When you get back, rebuild the motor and suspension.
Just hand the keys to the teenager down the street and have him start it for you every day. All will be fine.
Dude...either you're trying to pull our collective legs with your posts...or you need to chill...
When I was traveling a lot for work my car would sit for almost a week every week in an airport parking garage. Somehow it still started and ran fine each and every time.
Now if you're going to be gone for MORE than a week - say 8 or 9 days - drop the engine and store it cryo-suspension. You can get some good cryo suspension bays from the scrapped Event Horizon.
I think all the same still applies. Worst case you throw a battery tender on it.
I don't bother to shovel ours out when it get's buried with snow in the bad winters. It can take a month or more to melt out sometimes and it still starts and runs just fine.
These cars aren't nearly as fragile as many seem to believe
it is pretty funny. But it's useful. I also go on long trips of over a month where I can't drive so I'll be using the right tips.
I like the jacks and tyre removal (for when I go to London).
His next post will be, "Where do you put your phone/sunglasses/weed?" Or "What kind of watch should I wear when driving the Porsche?" Or "Plannng on driving my car 300 miles...should I worry?" Or "If I tape spatulas to my bumper, would that make me look cool?"
I'm really just waiting for, "How do you start this thing?"...
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Damn, pedobear won't like the 16-year-old part.
In all seriousness, get one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Tende...battery+tender
You didn't mention if you're storing it indoors or if it will be outdoors (say, parked at the airport) - obviously, that makes a difference.
Jacking the car up, using tire cradles, etc. is not necessary for modern tires. The only people who advise this any more are the people who sell tire cradles.
actually the op is gonna fit right in with ya'll ........................................................................ .........................................tinkerbells
Dang bro, I thought I was a worry wart. On the bright side, it should be easy to sift the useful from the hilarious suggestions. Get a battery tender, plug into cigarette lighter socket, close door gently, lock your baby up. I like to take along a few pics of my unicorn, as keepsakes to console me while I'm away. When you get home, you are contractually obligated to drive the bejeesus out of your car...T
If your battery is one week old you have bigger things to worry about.
If it's your original battery, might as well part the car right now. PM me your interior pics, I've got a few things I want to get for cheap i.e. free.
Everything else in between? Roll the dice, buddy.
I week ago Thursday, I went into the garage, turned the key and...nada. Drove the wife's car to Autozone. Bought a battery. Put it in. Drove away. With the heat here a battery lasts about 2 years. You get used to it.
Of course, you better be more worried about the mice that will be spending that week vacationing in your Porsche, and eating your IMS for breakfast...
I don't even know how old my battery is, since I've only had the car about a year. Gotta check that date code.... Anyway, I regularly park my car in my garage, leave it unlocked, and come back 10 days later. Never a problem. Can't hurt to have a battery maintainer though...
N?
N?
you not have the N rated model?
I know the price is high, but that 0.5% improvement in efficiency for the Z rated model makes all the difference!
Jesus people, it's a Porsche, not a Civic. You have to pay to play here!
I'm away from mine for two weeks, driving an RV which must be the polar opposite of my 996 in every way. I fully expect the IMS to fail while I'm gone.
happyclam,
Your car should be fine for a week but a battery maintainer would be a good suggestion if you're able. While it may be an overly simple question I'm surprised at the types of responses you've gotten (for Rennlist...).
Thanks. The car came with a Porsche trickle charger but I haven't investigated hooking it up. I will though. Probably just a matter of finding the extension cord lowering the window and plugging it into the lighter. I will see.
I have a 2013 BMW I routinely store for one to two weeks, sometimes much longer. All I do is disconnect the battery, put a small towel over the trunk latch (to keep from getting locked out) and that's it. Starts every time after reattaching the negative cable. Your 996 should be fine.
On a serious note, I'm leaving mine plugged into a trickle charger, I leave the frunk popped so that I can access the battery if it does anything weird, at least I can get to stuff, mine is not used super often.
I was leaving the engine cover unlatched too, until I fixed the bulb yesterday and that only goes off if its fully latched!!!. Typically I'm leaving it unlocked, but does not matter either way, the little green light on the charger I use, will switch over from RED to a relaxing pulsating green to indicate its charged and on the maintenance cycle.
Regardless of how old your battery is, deep discharges will destroy it faster than anything else. I generally keep one car in my garage and once car in storage and swap them out every couple of weeks; even if I know it will only be a week, I leave the maintainer plugged it. It's way cheaper and much less hassle than forgetting a dome light for a week and ruining a $100 battery.
The OP's question isn't any goofier than those actually recommending a battery tender for a car that's gonna sit for all of a week.
I plug mine into a trickle charger if it has to sit for more than 4 weeks or so and never have a problem. Same thing with my pickup--I try to drive it every three weeks at a minimum, but I don't worry about it starting. Hell, my DD sits at the airport for a week twice a month.
*shrug* I don't think it's goofy to get into the habit of plugging in a car you know is going to be parked for some period of time. Sometimes I plan for a week but it winds up sitting for a month.
The car and the tender are already in the same place...why not spend the extra 30 seconds to plug it in? Probably overkill 90% of the time, but Murphy dictates that the one time I don't bother will be the day I forget to properly close the hatch, or front trunk, or close the glove box completely...
I have yet to see a RL, Corvette Forum, 6Speed, etc. thread complaining about how remembering to connect the battery tender resulted in half a day lost while trying to get into your own car and find a ride to Autozone, only to find out they don't have the correct size battery in stock...
I started out just hooking my car up to a trickle charger if I wasn't going to drive it for a long time- like more than a month. Now I plug everything in that I'm not going to drive tomorrow- bike, tractor, cars. As stated earlier, we often don't plan to not drive something for a while but it just happens and I like the idea of "maintaining" the batteries- probably last longer and be more reliable.
Sorry for the noob response...
Not locking drains the battery? I just picked up a '99 996 and I typically leave my cars unlocked while in the garage.
Mike
Drains battery faster, I think, when unlocked. More of the electronics remain on versus locking the car. Not a problem, however, if you drive your car regularly...T
Lots of good suggestions here, but I can't believe no one has mentioned one of the most important prep items for a 1-week storage ...................change the blinker fluid !
You've made a common - and understandable mistake. The 996 was Porsche's first experiment with air-cooled indicator lights unlike the early 911's, the 912, the 914, the 356, and all previous Porsche vehicles which use liquid-cooled blinkers.
Many "purists" have an issue with Porsche moving to an air-cooled design - they often scoff at the ridiculousness of air cooling, since it obviously limits the power output of the turn signal bulbs and makes the entire model year lineup very electrically inefficient.
It remains to be seen if abandoning blinker fluid, which has been the hallmark of Porsche engineering since the end of WWII, will be a positive move for Porsche.
Purists have also expressed disdain that the Boxster shares the same air-cooled indicator lights as the more expensive 911.
Several years ago, my car suffered the dreaded blinker fluid/unicorn semen intermix failure. I'd go into detail---but I just can't talk about it. Even now...
I mistakingly used Mobile 1 blinker fluid from Walmart and now my 996 smokes after driving up steep hills. It smokes on normal roads too but I noticed a little more after traveling up at high elevations. Maybe if I installed a Turbo charged kit it would have stopped? At first I thought it was my coolant or water pump since my car was getting extremely hot at 181 F. (Based on the dash indicator) And so I was going to go buy some and noticed I had half of a gallon in the garage. I opened the coolant cap and noticed the coolant in the Porsche had turned a bright orange color. Yikes! And so I quickly added fresh new green antifreeze. I put the cap on and started the car for a few minutes. Turned it off and checked the coolant again... And too my horrors the coolant was now brown color... That means intermix!!!! Oh the humanity! And so I took it to a local shop. The shop had several Porsches out front for sell and So I figured he would know how to fix it. After a week he called and said the motor was locked up from the intermix and incorrect blinker fluid. I rushed over and my motor was removed and he showed me that the engine couldn't be repaired. I asked how much to fix and he replied "$20,000 for a new engine". I'm completely gutted and so I asked him to remount the motor. I paid him $800.00 and towed the car home. I cried in front of my wife and now we're traveling to Porsche to buy a new one. Yay me! My woman rocks!
